Bug 506573 - [package explorer][preferences] Abbreviate Package Name preference section has usability issues
Summary: [package explorer][preferences] Abbreviate Package Name preference section ha...
Status: ASSIGNED
Alias: None
Product: JDT
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: UI (show other bugs)
Version: 4.5.2   Edit
Hardware: All All
: P5 enhancement (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: JDT-UI-Inbox CLA
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Keywords: helpwanted
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Reported: 2016-10-26 11:25 EDT by Rüdiger Herrmann CLA
Modified: 2017-04-18 11:48 EDT (History)
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Screenshot of abbreviate package names preference section (18.46 KB, image/png)
2016-10-26 12:12 EDT, Rüdiger Herrmann CLA
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Description Rüdiger Herrmann CLA 2016-10-26 11:25:10 EDT
The "Abbreviate Package Names" preference section gives the impression of a "least effort solution to configure how package names are abbreviated".

Which is fine for a start and I understand that there may not be the resources available to change that, however, I still would like to share my thoughts on this UI here:

* I find the explanation above the text entry field hard to read: three lines of dense text with many punctuation marks.

* the Tab key does enter an unintended tab character in the text instead of traversing to the next field.

* the text entry field shows (disabled) scroll-bars even though the text does not exceed the control's bounds.

Maybe an editable table with two columns would be better suited for entering package name abbreviations? Each column could clearly state what to enter, e.g. "Package Name" and "Abbreviation".
Comment 1 Rüdiger Herrmann CLA 2016-10-26 12:12:47 EDT
Created attachment 265070 [details]
Screenshot of abbreviate package names preference section