Bug 533729 - Cut/Copy/Paste on textual editors context menu miss icons
Summary: Cut/Copy/Paste on textual editors context menu miss icons
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: Text (show other bugs)
Version: 4.7   Edit
Hardware: All All
: P3 enhancement (vote)
Target Milestone: 4.8 M7   Edit
Assignee: Mickael Istria CLA
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Keywords: bugday, helpwanted, usability
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Reported: 2018-04-18 03:03 EDT by Mickael Istria CLA
Modified: 2018-04-20 05:15 EDT (History)
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Description Mickael Istria CLA 2018-04-18 03:03:29 EDT 
While Cut/Copy/Paste have icons in the Edit menu, those icons don't appear in the context-menu on text editor.
Comment 1 Mickael Istria CLA 2018-04-18 12:17:19 EDT 
@Dani: out of curiosity (it doesn't really matter for the bug resolution itself), why did you remove the usability tag? Repeating known icons in the different locations is a good way to make it easier for users to find the action they need, so it seems like it's part of usability to me.
Comment 2 Dani Megert CLA 2018-04-18 12:33:28 EDT 
(In reply to Mickael Istria from comment #1)
> @Dani: out of curiosity (it doesn't really matter for the bug resolution
> itself), why did you remove the usability tag? Repeating known icons in the
> different locations is a good way to make it easier for users to find the
> action they need, so it seems like it's part of usability to me.

I've never met a person that acts based on the icon. Feel free to add the keyowrd back.
Comment 3 Mickael Istria CLA 2018-04-18 12:37:03 EDT 
(In reply to Dani Megert from comment #2)
> I've never met a person that acts based on the icon. Feel free to add the
> keyowrd back.

Yes, you have. I'm one of them ;) When I see an icon I know does match what I want, I don't even read the label. I also find it helps to more quickly find an action in a long list.
Comment 4 Dani Megert CLA 2018-04-18 12:43:25 EDT 
(In reply to Mickael Istria from comment #3)
> (In reply to Dani Megert from comment #2)
> > I've never met a person that acts based on the icon. Feel free to add the
> > keyowrd back.
> 
> Yes, you have.

?
Comment 5 Dani Megert CLA 2018-04-18 12:46:15 EDT 
(In reply to Dani Megert from comment #4)
> (In reply to Mickael Istria from comment #3)
> > (In reply to Dani Megert from comment #2)
> > > I've never met a person that acts based on the icon. Feel free to add the
> > > keyowrd back.
> > 
> > Yes, you have.
> 
> ?

OK, got it :-)
Comment 6 Eclipse Genie CLA 2018-04-19 16:03:43 EDT 
New Gerrit change created: https://git.eclipse.org/r/121441
Comment 8 Mickael Istria CLA 2018-04-20 05:15:33 EDT 
(In reply to Dani Megert from comment #2)
> I've never met a person that acts based on the icon.

Just for the sake of discussion, icons are also extremely useful for people who suffer from dyslexia (and this is relatively common) who need more time to read -especially when 2 side-by-side texts have the same "shape"- while they can parse an icon and understand it much faster.