Bug 31823 - Clicking on partially obscured tab should scroll it into view
Summary: Clicking on partially obscured tab should scroll it into view
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: SWT (show other bugs)
Version: 2.1   Edit
Hardware: PC Windows XP
: P3 major (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: Veronika Irvine CLA
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Keywords: usability
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Reported: 2003-02-13 15:41 EST by Nick Edgar CLA
Modified: 2003-02-17 17:20 EST (History)
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Description Nick Edgar CLA 2003-02-13 15:41:07 EST 
build I20030211

You commonly get the last visible editor tab partially obscured by the scroll 
arrows, making the close box inaccessible.  You have to use the context menu 
to close the editor.

Either the tabs should never get obscured (the preferred solution, but there 
was already a PR for this which was marked WONTFIX), or a single click on the 
tab should scroll to reveal it fully.
Comment 1 Nick Edgar CLA 2003-02-13 15:42:12 EST 
I think this is a major usability problem with the editor tabs.
Comment 2 Nick Edgar CLA 2003-02-13 15:42:26 EST 
Please consider for RC1.
Comment 3 Veronika Irvine CLA 2003-02-17 15:38:34 EST 
Nick,

When you click on the partially obscured tab it already does scroll into 
view.  I do not know what you are talking about.  Can you please show me.  I 
reaslize you are not in today - just drop by tomorrow.
Comment 4 Nick Edgar CLA 2003-02-17 16:55:04 EST 
In I20030214, try this:

- open a bunch of editors so scroll arrows appear
- scroll so the last one is fully visible
- shrink the window so that the close box is obscured
- click in the tab
- nothing happens

I really think that we should avoid obscuring items in the first place though, 
if at all possible.
Comment 5 Veronika Irvine CLA 2003-02-17 17:20:17 EST 
I believe you are talking about the specific case where you are clicking on an 
already selected tab that has been obscured by resizing. This is now fixed.