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Add a 'Tips and Tricks' link to the Welcome page. At first this would just invoke Help > Tips and Tricks... Ideally, we would create one HTML document with all tips and tricks on the fly (bug 491522).
Brian, something for you?
Sure. That's the 'org.eclipse.ui.help.tipsAndTricksAction' command id.
Brian, is this still planned for 4.6?
Yes. Patch to come for RC2. It'll just be for the default quicklinks, shown if nothing has been configured. It doesn't make sense to put this in with the Neon packages until the Tips & Tricks is replaced (bug 491522) as the current is pretty lousy.
(In reply to Brian de Alwis from comment #4) > Yes. Patch to come for RC2. It'll just be for the default quicklinks, > shown if nothing has been configured. Not sure what you mean here. > It doesn't make sense to put this in > with the Neon packages until the Tips & Tricks is replaced (bug 491522) as > the current is pretty lousy. We could have a Tips and Tricks page that has the entries of the Tips and Tricks dialog as links. This would make sure that Tips and Tricks from everyone are shown.
New Gerrit change created: https://git.eclipse.org/r/72641
(In reply to Dani Megert from comment #5) > Not sure what you mean here. I've added the 'org.eclipse.ui.help.tipsAndTricksAction' command to the default quicklinks. But this is only shown when there are no other definitions found. The Platform and SDK products currently don't show the Quicklinks as they're using the 'root' page as their start and home pages. Only the EPP packages (that have opted into the Solstice) are using the new 'qroot' page. And they're defining their own quicklinks. This was useful exercise though as the Tips and Tricks action is only installed if there are features carrying Tips and Tricks information, and revealed that the QuicklinksViewer needs to filter commands that are actually enabled.
(In reply to Brian de Alwis from comment #7) > (In reply to Dani Megert from comment #5) > > Not sure what you mean here. > > I've added the 'org.eclipse.ui.help.tipsAndTricksAction' command to the > default quicklinks. But this is only shown when there are no other > definitions found. > > > The Platform and SDK products currently don't show the Quicklinks as they're > using the 'root' page as their start and home pages. Only the EPP packages > (that have opted into the Solstice) are using the new 'qroot' page. And > they're defining their own quicklinks. As for this bug report I was rather expecting another entry on our main/root page. Can you provide a Gerrit change (not to be released) that allows me to see that the fix works with just the SDK?
New Gerrit change created: https://git.eclipse.org/r/72814
(In reply to Dani Megert from comment #8) > As for this bug report I was rather expecting another entry on our main/root > page. The root page only shows the top-level pages and isn't really intended to be extended. There isn't a simple way to add anything without changing the themes. I've put up a patch for the org.eclipse.sdk.ide product that uses the 'qroot' page for the starting page: https://git.eclipse.org/r/72814
(In reply to Brian de Alwis from comment #10) > (In reply to Dani Megert from comment #8) > > As for this bug report I was rather expecting another entry on our main/root > > page. > > The root page only shows the top-level pages and isn't really intended to be > extended. Add another top-level page?
(In reply to Dani Megert from comment #11) > Add another top-level page? That's 'qroot' ;) We could consider using qroot for the org.eclipse.sdk.ide product along the lines of this Gerrit patch (https://git.eclipse.org/r/72814, though we need to also set HOME_PAGE too). I don't think we should change the default for the org.eclipse.platform.ide product.
(In reply to Dani Megert from comment #11) > (In reply to Brian de Alwis from comment #10) > > (In reply to Dani Megert from comment #8) > > > As for this bug report I was rather expecting another entry on our main/root > > > page. > > > > The root page only shows the top-level pages and isn't really intended to be > > extended. > > Add another top-level page? Sorry, I meant like Tutorial or Samples.
Created attachment 261799 [details] Picture showing missing Tips and Tricks (In reply to Eclipse Genie from comment #6) > New Gerrit change created: https://git.eclipse.org/r/72641 This does not work for me. I've read this in the change: > - Add Tips and Tricks action to the default quicklinks, shown when no > other quicklinks are defined. So, this will most likely never work? At least when testing, I did not get the Tips and Tricks, even though some are installed (see attached picture).
(In reply to Dani Megert from comment #13) > Sorry, I meant like Tutorial or Samples. That makes sense and sounds worthy. Unfortunately that's also more work, and it won't be done for RC2. I'll think if there's a low-impact way to turn T&T content into a populable content for RC3.
Please add reviewers again once you have something for RC3. Please also keep the stricter ruler for RC3 in mind. For details see https://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/development/plans/freeze_plan_4_6.php#FixPassAfterRC2
Haven't been able to come up with a low-impact approach. Moving to later.
This is still desired to have.
