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Bug 1818

Summary: [Navigator] Inplace renaming in navigator is problematic (1GDVOJN)
Product: [Eclipse Project] Platform Reporter: Andre Weinand <andre_weinand>
Component: UIAssignee: Randy Giffen <Randy_Giffen>
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX QA Contact:
Severity: normal    
Priority: P4 Keywords: investigate
Version: 2.0   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
Whiteboard:

Description Andre Weinand CLA 2001-10-10 22:19:51 EDT 
I don't like the inplace renaming in the navigator:

- whenever I select "rename" I expect a rename dialog, but nothing seems to happen because the overlay editor
	in the navigator is not "visible" enough.

- there is no guidance (or error indication) for the new name

- the overlay editor doesn't go away when selecting another element. I'm able to continue without leaving the rename mode. This is confusing.

- in-place renaming seems to be inconsistent with navigators that have more constraints on the new name (like the Java package viewer) and use out-of-place renaming


NOTES:

TRH (5/21/2001 1:41:49 PM):
	IMHO, in-place editing is a must have feature.  I agree however that it is currently buggy, and that perhaps there are times when dialogs should be displayed as
	a secondary approach to changing the name.  For example, what happens if I select multiple resources and request to do a rename?

KH (9/14/2001 11:07:12 AM)
	More than just inplace editing issued raised.
Comment 1 DJ Houghton CLA 2001-10-24 06:46:55 EDT 
PRODUCT VERSION:
107
Comment 2 Kevin Haaland CLA 2002-01-21 19:09:20 EST 
Pls consider these points in your work on improving support for global actions 
like cut/copy/paste
Comment 3 Randy Giffen CLA 2002-04-18 16:00:24 EDT 
1) Visibility - After selecting rename the name is outlined and selected
2) Guidance - We could show guidance in the status line. Consider after 2.0
3) Now goes away when another element selected
4) Better guidance on the status line should be able to indicate the 
constraints. If the new name is invalid we should not apply the change to 
avoid opening a dialog. Have to ensure that the status line message is visible 
enough.
Comment 4 Randy Giffen CLA 2002-08-01 11:01:19 EDT 
reopened to investigate showing status line information
Comment 5 Kevin Haaland CLA 2002-08-29 17:36:21 EDT 
No plans to change current behavior