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Bug 100266

Summary:	[type wizards] "generate comments" not left enabled in new class and new type wizards
Product:	[Eclipse Project] JDT	Reporter:	David Hovemeyer <daveho>
Component:	UI	Assignee:	Martin Aeschlimann <martinae>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3	CC:	benno.baumgartner, daniel_megert, johnkaplantech, martinae, richkulp
Version:	3.1
Target Milestone:	3.4 M2
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Whiteboard:

Description David Hovemeyer

2005-06-15 14:41:47 EDT

Every time I create a new class by right-clicking on a package and choosing
New->Class, the "Generate comments" checkbox is not selected.  So, I have to
manually select it every time.  It would be nice if it retained the value from
the last use of the dialog.  (I seem to recall that this used to be the default
behavior, but in 3.1RC1 and 3.1RC2 this value does not seem to stick.)

Comment 1 Dirk Baeumer

2005-06-15 16:08:50 EDT

David, 

we deceided to change the behavior to bring the check box more in sync with the
other code style preferences. The check box is now initialized from the code
style preference "Automatically add comments to new types and methods". The
check box on the wizard is only to temporarily override the setting.

With Eclipse 3.1 the code style settings can be configured per project.

Comment 2 David Hovemeyer

2005-06-16 09:32:15 EDT

Thanks a lot!  That solves the problem.

Comment 3 Dani Megert

2007-08-22 04:59:52 EDT

*** Bug 107222 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 4 Dani Megert

2007-08-22 05:00:10 EDT

*** Bug 119426 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 5 Dani Megert

2007-08-22 05:00:17 EDT

*** Bug 186377 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 6 Dani Megert

2007-08-22 05:00:40 EDT

*** Bug 154244 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 7 Dani Megert

2007-08-22 05:01:34 EDT

Martin and I discussed how we could improve this but still allow users to temporarily override the current properties:

- keep the checkbox behavior as it is
- move the 'Automatically add comments...' from 'Code Style' to 'Code Templates'
  page so that users see it when they click on the 'properties' link
- improve the text with the 'properties' link so that it is obvious where the
  default can be changed

Comment 8 Martin Aeschlimann

2007-08-22 07:11:38 EDT

fixed as suggested in comment 7
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