Re: [platform-ui-dev] 2.1 M4 Plan posted

["Nick Edgar" <Nick_Edgar@xxxxxxx>]

Note that the drop-down does not use a combo.  It is a simple button like 
the >> chevron in IE, except it shows all editors, not just the ones not 
visible in the tabs.
We could consider putting this in the toolbar when the tabs are hidden.
Thanks for the suggestion.

Nick





"Martin Dulisch" <mdulisch@xxxxxxxxxx>
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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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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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?
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> 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,
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> 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
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> is currently used for delete line in text editors though.
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> 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?
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> Nick
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> Marco Qualizza <mqualizza@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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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?
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> > 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
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> > 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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