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Bug 62520 - [Workbench] Perspectives get listed in the wrong order
Summary: [Workbench] Perspectives get listed in the wrong order
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: UI (show other bugs)
Version: 3.0   Edit
Hardware: PC Linux
: P3 normal (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: Michael Van Meekeren CLA
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Reported: 2004-05-17 14:44 EDT by Marco Qualizza CLA
Modified: 2005-04-04 15:06 EDT (History)
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Description Marco Qualizza CLA 2004-05-17 14:44:57 EDT 
Using the new tabs, perspective bar is not docked under the tool bar and not
showing text on the perspective bar.  Linux GTK I20040517-1219.

When freshly loading up, the icons for currently loaded perspectives are listed
in the wrong order.  (ie/ when I shut eclipse (I20040514) down, they were "Java
Browsing", "Debug", "CVS Repositoy Exporing", and when I started I200405017,
they are listed as "CVS Respository Exploring", "Debug", "Java Browsing"). 
Further, close all perspectives, and then re-adding them, also lists them in the
wrong order (ie/ new perspectives are added to the top of the list, instead of
the bottom).
Comment 1 DJ Houghton CLA 2004-05-17 14:50:39 EDT 
Same for me with this build on WinXP.
Comment 2 DJ Houghton CLA 2004-05-18 13:02:24 EDT 
Also it looks like new editor tabs are opened on the left as well. (build
i0518-0816)
Comment 3 Michael Van Meekeren CLA 2004-05-18 13:33:00 EDT 
Opening on left is intentional.  Re-ordering the tabs on restart is a bug 
already logged I will mark this as a dup.
Comment 4 Michael Van Meekeren CLA 2004-05-18 13:34:16 EDT 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 62682 ***
Comment 5 Marco Qualizza CLA 2004-05-18 13:38:41 EDT 
Unfortunately, opening on the left is extremely counter-intuitive to people who
read left-to-right.  If I open perspective A and then perspective B, I expect A
to be listed after B.  Which, since I read left-to-right, it means that B will
be to the right of A, and (when listed vertically) under B.  Reopening for
reconsideration.
Comment 6 DJ Houghton CLA 2004-05-18 13:40:15 EDT 
I can live with new perspectives opening on the left if you allow me to move
them around. (bug 54319)

:-)
Comment 7 Marco Qualizza CLA 2004-05-18 13:42:21 EDT 
A typo in my previous comment.  "I expect A to be listed after B" should read "I
expect B to be listed after A".
Comment 8 Marco Qualizza CLA 2004-05-18 13:55:41 EDT 
Actually, in reference to comment 6, I think that re-ordering is a separate
issue -- it doesn't impact the fact that opening to the left is
counter-intuitive.  (Sorry ;-) )
Comment 9 Michael Van Meekeren CLA 2004-05-19 10:06:00 EDT 
this bug subject indicates wrong order on restart.

the second comment regarding opening new perspectives is covered in bug 62845
Comment 10 Alexander Staubo CLA 2005-03-24 20:08:53 EST 
It's been nearly a year, and it's still borked in 3.0 M5a, and it's annoying as
hell.
Comment 11 Michael Van Meekeren CLA 2005-03-25 11:30:44 EST 
As far as I can see the only outstanding issue here is the fact that
perspectives open left to right.  For 3.1 this will not be re-visited.  There
are some limitations in SWT toolbars that make it not possible for us (when
adding on the right) to discern whether there is enough space to place the next
item.
Comment 12 Michael Van Meekeren CLA 2005-04-04 15:06:45 EDT 
FYI, perspective order changes made by drag and drop and problems with
restarting eclipse and losing order will be fixed as aprt of bug 84499