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Re: [orion-dev] You can now choose to open links in new tabs

>Go to the settings page, choose the General category and you can switch to opening tabs in new pages too, if you like.
Just a thought. Is there a way to allow me as a first time user, to recognize that there is such a preference? E.g., prompt me something like a link to the settings when I click on a file in the navigator first time. When I see a link, my first reaction is to use CTRL+click for a new tab because it is very common.

> I’ll phase search results in next.
Regarding search, there is a new bug [1] that addresses opening search page in a new tab.
If we don't want to force to open a new tab, are we going to add a specific setting as general->search ->open in new tab ? I think it will make sense because "open links in a new tab" may only apply to hyper links from user's perspective.

Libing
[1] https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=375897


Inactive hide details for Anton McConville---03/27/2012 04:59:30 PM---There is now a new setting that allows Orion users to choAnton McConville---03/27/2012 04:59:30 PM---There is now a new setting that allows Orion users to choose whether links open in the same tab, or

From: Anton McConville/Ottawa/IBM@IBMCA
To: orion-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
Date: 03/27/2012 04:59 PM
Subject: [orion-dev] You can now choose to open links in new tabs
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There is now a new setting that allows Orion users to choose whether links open in the same tab, or open in a new tab.

In my development work, I find that when editing files, I mostly wanted to open a few at once, and from the navigator I mostly want to keep it around. I think most people use a combination of keyboard and mouse clicks to achieve this. We seem to all have our favourite ways of working. This setting hopes to extend the choices a little more.


(See attached file: setting.png)


Go to the settings page, choose the General category and you can switch to opening tabs in new pages too, if you like.


It was very helpful to me to have a second subject to work with in settings too - to understand the patterns better, and to see how generalized it could be. I also used this opportunity to move settings to use the preferences service, instead of local storage directly.


That was a learning experience too. It took some trial and error for me properly understand preferences, and I learned too that there are limitations.


Also, I'm very undecided about the value of async calls for these settings. I much preferred the simplicity that direct local storage calls gave me. I do recognize that when it comes to storing the settings data in distributed way, that I may gain more value from asyn calls - but it really does introduce complexity. I noticed too that with some inconsistent client coding approaches, that I had to use my head a lot to manage scopes in a couple of different ways for those places that use the preferences service. Just some observations.


I’m still phasing in all of the places where links will react to a choice of opening in a new tab. For now files from the navigation will respond, and commands in the navigation bar will respond. I’ll phase search results in next.

It's all very fresh, so please let me know what you think and if you see any flaws.

Anton [attachment "setting.png" deleted by Libing Wang/Ottawa/IBM]
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