Bug 462180 - [LaunchBar] Play button does not do anything if there are no launch configurations
Summary: [LaunchBar] Play button does not do anything if there are no launch configura...
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: CDT
Classification: Tools
Component: launchbar (show other bugs)
Version: Next   Edit
Hardware: PC Windows 7
: P3 normal (vote)
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Assignee: Project Inbox CLA
QA Contact: Jonah Graham CLA
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Reported: 2015-03-15 17:23 EDT by Andrew McLachlan CLA
Modified: 2020-09-04 15:27 EDT (History)
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Description Andrew McLachlan CLA 2015-03-15 17:23:30 EDT
Create a new workspace
Create a new C++ project
Build
Click play on the launchbar. It doesn't do anything.
Click play on the toolbar. It runs the executable and a launch configuration now exists.
It would be good if the two were consistent since the launchbar play button is more prominent than the play button on the toolbar.
As a comparison, the hammer icon on the launchbar behaves the same as the hammer on the toolbar in so far as they both build the project.
Comment 1 Rob Stryker CLA 2015-05-06 16:39:14 EDT
I think it'd be fine if the 'play' button at least looked disabled if the current combination of items did not have a launch configuration for it. At least then this would discourage the user from clicking on it.
Comment 2 Ted Shaneyfelt CLA 2018-02-19 16:12:19 EST
A launch configuration should automatically be generated like it is in Eclipse for Java. The first thing a new user does is tries to run a new Hello World, gets this error, and never comes back. It's not even had a "Run as..." that works in this scenario since Kepler version of Eclipse - it's been getting worse instead of better.