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The current placement of the repository information takes to much space. During normal work, the developer knows which repo he is working on and the place for the repository becomes wasted space. This information fits well into the first section, as this reads as a header for the whole UI. Gerrit coming soon.
Lars, can you attach a screenshot with the proposal? Might be I misunderstand this, but how one would know what one commits then? Probably we can optimize the space or show the information differently (view title or status line?), but simply removing it is not OK for me.
Created attachment 262877 [details] Screenshot
Gerrit linking did not work: https://git.eclipse.org/r/76475
(In reply to Lars Vogel from comment #2) > Created attachment 262877 [details] > Screenshot A-ha, the bug title doesn't really match the change. In this case (optimizing space) I would rather move the repo information over the commit area, because usually much more space is needed over the "staged/unstaged files" list block, and the "commit" block is usually empty or not so crowded.
(In reply to Andrey Loskutov from comment #4) > (In reply to Lars Vogel from comment #2) > > Created attachment 262877 [details] > > Screenshot > > A-ha, the bug title doesn't really match the change. > > In this case (optimizing space) I would rather move the repo information > over the commit area, because usually much more space is needed over the > "staged/unstaged files" list block, and the "commit" block is usually empty > or not so crowded. Hm. I don't find that screenshot particularly compelling. Putting the repo info in either title will lead to wrapping if the window/part stack is small, which looks strange and may cause the title bar to become larger? How about harmonizing the layout a bit with the Git history page, and simply using viewPart.setContentDescription() instead of a huge form title? I don't need the repo to be shown in huge bold font.
Created attachment 275819 [details] Screenshot
I rephrase the bug: IMHO Git staging view should waste less empty space. Screen space in the IDE is important and should not be used for intensive whitespace.
(In reply to Lars Vogel from comment #7) > I rephrase the bug: IMHO Git staging view should waste less empty space. > Screen space in the IDE is important and should not be used for intensive > whitespace. The fact that the repo info is not on the same line as the view toolbar would have to be tackled in the CTabFolder or View renderer. Otherwise, see comment 5 (but that description would still appear below the view toolbar and thus still "waste" a some screen real estate).
Created attachment 280832 [details] Still bad How it look on the beamer.
One option to reduce the waste of space would be to hide the Author and Commit fields as they are rarely changed during usage.
