Bug 129917

Summary:	[Import/Export] Import Preferences UI issues
Product:	[Eclipse Project] Platform	Reporter:	Martin Aeschlimann <martinae>
Component:	IDE	Assignee:	Platform UI Triaged <platform-ui-triaged>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P5	CC:	daniel_megert, markus.kell.r
Version:	3.2	Keywords:	helpwanted
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows XP
Whiteboard:

Description Martin Aeschlimann

2006-03-01 05:52:08 EST

20060301

The UI of the 'import preferences' wizard could be imporved the following ways:

- remove empty space between 'From preference file' input box and 'Import all' radio button
- fix all button sizes to follow the button size rules (they are too small)
- when 'import all' is selected, the table should be disabled and all elements checked so it is clear what 'all' means
- I can click on select all / deselect all when 'import all' is selected. what does that mean?
- the group box seems unnecessary. Why repeating 'Preferences' here?

Comment 1 Susan McCourt

2009-07-15 12:13:17 EDT

"As per http://wiki.eclipse.org/Platform_UI/Bug_Triage_Change_2009"

Comment 2 Dani Megert

2009-09-30 11:18:19 EDT

See also bug 290918.

Comment 3 Dani Megert

2009-10-01 05:13:15 EDT

>- fix all button sizes to follow the button size rules (they are too small)
Done.

>- when 'import all' is selected, the table should be disabled and all elements
>checked so it is clear what 'all' means
Disabling reduces the ability to quickly switch to selective import/export. We also have to keep in mind that when exporting 'all' is not equivalent to having all available transfers selected (it's only true when importing).

>- I can click on select all / deselect all when 'import all' is selected. what
>does that mean?
At least we should activate selective import/export when clicking those buttons. I've done that.

Comment 4 Dani Megert

2009-10-01 08:03:21 EDT

>(it's only true when importing).
Not even then: import 'all' might import more preferences than just selecting all the available transfers.

Comment 5 Markus Keller

2010-01-28 09:40:49 EST

Do we need that "Import all" at all? The current UI unnecessarily blocks the user from importing e.g. "all, except for Installed JREs".

The global checkbox should be removed and replaced by an additional option, e.g.

a) entry "Uncategorized Preferences" in the table (always on top of the list, so it stays visible even if there are many categories)

or
b) checkbox "Other Preferences" below the table

When the new checkbox is checked, all preferences should be imported, except for those in the categories that are unchecked in the table.

Comment 6 Eclipse Webmaster

2019-09-06 16:12:37 EDT

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