[GH-ISSUE #51] Make it easy to add A and PTR records as a pair #27

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opened 2026-02-28 01:20:37 +03:00 by kerem · 2 comments

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Originally created by @fastcat on GitHub (Jul 29, 2015).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/tuxis-ie/nsedit/issues/51

Since A and PTR records are very often paired, it would be convenient to be able to add them as a pair. Auto-detecting the PTR zone would be nifty, but not absolutely necessary.

Even cooler would be the ability to edit them as a pair, but that's rather more difficult.

Originally created by @fastcat on GitHub (Jul 29, 2015). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/tuxis-ie/nsedit/issues/51 Since A and PTR records are very often paired, it would be convenient to be able to add them as a pair. Auto-detecting the PTR zone would be nifty, but not absolutely necessary. Even cooler would be the ability to edit them as a pair, but that's rather more difficult.

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@tuxis-ie commented on GitHub (Jul 30, 2015):

That sounds like a good idea. Do you have any idea how you would like to see that implemented? It's not based on a zone, so it would be an extra option in a tools section in the menu or something like that?

@tuxis-ie commented on GitHub (Jul 30, 2015): That sounds like a good idea. Do you have any idea how you would like to see that implemented? It's not based on a zone, so it would be an extra option in a tools section in the menu or something like that?

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@fastcat commented on GitHub (Jul 30, 2015):

I see two "natural" ways to do it.

One: Make it an "extension" to the box for adding an A / AAAA record to a zone -- e.g. if you select one of those, have extra fields that appear for adding the PTR record. The zone in which to place the PTR record could be a drop-down, with a little javascript to try to auto-select the correct zone based on the content for the A/AAAA record. I don't think a separate TTL field would be necessary, use the same TTL for both records.

Two: A top level option as you suggest, with similar javascript to try to auto-select both zones.

The UI for option two is probably a bit cleaner, though it does require two variants of the zone auto-selector js.

As far as placement of the link, for option 1 it's embedded into the existing UI. For option 2, I think the most natural placement would be another "tab" button alongside the import and add zone buttons.

@fastcat commented on GitHub (Jul 30, 2015): I see two "natural" ways to do it. One: Make it an "extension" to the box for adding an A / AAAA record to a zone -- e.g. if you select one of those, have extra fields that appear for adding the PTR record. The zone in which to place the PTR record could be a drop-down, with a little javascript to try to auto-select the correct zone based on the content for the A/AAAA record. I don't think a separate TTL field would be necessary, use the same TTL for both records. Two: A top level option as you suggest, with similar javascript to try to auto-select both zones. The UI for option two is probably a bit cleaner, though it does require two variants of the zone auto-selector js. As far as placement of the link, for option 1 it's embedded into the existing UI. For option 2, I think the most natural placement would be another "tab" button alongside the import and add zone buttons.