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I have two major column groups on my screen: ======================|============================================| PE\Hierarchy\Outline-+|Foo.java\Bar.java\Baz.java\blah.properties-+| <<Package Explorer |package stuff; | Tree Here>> |public class Foo { | |... | ======================|============================================| Hitting the minimize (the '-' in the ASCII art above) just make the package explorer tree go to all white. While consistent, this does the user nothing as the source code on the right can't grab any more space. Feature request: On minimize, draw the tabs vertically along the side so that the contents of other views can grow.
This is partially fixed. In the 3.1 stream, stacks will shrink horizontally when minimized. The layout code could now handle the tabs being drawn vertically as you describe. However, I haven't made this change because I couldn't think of a way to actually draw the CTabFolder vertically (CC'ing veronika in case she has any seeds of wisdom). I tried replacing the CTabFolder with a vertical toolbar when it is minimized as a column. That was quite effective at saving space, but it looked... well... stupid.
BTW, this is a dupe, but I'm leaving it open because I can't find the original. :-)
Too bad this does not have high priority... IMO, nice minimization behavior is one of the one most annoying missing features of the workbench. - see bug 97124 for a dup - see bug 88239 comment 7 for a mock up - see bug 107819 for an idea on how to make it look even better
I agree. We have been requesting something like this since late 2004. One of the most common types of UI feedback that we get in usability tests is that the workbench is complex and overwhelming, and I think this would help address that problem. FYI, here's one more related request: 30780
It's not that it doesn't have value, but we're at the end of 3.2 and bug fixing is a priority. Anything I'm not working on now is P4 PW
Adding minimize discussion group.
3.3 will include a new "minimize" behaviour, which will minimize stacks to the outside trim and reclaim the space for the views/editors that are still visible. PW
There are currently no plans to work on this feature. PW
Changes requested on bug 193523
This bug hasn't had any activity in quite some time. Maybe the problem got resolved, was a duplicate of something else, or became less pressing for some reason - or maybe it's still relevant but just hasn't been looked at yet. If you have further information on the current state of the bug, please add it. The information can be, for example, that the problem still occurs, that you still want the feature, that more information is needed, or that the bug is (for whatever reason) no longer relevant.
