Bug 411578 - Selecting workspace with one click
Summary: Selecting workspace with one click
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: IDE (show other bugs)
Version: 4.2.2   Edit
Hardware: PC Windows 7
: P3 enhancement with 1 vote (vote)
Target Milestone: 4.6 M5   Edit
Assignee: Jan-Ove Weichel CLA
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Keywords: helpwanted, noteworthy
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Blocks: 484340 486842 487673
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Reported: 2013-06-25 06:15 EDT by jean honlet CLA
Modified: 2022-09-06 04:43 EDT (History)
4 users (show)

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Description jean honlet CLA 2013-06-25 06:15:10 EDT
When starting eclipse, I have the opportunity to choose a workspace.

It works well.

But to select it, it needs 3 clicks.

It would be great to replace the dropdown by an array (or a list) of workspace, reducing the startup from 3 to 1 click:

Adding a new workspace would be the existing option.

Graphically, it *could* be:

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x
x History:
x    Workspace 1 [=>go] [forget it]
x    Workspace 2 [=>go] [forget it]
x    Workspace 3 [=>go] [forget it]
x
x Go to another one:
x    [ Please select the path to the workspace ]
x
x [Create a new one]
x
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Other graphical design is also ok, of course... :-)

Adding the opportunity to specify an alias and/or an icon could be good to ("une cerise sur le gateau"), but really not necessary.

Thanks in advance.
Comment 1 Robert Roth CLA 2015-04-28 14:35:21 EDT
What do the maintainers think about this? I think this would be a great enhancement, and would like to work on this, if we can agree on a design (I'm ok with the proposed design).
Comment 2 Lars Vogel CLA 2015-10-05 18:37:42 EDT
Jan-Ove is working on this bug. I suggest to add also a button to the laucher which allows to delete workspaces from the selection (and drop-down) list.
Comment 3 Eclipse Genie CLA 2015-10-30 12:34:03 EDT
New Gerrit change created: https://git.eclipse.org/r/59373
Comment 5 Lars Vogel CLA 2015-12-14 06:14:04 EST
Awesome. This will simplify the workflow of people using multiple workspaces.

Thanks a bunch Jan-Ove.