Bug 16586 - [Editor Mgmt] Editor reuse is wrong, confusing
Summary: [Editor Mgmt] Editor reuse is wrong, confusing
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 11122
Alias: None
Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: UI (show other bugs)
Version: 2.0   Edit
Hardware: PC Windows 2000
: P3 normal (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: Nick Edgar CLA
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Keywords: investigate
: 22640 (view as bug list)
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Reported: 2002-05-21 11:33 EDT by Randy Hudson CLA
Modified: 2002-08-21 14:33 EDT (History)
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Description Randy Hudson CLA 2002-05-21 11:33:38 EDT 
Reuse of open editors should only apply to Editors that are clean.  All dirty 
editors should be implicitly "pinned", and the "Pin Active Editor" Toolbar 
button should be removed.
Comment 1 Nick Edgar CLA 2002-05-23 09:51:44 EDT 
Defer
Comment 2 Randy Giffen CLA 2002-08-12 10:22:33 EDT 
Reopen for investigation
Comment 3 Simon Arsenault CLA 2002-08-21 12:21:58 EDT 
*** Bug 22640 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 David Wegener CLA 2002-08-21 14:17:00 EDT 
Comments included from BUG 11122:
I would request that this be made a preference.  
I don't want the number of open editors to exceede  my max editor setting.  I 
prefer to keep the count set to a value that prevents the name scrunching and 
the addition of the arrow tabs.  I often find my self bouncing back and forth 
between a few files.  If editors continue to get opened, you need to spend time 
hovering the mouse over tabs to read the name or scrolling back and forth with 
the little arrow keys.  I am willing to deal with the additional dialogs in 
order to make navigation between files easier.
Comment 5 Randy Hudson CLA 2002-08-21 14:33:39 EDT 
Maybe Pin active editor is still useful, but it should be toggled when the 
editor is dirtied.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 11122 ***