[news.eclipse.tools.gef] Re: thinner palette UI when docked

["Pratik Shah" <none@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Al Major" <alnospammajor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Pratik Shah wrote:
> > Open a feature request if you want this tracked.  Getting rid of the
palette
> > view is not an option (it was introduced since a lot of clients were
> > creating their own palette view).  We can consider making the collapsed
> > flyout narrower though.
> >
>
> where/how do i open a feature request? bugzilla?

Yes.  Mark it as an enhancement.  This won't be a priority, and we might not
even address anything (except maybe the thinner collapsed flyout).
PaletteView is also beneficial for really large palettes (hundreds of
items), and some clients use it exclusively (i.e., no flyout in the editor
if the view is not there).  The real estate gain from making the flyout
shorter is not going to be much (esp. if we make it narrower), and I don't
think it's best in terms of usability (do you know of any other program that
does the same?).

>
> since the main benefit of the palette view is that you don't have the
> dead real-estate of the collapsed flyout, i'm guessing that the need
> will go away if the suggestion i made gets incorporated. especially if
> the "tab-only-collapsed-flyout" can be implemented. just a thinner
> flyout may not be enough (the bulk of the height is still
> non-interactive real estate).
>
> it would certainly be worth asking clients why they wanted a  palette
> view in the first place. maybe i'm wrong and there's another reason.
>
> thx,
>
> al