Why is there an option to focus on the datasource or instance level?

Don’t get me started on the “you don’t need the magnifying glass if you throw your no-double-clicking rule out the window” argument.

I have already clicked this on instances inadvertently many times in the new UI. I think the slower response time contributes to this, and the proximity of the + icon to the name of the instance. The eyeball icon placed above the resources in the old UI was a separation which seemed to help prevent this.

Have to agree with you. However, I doubt anything will be done. They will weigh “why don’t you just not click it” against “what code do we have to write to exclude it from having a focus option”.  Guess which will win.

I also don’t like how when you focus on anything, the “Recently Deleted” and “Unmonitored Devices” tabs are visible. In UIv3 those tabs were only visible when the root folder was selected, and I think that was cleaner.

It doesn’t look like focusing on an instance gives you a different URL. Either way if you select an instance it gives you a URL that navigates back to the instance. Does the same in UIv3 as well, although the URL looks different and the UIv4 instance URL is easier to parse.

Does focusing on the instance give you a unique link that will get you back to that same instance? Wonder if they’re trying to make it easier to share URLs that point to specific things.