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Re: [cdt-dev] Launch bar sorting

That might work. No more than 5, though. 3 might be better. How many configs do people usually flip between?

And, it's not about me and my "preferences" (sorry :) ). Just don't create a preference unless you actually expect users to go find it. We often (almost always) use preferences as a crutch when we can't decide what's best for our users. Decide how you want them to work and what you want them to see. If it the UI is really polarizing, then use a preference to appease angry users. Mind you, the trick is to have no angry users.

Doug.

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From: cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] on behalf of Marc Khouzam [marc.khouzam@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 3:20 PM
To: 'CDT General developers list.'
Subject: Re: [cdt-dev] Launch bar sorting

The first reaction is: "we need a preference".  But I know you don't like those, and I agree.
Let's try to be nicer to our users.

How about an MRU of 5 (or 10 although that seems long for the list) at the top, followed by a
small division line followed by the alphabetical list?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Doug Schaefer
> Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 3:01 PM
> To: CDT General developers list.
> Subject: Re: [cdt-dev] Launch bar sorting
>
> Hey Marc, that's a good question. I have lots of configs as well (and by lots I
> mean close to 50) and it does bug me a bit when I have to find one. Actually
> sorting alphabetically helps with that.  If we did it in MRU order, the it would
> be hard to find ones that you haven't used in a while.
>
> One option that crossed my mind is opening the selector at the one that's
> selected. Then if you name your configs similarly, you can find them easier.
>
> The other issue is that we're showing configs that probably shouldn't be
> there, things like External Tool configs that are called at build time. Filtering
> the list to things we normally consider launches might help.
>
> Probably worth a bug. I just check my eclipse bug folder a lot less often than
> my inbox.
>
> ________________________________________
> From: cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] on
> behalf of Marc Khouzam [marc.khouzam@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 2:30 PM
> To: 'CDT DEV (cdt-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx)'
> Subject: [cdt-dev] Launch bar sorting
>
> Hi,
>
> The Launch bar is great.  As I am using it, I'm really liking the simplicity and
> ease-of-use.
>
> The launches are sorted alphabetically.  In the platform's launch list when
> using the arrow next to 'bug' icon, the list is sorted by most recently used.  Is
> there a way to get that sorting order with the launch bar?  I have a lot of
> launches but use a subset that I would like to see at the top.  Should I open a
> bug?
>
> Thanks
>
> P.S. For other to try, the launch bar has been checked-in to master so it is
> very easy to try; just import the new projects from your git repo:
> org.eclipse.cdt.launchbar.core
> org.eclipse.cdt.launchbar.ui
>
> P.P.S. What is org.eclipse.cdt.launchbar.cdt.core used for?
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