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Bug 340096

Summary: [Help][Search] Add preference for show description and show result categories in the search view
Product: [Eclipse Project] Platform Reporter: Chris Goldthorpe <cgold>
Component: User AssistanceAssignee: Chris Goldthorpe <cgold>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED QA Contact:
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: P3 CC: cgold, ChrisAustin, gayle_thiel, kevin_macdonald, liuj1, mober.at+eclipse, raji, stevenma, zhhaohh
Version: 3.6   
Target Milestone: 3.7 M7   
Hardware: PC   
OS: Windows XP   
Whiteboard:
Bug Depends on:    
Bug Blocks: 291105    
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Description Flags
Patch for Help View
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Patch for Help View and Help Webapp none

Description Chris Goldthorpe CLA 2011-03-15 17:14:51 EDT 
+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #291105 +++

Currently the default presentation of search results is to show descriptions and not sort by category. Bug #291105 has requested that sort by category be the default. I do not think this is the best choice for the Eclipse SDK but adding a preference makes sense. At the same time we should add a preference for the option to show descriptions which is closely related.

In summary this request is to add a preference that can be set in pluginCustomization.ini to control the default setting of show descriptions and sort by category.
Comment 1 Chris Goldthorpe CLA 2011-03-15 17:29:04 EDT 
Created attachment 191254 [details]
Patch for Help View

This patch implements the new preferences for the help view. I will create a separate patch for the webapp.
Comment 2 Chris Goldthorpe CLA 2011-03-16 13:08:27 EDT 
Created attachment 191318 [details]
Patch for Help View and Help Webapp
Comment 3 Chris Goldthorpe CLA 2011-03-16 13:09:38 EDT 
Patch for Help View and Help Webapp committed to HEAD. Fixed.