[platform-ui-dev] Editor tabs

["Jay Cagle" <jcagle@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I have a couple suggestions regarding editor tabs.  I'm glad to see that the scrolling idea (with the left and right arrow buttons) has been removed -- I found that not very usable and frustrating.

In the 0501 build, the editor tabs are proportionally reduced in size as more editors are open.  I'd like to suggest that the tab for the active editor be made full-sized (large enough to display the editor title).  This would allow the user to see what's being edited without having to hover over the tab.  Granted it would reduce the space available for the non-active editor tabs, but I think it would be worth it.

Second, the tooltip delay on the editor tabs makes it slow to find an open editor.  (Yes, I know about Ctrl+F6.)  I think removing the delay altogether (so the tooltip is displayed as soon as you move the mouse to the tab) would help.  Or maybe better yet would be to use an approach like the tree viewer -- as you mouse over an editor tab display the complete title in a rectangle overlaid on the truncated title (instead of a tooltip below the tab).  This would also have the benefit that the tooltip could be different than the title.

Jay

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Jay Cagle
IBM WebSphere Studio Web Tooling Development
(919) 254-6906 (t/l 444), jcagle@xxxxxxxxxx