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Bug 57469

Summary: [View Mgmt] View collapse should be disabled when it would not result in more space for other views
Product: [Eclipse Project] Platform Reporter: Nick Edgar <n.a.edgar>
Component: UIAssignee: Matthew Hatem <Matthew_Hatem>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED QA Contact:
Severity: normal    
Priority: P3 CC: knut_radloff, Matthew_Hatem, michaelvanmeekeren, peter.friese, sxenos
Version: 3.0   
Target Milestone: 3.3   
Hardware: PC   
OS: Windows 2000   
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Description Nick Edgar CLA 2004-04-05 12:01:08 EDT 
build I20040330

- new window in Java perspective
- click collapse on either the view stack at left (Package Explorer and
Hierarchy) or the one at right (Outline)
- this has no benefit to other views, and leaves a large blank area

If collapsing a view stack will result in no extra space for other views, then
the option should be disabled or hidden.

I see this as being a usability bug with the new look, and think it should be
fixed for 3.0.
Comment 1 Nick Edgar CLA 2004-04-05 12:15:28 EDT 
Matt is looking into this for us.
Comment 2 Nick Edgar CLA 2004-04-05 12:15:52 EDT 
See bug 56147 for more background.
Comment 3 Nick Edgar CLA 2004-04-29 11:29:54 EDT 
*** Bug 60329 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 Nick Edgar CLA 2004-05-26 14:17:27 EDT 
*** Bug 63655 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 5 Mike Wilson CLA 2007-06-18 15:39:14 EDT 
The new min/max story solves this problem.