Bug 129184 - Progress view should be made more prominent
Summary: Progress view should be made more prominent
Status: VERIFIED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: UI (show other bugs)
Version: 3.2   Edit
Hardware: PC Windows XP
: P2 normal (vote)
Target Milestone: 3.2 M6   Edit
Assignee: Tod Creasey CLA
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Keywords: api, polish
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Blocks: 129730
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Reported: 2006-02-23 12:09 EST by Philipe Mulet CLA
Modified: 2006-03-28 10:53 EST (History)
7 users (show)

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2006-02-27 15:18 EST, Tod Creasey CLA 		no flags Details | Diff
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Description Philipe Mulet CLA 2006-02-23 12:09:04 EST 
Build 3.2M5

Something which always bothered me, is that when intending to show the progress view, I need to dig into Window>Show view>Others... as it is not listed amongst the standard ones.

There isn't always a handy process ongoing to click onto inside the status bar (bottom right).
Comment 1 Tod Creasey CLA 2006-02-23 12:58:04 EST 
Good idea Philippe.
Comment 2 Tod Creasey CLA 2006-02-27 15:18:17 EST 
Created attachment 35432 [details]
Patch

This patch adds the progress view to the resource perspective. Phillippe is suspect you care more about the java perspective which will have to be added by JDT.

Either way this will be an API change as I will need to add a new constant to IPageLayout for them to use.
Comment 3 Tod Creasey CLA 2006-02-27 15:41:47 EST 
I should be clearer - the patch adds it to the Show View menu as requested - not as a default view
Comment 4 Mike Wilson CLA 2006-02-27 15:43:28 EST 
I talked to Tod. With the above clarification, I'm happy with the API addition. +1.
Comment 5 Philipe Mulet CLA 2006-02-27 16:45:37 EST 
CC'ing Martin for JDT UI counterpart.
Comment 6 Martin Aeschlimann CLA 2006-02-28 03:43:40 EST 
I created bug 129730 to update the Java perspectives.
Comment 7 Tod Creasey CLA 2006-03-01 14:44:23 EST 
Fixed in build >20060301
Comment 8 John Arthorne CLA 2006-03-06 11:32:49 EST 
Note that the progress view can be opened from any perspective by double-clicking in the bottom right hand corner of the status line, even when no progress is ongoing (where the progress icon appears during jobs).  Perhaps Philippe's problem could be better addressed by adding some affordance and tooltip in the bottom right-hand corner when there is no ongoing progress.  This would make it clear to the user that it can be opened from there (and avoid cluttering the view menu of every perspective).
Comment 9 Tod Creasey CLA 2006-03-28 10:53:14 EST 
Verified in 20060328-0100