Combine relative and absolute range picker about parca HOT 3 CLOSED

So we're fine with how the relative and absolute range picker works, we just want to improve how to switch between either of them.

I agree with this, but then

We remove any action buttons (that might increase/decrease the range of the query)

Conflicts with this.

What if we left the relative picker as is and instead just when you click on the "text" we open a menu that is similar to what we used to have, but just not in 2 columns?

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Okay that sounds like a good compromise. Do you reckon the menu should only contain the absolute range picker with an "apply range" button to update the query? Also attached a rough mockup. I left the Use relative start time instead text in there as a way to dismiss the menu if you're only interested in typing in a relative time.

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I think our previous picker was pretty close to what I'm imagining. Something to remember, at the time we ran queries immediately when we clicked a relative time range or clicked apply. Now we still need to hit search again.

I think the switcher we used to have (see #4024 again) for absolute/relative was really awesome, and I think just hitting that should do the switch we have today with clicking on the text.

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