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Main tab of RAP Launcher looks overloaded because the sections available on this tab don't use the space optimal.
Also the semantic ordering of the sections is a little awkward. I think that the browser section should be last with the preview url included from bug 342083.
Created attachment 193367 [details] Example for a new layout This is just an example how we can optimize the layout of the main tab. I'm open for other suggestions.
Created attachment 193369 [details] WireframeSketcher screen file I used the WireframeSketcher to create the example layout. Here is the WireframeSketcher file if you want to edit or change the example layout.
I like the proposal!
(In reply to comment #1) >I think that the browser section should be last with the preview url included from bug 342083 I agree with you. But now we have an additional section "Instance area" which is a more advanced setting and not so important for RAP application developer. We want it to be the last section. With this constrain the ordering "Servlet/Application -> Browser -> Runtime Settings -> Instance area" is in my IMO more reasonable then "Servlet/Application -> Runtime Settings -> Browser -> Instance area" because it is a top-down approach. May be Rüdiger and Ralf have other opinion about this?
(In reply to comment #5) > I agree with you. But now we have an additional section "Instance area" which > is a more advanced setting and not so important for RAP application developer. > We want it to be the last section. Is there a reason why we need it to be on the main tab if it is not an important option? Why not on the settings tab?
(In reply to comment #5) > [ ... ] > With this constrain the ordering "Servlet/Application -> Browser -> Runtime > Settings -> Instance area" is in my IMO more reasonable then > "Servlet/Application -> Runtime Settings -> Browser -> Instance area" because it > is a top-down approach. > May be Rüdiger and Ralf have other opinion about this? As long as the discussion is only about Browser -> Runtime Settings and vice versa, I am fine with both with a sligh preferrence towards Beyhans suggestion.
(In reply to comment #6) > > Is there a reason why we need it to be on the main tab if it is not an important > option? Why not on the settings tab? Hm, you have a good point here :) Only, the settings tab is provided by PDE and adding anything to it will most likely end in a hack.
(In reply to comment #5) > With this constrain the ordering "Servlet/Application -> Browser -> Runtime > Settings -> Instance area" is in my IMO more reasonable then > "Servlet/Application -> Runtime Settings -> Browser -> Instance area" because > it is a top-down approach. Perhaps a better solution if you want to keep the ordering as Browser->Runtime Settings is to move the URL preview to the end of the Runtime Settings section? This makes more sense to me. I think that the issue for me is not having the preview URL before any settings that would change it.
>Perhaps a better solution if you want to keep the ordering as Browser->Runtime >Settings is to move the URL preview to the end of the Runtime Settings section? I like the URL preview into the Browser Section because it belongs somehow to it. >I think that the issue for me is not having the preview URL before any settings that would change it. I totally agree with you. After some discussions with Ralf we decided to implement the suggested layout (see RapLaunchNewLayout.png) for the current release of RAP. For the next release of RAP we will change the order of Browser Section and Runtime Section and also do other layout changes. I will provide a screen shot with our ideas soon. We don't want to do these layout changes now because we are quite close to our feature freeze deadline and there are other more important features waiting.
Created attachment 193715 [details] New Maint tab layout Patch which implements the suggested Main tab layout.
Created attachment 193717 [details] Layout changes for RAP 1.5 This screen shot shows our ideas how to change the layout of the main tab for the next release. These ideas includes also the suggestions from bug 321719
(In reply to comment #12) > Created attachment 193717 [details] > Layout changes for RAP 1.5 > > This screen shot shows our ideas how to change the layout of the main tab for > the next release. These ideas includes also the suggestions from bug 321719 +1 I like it
Created attachment 194346 [details] Patch updated to CVS head I updated the patch to the CVS head and did some refactoring.
Applied patch to CVS HEAD with minor changes.
