Employ HTMX to render emedded tables

[jeremystretch]

NetBox version

v3.1.2

Feature type

New functionality

Proposed functionality

Leverage HTMX to allow ordering and paginating tables of related objects embedded within an object view. For example, when viewing images attached to a device (originally raised in #7003). We should be able to leverage the existing functionality on ObjectListView to support this.

Use case

Provides a more responsive and efficient UX.

Database changes

No response

External dependencies

No response

[sdktr]

While great for the user experience, i'm worried that all the effort into htmx will later on be a reason to not employ an api-based gui because of all the duplicate effort?

The api based gui might not be a goal in itself, but will probably not become one anytime soonish if further investments in the bootstrap framework are continued?

[jeremystretch]

What's nice about HTMX is that it can be implemented opportunistically with very little effort relative to a complete API-driven framework like React or Vue. In fact, we may find that its strategic deployment obviates the need for such a framework entirely. In any case, there are myriad other factors which have prevented work on implementing a new UI framework over the past several years, not the least of which is an absence of any interested volunteers.

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[jeremystretch]

I'm making great progress with this. Still have a number of embedded table to update, but that's mostly boilerplate work.