Bug 2118 - Move project dialog confusing
Summary: Move project dialog confusing
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: UI (show other bugs)
Version: 2.0   Edit
Hardware: All All
: P3 normal (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: Randy Giffen CLA
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Keywords: usability
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Reported: 2001-10-10 22:26 EDT by John Arthorne CLA
Modified: 2002-03-25 11:05 EST (History)
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Description John Arthorne CLA 2001-10-10 22:26:49 EDT
Create a project
In navigator, hit move.

In the resulting dialog, it doesn't tell me what it wants me to do.  The dialog title just says, "Project".

If I go to the location text box, and try to append something, an error message appears at the bottom,
which is cut off so I can't read it.  There should be at least hoverhelp for long messages.

I assume it says "local mapping overlap: d:/eclipse/target/JohnTest and d:/eclipse/target/OtherPlace",
which is a bit confusing... I think a user would ask, "what's a local mapping?", or, 
"How come it says two different directories overlap?".


NOTES:
Comment 1 DJ Houghton CLA 2001-10-29 17:52:41 EST
PRODUCT VERSION:

0.110

Comment 2 John Arthorne CLA 2002-02-04 17:09:07 EST
This dialog is now different (build 20020129), but still has problems:

- It doesn't say what it's asking for
- There is a check box for "Use default location", but there is no real choice 
because "OK" is always disabled when checked.

Leaving as P3.
Comment 3 Randy Giffen CLA 2002-03-25 11:05:52 EST
The error message no longer refers to a local mapping but still talks about 
overlap. However it actually says that it overlaps with the workspace location 
so they are not different directories.

Added hover help for the label when it is long.