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Bug 33108

Summary:	[Action Sets] Confusing feedback for action set part associations in perspective customization dialog
Product:	[Eclipse Project] Platform	Reporter:	Lynne Kues <lynne_kues>
Component:	UI	Assignee:	Platform-UI-Inbox <Platform-UI-Inbox>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3	Keywords:	usability
Version:	2.1
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows 2000
Whiteboard:

Description Lynne Kues

2003-02-25 15:29:55 EST

RC1

1. Start with a new workspace.  Customize Perspective.  Notice that Launch is 
not checked off.
2. Open Java Perspective.
3. Create a *.java file.  
4. Go to Resource Perspective.  Notice that the launch actions are visible on 
the coolbar since the *.java editor is active.  Customize Perspective.  Notice 
that Launch is checked off.  OK.
5. Customize Perspective.  Turn off Launch.
6. Go to Java Perspective.  Close *.java file, re-open it.
7. Go to Resource Perspective.  Notice that the launch actions are not visible.
Based on Step 4, I would expect them to be visible.

I'm not sure what all is going on here, but sometimes the launch actions are 
there and sometimes they are not.

Comment 1 Lynne Kues

2003-02-25 17:38:25 EST

From Darin W:

Yes, we did change this recently - we added a part association. The actions 
appear when a java editor is opened. Otherwise, you cannot launch while in the 
resource perspective while editing java code. This was due to a bug 
report/feature request.

Comment 2 Nick Edgar

2003-02-25 23:45:55 EST

We don't have very good feedback in the customization dialog of action sets 
that appear due to actionSetPartAssociations.  There are actually 3 possible 
states for an action set: always off, always on, on due to part association.
An action set appears checked for the last two.  If you uncheck it, it changes 
to always off.

The feedback would be better if we could gray the check boxes:
- white and unchecked: always off
- white and checked: always on
- gray and checked: on due to part association
- gray and unchecked: <invalid>

Some labeling for the states would also help.

Comment 3 Nick Edgar

2003-03-11 15:35:51 EST

Defer

Comment 4 Michael Van Meekeren

2004-05-21 13:44:21 EDT

Marking as LATER.  Please comment if you think this is important for 3.0

Comment 5 Denis Roy

2009-08-30 02:20:26 EDT

As of now 'LATER' and 'REMIND' resolutions are no longer supported.
Please reopen this bug if it is still valid for you.