One noble goal for UNRAID should be to make the software easier to use to enable more users to use the software.

As I learn the software, I'll try to document here what I felt was unintuitive. This is a perspective that only a learner knows and these problems "go away" very quickly after you learn them. But why make things needlessly hard for new user$ ?

Example one: You need to disable Docker to see where you change the Docker vDisk size.

First off, I do understand that to actually change the size of the vDisk, Docker does need to be disabled. What I feel is unintuitive is I can't know where I change the vDisk size unless I disable the Docker. What makes it "worse" is that I can change many settings without disabling Docker, but not the size. To me the size setting is needlessly buried.

The image shows two possible options to help the Docker vDisk size setting to be more discoverable.

Please consider implementing.

Edited February 7Feb 7 by digitaldoctor

Increasing size of docker.img is often not the solution needed for a new user. Better if they ask for advice.

There was a time when I had to change this setting and I too had a hard time finding it. Settings like this should be shown but disabled, similar to other read-only text on this Docker settings page. Even better is an icon next to the value with a tool tip telling you that the value can only be changed when the Docker feature is turned off.

On 2/8/2026 at 12:45 AM, trurl said:

Increasing size of docker.img is often not the solution needed for a new user. Better if they ask for advice.

Jesus christ on a stick, they're asking for the current setting to be shown, not how to disarm a bomb.

On 2/7/2026 at 4:11 PM, digitaldoctor said:

Example one: You need to disable Docker to see where you change the Docker vDisk size.

I can understand his complains. Even if you know what you want, it is often not easy to do/find out what is needed for a certain checkbox to appear. This is spread all over the gui and it makes it hard for users and for helpers in the forum here too.

If they have a problem and send in a screenshot, not every relevant info is always shown. Sure, you can dig deeply through the diagnostics, but this takes time.

Also if you tell them to "turn on this and that" you always need to also tell them how to enable those items.

I personally would encourage the gui to "contain everything but to grey out the inactive parts". The screen is filled more but everybody instantly sees that there is something hidden in the back and they just have to ask how to enable it.