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Bug 1972

Summary: Detach window usuability suggestions (1GD0HYI)
Product: [Eclipse Project] Platform Reporter: Simon Arsenault <simon_arsenault>
Component: UIAssignee: Kevin Haaland <Kevin_Haaland>
Status: RESOLVED INVALID QA Contact:
Severity: normal    
Priority: P3 Keywords: usability
Version: 2.0   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
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Description Simon Arsenault CLA 2001-10-10 22:23:32 EDT
Please see also PRs:
		1GD0HSK: ITPUI:ALL - Can't tell which detach wnd belong to which workbench wnd
		1GD0HC8: ITPUI:ALL - DCR - Allow minimize of detach window

	To me, these detach window seem like "palettes" (if this was a graphics editor). A few
	years ago, I remember using one such product on the Mac which implemented its palette
	in a very helpful way - and it was done that the user did not even notice (the way a ui should
	be...not interfere with what the user is doing)

	Right now, the detach window always "float" above the workbench window. This means
	you are always shuffling windows around. Here is how this graphics package handled
	this case. When you were working with the palette, it was above the editor. Once your
	mouse left (or it may have required you click on the editor again), the palette would
	move below the editor (in the Z-order that is). When the mouse entered the palette
	and hovered for a specific amount of time at the same place, the palette came to the
	top...without the user clicking on it.

	Maybe we could do something along these lines for our detach windows?

NOTES:
Comment 1 DJ Houghton CLA 2001-10-29 17:42:46 EST
PRODUCT VERSION:
	0.101 (JDK)

Comment 2 Simon Arsenault CLA 2002-01-22 11:53:32 EST
One of the many problems with detached windows...defer until enough cycles 
available to properly address all these issues.
Comment 3 Randy Giffen CLA 2002-08-06 17:16:02 EDT
Reopen to close
Comment 4 Randy Giffen CLA 2002-08-06 17:16:27 EDT
Detached views no longer supported