Bug 568339 - Open Type Dialog: Add Filter context menu
Summary: Open Type Dialog: Add Filter context menu
Status: NEW
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Product: JDT
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: UI (show other bugs)
Version: 4.18   Edit
Hardware: PC Mac OS X
: P3 enhancement (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: JDT-UI-Inbox CLA
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Reported: 2020-10-28 09:27 EDT by Karsten Thoms CLA
Modified: 2020-10-28 09:31 EDT (History)
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2020-10-28 09:27 EDT, Karsten Thoms CLA
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Description Karsten Thoms CLA 2020-10-28 09:27:28 EDT
Created attachment 284590 [details]
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I'm using the Open Type dialog frequently, and sometimes I'm customizing the Type Filter preference to get more accurate results. But to tweak this I need to note the type or package I want to filter, close the dialog, open the preferences, search for the Type Filters preference page and edit it.

I could imagine this feature could become more frequently used if there would be a direct interaction with the preferences when working with the Open Type dialog. I propose to add a context menu on the dialog result which enables directly adding the selected types or packages to the filter, and maybe offer other interactions (enable/disable, hide/show) with the preferences without opening the preference page, or directly open the page.

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Comment 1 Karsten Thoms CLA 2020-10-28 09:31:12 EDT
Created attachment 284591 [details]
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