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Re: [platform-ui-dev] 2.1 M4 Plan posted
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> We will support N=0. Still debating what to do with the drop-down
in that
> case though. Obviously we don't want to keep the whole space for
the tabs
> just to have some place to hang the drop-down.
> One possibility is to just rely on the accelerator, but this is not
great
> for mouse users.
Why not place the combo on a toolbar? I think "ms winword" does this
with the format-templates combo.
Only a idea.
Martin
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> Nick
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> Randy Hudson <hudsonr@xxxxxxxxxx>
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> This sounds cool. Since it will only show editors in the current
window,
> does that mean the Editor tabs won't be displayed anymore?
> It will be nice to re-claim that space.
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> "Nick Edgar" <Nick_Edgar@xxxxxxx>
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> Well, actually, you're right -- we don't like the editors dialog too
much.
>
> We feel it is too modal, too hidden, and too difficult to get at for
> mouse users.
> However, it has been hard to replace, since it does provide
functionality
> not available elsewhere.
>
> It would be interesting to know which features of the current
editors
> dialog you find most useful. Do you use it just for switching, or
do you
> make use of some of the other features. Is being able to see the
full
> path important?
>
> We're hoping that the editors drop-down will provide equivalent
> functionality. For example, the drop-down will support
multi-selection.
> Its context menu will include Save, Close, Select Clean Editors, and
> Invert Selection, will allow you to sort by name or by most recently
used,
>
> and allow you to toggle whether the full path is shown in the
drop-down.
> The same accelerator used for the editors dialog will activate the
> drop-down (Ctrl+Shift+W), although I'd like to change this to
Ctrl+E. This
>
> is currently used for delete line in text editors though.
>
> We're still facing a couple of issues with the drop-down though.
Unlike
> the editors dialog, it will not be able to show editors across all
> windows. And we're debating how it should work when you have two
editor
> workbooks. Each workbook will have the drop-down (in the same way
that
> each workbook has tabs). Should it show only the editors for the
single
> workbook, or for all editors in the window?
>
> Nick
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> Marco Qualizza <mqualizza@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent by: platform-ui-dev-admin@xxxxxxxxxxx
> 11/26/02 10:59 AM
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> To: Nick Edgar <platform-ui-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> cc:
> Subject: Re: [platform-ui-dev] 2.1 M4 Plan posted
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> So, once again, we're going to lose the editors dialog. *grin* You
guys
> really don't like that thing, do you? I mean, this is the second
time
> that
> you've killed it off. What's going to replace the functionality
offered
> by
> the dialog?
>
> > The plan for 2.1 Milestone 4 (Dec. 13) has been posted to the
Platform
> UI
> > team page:
> >
http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/%7Echeckout%7E/platform-ui-ho
me/main.html
>
>
> > 2.1 Development Effort - Milestone 4 (December 13, 2002)
> > Performance improvement, with a focus on startup time, space
usage, and
> > scalability.
> > See PRs tagged with performance keyword and milestone 2.1 M4.
> > Bug fixing - address P1 and P2 PRs
> > Improvements to editor management (dealing with many open editors)
> > add drop-down to the right of the tabs, showing all open editors
> > drop-down replaces editors dialog
> > drop-down has key binding (Ctrl+Shift+W)
> > preference for amount of tab compression (none, low, medium, high)
> > preference for tabs in single row vs. multiple
> > preference for number of tabs visible (shows most recently used N)
> > editors view, having same look and feel as the drop-down except in
a
> view
> > Refinement of UI for customizable keybindings
> > UI changes for Flexible Project Structure (see the Core docs)
> > Improvements to ordering and order stability in action sets (bugs
16282
> and 18357)
> > Preference to bring Tasks view to front when new problems found
(bug
> 2066)
> > Experimental work items (may not surface in the milestone build):
> > Table of contents in wizards
> > Investigate lazy update of views (bug 27084)
> > Dropped items:
> > Floating views (from M3). This investigation is paired with the
work on
> > cheat sheets, which has been defered until after 2.1.
>
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> > Nick
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