Description Konstantin Komissarchik 2011-03-14 16:31:45 EDT

In Sapphire form content outline, we are starting to run into cases where the label of the add action is unclear. Consider the following scenario from the sdef editor (the editor for Sapphire UI definition files):

Tab Group
  tab1
  tab2

The "Tab Group" node's children are tabs, but when you have no tabs defined and select context menu from the "Tab Group" node, you only see "Add" in the menu. What exactly are you adding? Not clear.

The problem could be solved by creating an intermediary node like follows:

Tab Group
  Tabs
    tab1
    tab2

Of course, such approach is not always practical or advisable, especially in editors with highly recursive content (very deep nesting already).

Note that this is only an issue for homogeneous lists. If the list is heterogeneous, the add action is a cascading menu with types clearly listed in the sub-menu.

I am going to experiment with a solution that makes the homogeneous add action label include the name of what you are adding, such that it would be "Add Tab" in the above example.

We could make this behavior configurable, but I'd rather leave things simpler unless there is reason to suspect that existing scenarios would be harmed.

Note that this only applies to the content outline. The add action in the table editor is always clear and there is no advantage to make it more verbose.

Feedback welcome.