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Currently, if there exist 5 items in the list of launch objects, the launchbar middle selector will have 5 + (history-size) in the list. For example, assume we have {WebProject, MyMainClass.java, ServerLaunch, MySWTMain, index.html}, the pulldown will appear as follows: ServerLaunch {History1} MyMainClass.java {History2} WebProject {History3} -------------- (Sash) ServerLaunch {History1} MyMainClass.java {History2} WebProject {History3} MySWTMain {history4} index.html {history5} It's reasonable to have the three most recent history items above the sash. It is not reasonable to duplicate those same items below the sash. Patch incoming
New Gerrit change created: https://git.eclipse.org/r/47212
As I mentioned on the review: "Yeah, we debate this quite often. The sash between the most recent n and the bottom which is the complete list doesn't really make it clear that these are really two lists. But it kinda looks like a single list right now and is pretty confusing. I think we need to think on this a bit more and discuss." I guess the question is would you miss it if it wasn't in the bottom set below the sash. I think the real challenge when we introduced this was how to make the most recent stand out. But maybe it doesn't have to. Hmm.
We can make the in bold font like in font selectors, or we can change background? The other option - not have sash, have MRU and people use filter to find stuff... We also have some space in bottom row to add some buttons, like sort...
Personally, I think it would be good if the line between the top 3 entries and the rest was clearly visible. I think that would solve the problem. Normally, I would think not showing the 3 most recent in the bottom list would be fine, but because the bottom list is in alphabetical order (which is good), it may be confusing to not see an entry there. If the dividing line was clear, then there would be no confusion about duplication, I think.
It is sash in standard eclipse palette. But I can make it black for example or/and thicker.
New Gerrit change created: https://git.eclipse.org/r/47310
Can somebody pull it and try on windows and mac? I tried to make it black but its ugly as hell. Selection color is better on linux but I cannot try other platform.
Gerrit change https://git.eclipse.org/r/47310 was merged to [master]. Commit: http://git.eclipse.org/c/cdt/org.eclipse.launchbar.git/commit/?id=d7a91f70eebe81e2143d03dbba21fbe828c95f78
Also test with the dark theme. It may be really invisible there if it's black. We have other issues with the dark theme that I'll address next week.
(In reply to Doug Schaefer from comment #9) > Also test with the dark theme. It may be really invisible there if it's > black. We have other issues with the dark theme that I'll address next week. This seems to have never been done - it has been pulled out into Bug 560561.
