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Bug 328441

Summary:

Latest TS no longer allows you to navigate between classes using F3

Product:

[Technology] Tigerstripe

Reporter:

Duncan Keysell <dkeysell>

Component:

Assignee:

Navid Mehregani <nmehrega>

Status:

RESOLVED FIXED

QA Contact:

Severity:

major

Priority:

CC:

nmehrega, rcraddoc

Version:

unspecified

Target Milestone:

0.5M0

Hardware:

OS:

Mac OS X - Carbon (unsup.)

Whiteboard:

Attachments:

Description	Flags
'Activator' link in PDE editor	none

Description Duncan Keysell

2010-10-22 05:02:54 EDT

This is a major regression and reduction of usability. In previous versions of Tigerstripe you could select the Extends class text box (and other class text boxes) and hit F3 (fn-F3 on mac) and it would automatically open the class referenced in the extends text box. This is no longer possible in the latest version of TS.

Comment 1 Navid Mehregani

2010-10-22 12:04:40 EDT

Here's my suggestion for resolving this issue:

- Display BOTH 'Extends' and 'Implements' labels as LINKS
- When user clicks on either one of them, the corresponding artifact is opened

There are multiple problems with using F3 for this feature:
  - Feature was not available for 'Implements' field.  It only worked for 'Extends' field, thus there was an inconsistency.

  - It's NOT a standard Eclipse practice to have F3 functionality in a text box of a form.  This is the standard when opening declaration in CODE.

  - It's a hidden feature.  It's not immediately obvious to users.

  - As a contrast, look at the 'Activator' link for PDE editor (attached snapshot). It's immediately obvious and using links in a form editor is the standard way of doing this in Eclipse.

Comment 2 Navid Mehregani

2010-10-22 12:08:10 EDT

Created attachment 181516 [details]
'Activator' link in PDE editor

Comment 3 Richard Craddock

2010-10-22 12:11:17 EDT

The f3 also used to work for types within the Attribute and Methods (return type + argument)

Lets make sure we haven't lost that too.

Comment 4 Richard Craddock

2010-10-22 12:14:15 EDT

Agreed that it was not there for Implements is a bad thigs BUT thats because you can implement s series of things, and the text box just conmcatenates them.

Comment 5 Navid Mehregani

2010-10-22 12:22:42 EDT

(In reply to comment #3)
> The f3 also used to work for types within the Attribute and Methods (return
> type + argument)
> 
> Lets make sure we haven't lost that too.

It still is working, but for consistency, we should eventually change these as well.


(In reply to comment #4)
> Agreed that it was not there for Implements is a bad thigs BUT thats because
> you can implement s series of things, and the text box just conmcatenates them.

You're right! Should we open the first artifact? Not display a link for 'Implements'? Thoughts?
I personally prefer opening the first artifact, but there is no right or wrong answer to this.

Comment 6 Navid Mehregani

2010-11-21 18:59:38 EST

Fixed.  'Extends' and 'Implements' have been converted to links.  Clicking on Implements will open the first implemented artifact specified.

Modified file:
ArtifactGeneralInfoSection