add "rack name" above rack view on device page

[ITJamie]

NetBox version

v4.1.1

Feature type

Change to existing functionality

Proposed functionality

add a linked string of the rack name above the rack view on the device view page

Use case

when viewing a device that is racked there is a rack view showing the current devices rack. it would be great if the rack name was above the rack view and for it to be linked to the rack view page

Database changes

n/a

External dependencies

n/a

[dreng]

Hi @ITJamie,

although I don't really dislike your idea: Have you seen the link in the device section (upper left)? There's a row named "Rack" which provides two links: One textual link to open the rack and one graphical link to open the rack and highlight the device you came from. Seems to be sufficient to me.

[ITJamie]

When on a mobile device its quite a jump around to find that field. While looking at the rack view on a device page it would be useful to be able to quickly see what rack it is in without having to find another box entirely.

[ITJamie]

I believe the following commit is all that would be needed to complete this

main...ITJamie:netbox:add-rackname-to-device-rack-view

it adds the same block that exists on elevations view (netbox/templates/dcim/rack_elevation_list.html)

if this is acceptable i can create and link the pr to this issue

[jnovinger]

Hey @ITJamie , I've assigned this ticket to you. Thanks!