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I do not like the terms "activate" and "deactivate". What I am really doing is adding and removing targets from a list. Thus, I would prefer something like "Add to Run List", "Remove from Run List". I think this is more consistent with other Eclipse scenairos.
Latest thoughts are: "Target List", "Add Target to List", "Remove Target from List"
Those labels are really long. They'd make the context menu huge horizontally. Are the terms "Activate" and "Deactivate" problematic some way or is this an aesthetic point? (Is this really a P2?)
I think the terms activate/deactivate do not follow the metaphor. As well, I wonder if I'm doing something more than simple adding it to the list (as a novice user). The metaphor is add & remove. How about: * "Target List" * "Add Target to List" * "Remove" - since this action is in the "run list" it does not need qualification (should also use standard 'remove' icon) NOTE: these are still shorter than the longest action label "Remove all Build Files"
If I have to choose, I prefer your original suggestion. "Add to List" doesn't really mean anything. "Add to Run List" at least gives the user a hint about what the action does. There are two reasons I prefer the "Activate/deactivate" terminology instead of "Add/Remove". One is that I can imagine users thinking that if they click "Remove" on a target that the target will be deleted from their file. The other is this issue of what you call the "Active targets" lists. "Target List" doesn't imply anything about what the list is - a collection of targets to be run. And "Run List" actually includes the word "list", which is aethetically unappealing because of the redundancy (the breakpoint view isn't called "Breakpoints List").
I was also confused by the activate/deactivate terminology. User's activate a View or an Editor, adding an item to a list should use different terminology since it is a different interaction as Darin has pointed out. >One is that I can imagine users thinking that if they click >"Remove" on a target that the target will be deleted from their file. the convention used in other places in Eclipse is to qualify the remove to avoid this ambiguity, e.g., "Remove Match" in Search. Another suggestion therefore is: "Remove Run Target". >"Target List" doesn't imply anything about what the list is In this case we are building up a List of targets that we then run in sequence (this is different than the Breakpoints view). Here is my proposal: * "Target Lists" -> "Run List" * "Add Target to List" "Add to Run List" * "Remove" -> "Remove Run Target" * Run button tool tip: "Run Target List" The icons used for Activative/Deactivate are directional (left and right). This doesn't work in the vertical layout. Using the standard "-" for remove avoids this problem. Add doesn't need an icon.
I went with: Activate Target-> Add to Run List Active Targets -> Run List Run Active Targets -> Run Target List Deactivate Target -> Remove from Target List I used "Remove from Target List" instead of "Remove Run Target" because it reduces the number of terms we introduce. Please verify.
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