Description Randy Giffen 2001-10-10 22:39:44 EDT

Two important usability problems are:
1) Managing >4 open editors
2) Having to double click to open an editor

We should support a "dynamic editor" option/mode
When an editor is open in dynamic mode then it changes its input based on the selection 
in the navigator (if an appropriate file type is selected).
Thus one could open a single java editor and easily browse code by selecting different .java files

If the editor contains unsaved changes and you select another file you would be prompted to 
a) save the changes
b) open another editor
c) cancel
In the case of b, the old editor becomes "static" with its current input and the new editor is the dynamic one.

This idea is similar to what the debug perspective does to show the source for stack frames.

NOTES:

EG (7/16/2001 10:50:09 AM)
	This is the right direction. 
	FYI, in 0.9 Search is doing the same as the debugger when stepping through search matches.

	Questions:

	Is there a way to make a dynamic editor "static"?
	For example,  when browsing search results I can decide that I want ro 
	have a separate editor for looking at a match without making any modifications
	to the editor.

	How is the dynamic option set?
    	a) global preference
	b) for each view that opens editors 
    	c) per editor, e.g., an editor could be set to dynamic and would be reused.
	d) per editor manager
	d1) per editor manager with a way to make a specific editor "static"

	Debugger and search differ from the above in that a dynamic editor
	is never reused when there are changes. It was considered as too annoying to
	prompt the user with a dialog.