Backend depends on Javascript for saving settings

[nyov]

If for some reason the backend broke and the styles/scripts can't be found (in this instance I messed up the base url), there is no fixing things from the backend because settings can't be saved anymore.

It would be nice if Javascript wasn't essential there.
(edit; or, if necessary, inline for this one instance)

[safwkhan]

Curious to know, did you mess up your base url during installation by putting invalid url?

[nyov]

No, I changed it in the backend from vhost.local to vhost.local/directory/ and that didn't go over so well. (Still haven't figured out how to make it work, and changing .htacces' RewriteBase to /directory/ resulted in recursion, though I think that's how I did it in Magento1. Probably missed something, will see how it looks on a fresh install.)

[maksek]

Hi @nyov, do you still face the issue?

[nyov]

I haven't had another instance where the styles and scripts were missing,
and I didn't check if the backend layout changed to work without scripts since.

If you feel this is resolved, please close.

[vpelipenko]

Internal ticket: MAGETWO-32233

[vpelipenko]

@nyov, it is known behavior, it is not resolved and we don't expect to see it fixed in the future. Scripts and styles are required things for both frontend and backend. If scripts are missed for some reason as we see in you case, backend becomes not operable.

[nyov]

Well, that's okay. Feel free to close this.

I'm just noticing I didn't say which script I find problematic in the initial ticket.
It's the one that submits a form apparently. I could perfectly navigate the broken, unstyled backend, but when I tried to fix the broken base url, the save button simply didn't work! That was frustrating since it was obviously in the html, and I see no reason why it couldn't have a plain html form element submission fallback.

And to be candid, I feel this proliferation of JS-only pages (for things like static links and form submissions, not generated DOM elements or XHR) bad interface design.
Also, going back to a magento 1 install, the m2 navigation hover effect feels soo slow, (~ .5 seconds waiting for a drop-down to open/unfold, and in some timing cases failing to open at all) when CSS would be totally enough to achieve this effect without unnecessary fancy delays.
Ah, sorry for ranting.
If I get too tired of it, I can build my own backend theme after all :)

Again, feel free to close. Thanks