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Bug 269504

Summary:	Use site names in the Install dialog
Product:	[Eclipse Project] Equinox	Reporter:	Bernd Oliver Sünderhauf <pancho>
Component:	p2	Assignee:	P2 Inbox <equinox.p2-inbox>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3	CC:	susan
Version:	3.5
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Linux-GTK
Whiteboard:

Description Bernd Oliver Sünderhauf

2009-03-20 08:31:48 EDT

Build ID: I20090313-0100

Steps To Reproduce:
1. Open the "Install New Software" dialog
2. See the list of available sites in the "Work with" combo box.

I would be very nice if the site names were shown instead of long and confusing site URLs. Only in cases where two sites share the same name, append the URL, so they can be discriminated from each other.

Also, the text field would be more useful if it offered a search function among the existing sites instead of adding a new software site.
Adding a site can be easily (and with the additional site name functionality) done using the "Add..." button/dialog.
So adding a new site directly in the "Work with" field is unnecessary and just error-prone.
The search functionality should at least search the site names and URLs.

More information:

Comment 1 Bernd Oliver Sünderhauf

2009-03-20 08:35:06 EDT

I'm considering this a Usability bug, as I expected search functionality and not "add a site" functionality in the text field. Feel free to demote this to "Enhancement" if you disagree.

Comment 2 Bernd Oliver Sünderhauf

2009-03-20 08:41:02 EDT

Oh, I just discovered the separate search bar, which is awesome, but a bit too unobtrusive to be discovered rightaway... :)

So maybe it would be best to remove the text field from the "Work with" combo box, making it a regular drop down list.

The site names aspect remains valid.

Comment 3 Susan McCourt

2009-03-20 10:28:32 EDT

Site name was (just) fixed in bug 267853.
We also now enable autocompletion in the text part of the combo (bug 267870).
We use a text field in the combo so that users can type/paste site names and hit enter to get "instant add," or drag a URL from a browser into that box.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 267853 ***