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Bug 7790 - User should be returned to the last preference that was being modified
Summary: User should be returned to the last preference that was being modified
Status: CLOSED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: UI (show other bugs)
Version: 1.0   Edit
Hardware: PC Windows 2000
: P3 enhancement (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: Tod Creasey CLA
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: 2110 8981 (view as bug list)
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Reported: 2002-01-16 12:47 EST by Duong Nguyen CLA
Modified: 2005-05-10 14:55 EDT (History)
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Description Duong Nguyen CLA 2002-01-16 12:47:14 EST 
If you modify a preference and then go back into the preferences dialog it 
would be more intuitive if the user was returned to the last preference 
edited.  This mode of operation would be similar to other tools (i.e. Excel, 
Powerpoint, Word) which remember the last page visited in Options and Customize.

To Reproduce:

1.	In WSWB, Select Window->Preferences->Workbench->Appearance
2.	Click OK
3.	Select Window->Preferences

Result:

Back at starting window and would need to select Workbench->Appearance

Desired Result:

The preferences view opens the second time at Workbench->Appearance.
Comment 1 Nick Edgar CLA 2002-01-16 22:56:58 EST 
Still a problem.  Should fix in 2.0.
This is particularly awkward for keyboard users.
Comment 2 Nick Edgar CLA 2002-01-16 22:59:09 EST 
Selection should also be saved across sessions, being careful to handle case 
where page is no longer there on restart.

Should also save expanded state, but this needs only to be preserved for the 
same session.
Comment 3 Nick Edgar CLA 2002-01-16 22:59:32 EST 
Likewise for properties dialog.
Comment 4 Tod Creasey CLA 2002-02-04 16:01:29 EST 
Fixed in build >20020129
Comment 5 Tod Creasey CLA 2002-02-05 09:05:02 EST 
*** Bug 2110 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 6 Knut Radloff CLA 2002-02-05 10:25:53 EST 
*** Bug 8981 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 7 Tod Creasey CLA 2005-05-10 14:55:40 EDT 
Marking closed