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| Summary: | [65cat] [core]Please make Quick search movable in toolbar | ||
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| Product: | platform | Reporter: | _ theanuradha <theanuradha> |
| Component: | Quick Search | Assignee: | Ondrej Langr <olangr> |
| Status: | RESOLVED FIXED | ||
| Severity: | blocker | CC: | dsimonek, jrojcek, saubrecht |
| Priority: | P4 | ||
| Version: | 6.x | ||
| Hardware: | PC | ||
| OS: | Windows XP | ||
| Issue Type: | ENHANCEMENT | Exception Reporter: | |
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Description
_ theanuradha
2008-07-15 08:01:25 UTC
According to our HIE expert olangr, Qsearch should be locked on right side and not moveable. So current impl is fine. Passing to him. Closing as WONTFIX. It became standard to locate search in the fixed position in right upper corner (firefox, thunderbird, apple's spotlight, ...). firefox and thunderbird can move search (right click on tool bar and select customize then drag search toolbar ) Wow .. that't total news for me .. thanks for the hint ;). If the customization will be as hidden as in FF/Thunderbird, I don't care :). I just don't think it is very important and my only requirements are that the search should stay in top right corner even when the window is resized (within reasonable boundaries), that dynamically changing toolbar items (e.g. when debugging) should not change it's position and that it should not have any visible positioning artifacts around it. >>customization will be as hidden as in FF/Thunderbird
well it is the way they do that because FF/Thunderbird you can't drag and customize like netbeans by default.
If you want to change tool bar you have to go with right click on tool bar and select customize then drag search toolbar.
But in netbeans by deafult you can drag and customize without any thing so user may expect to behave like that
It was movable even in Milestone 1, then what's the issue having it again for next release? well M1 is too old we are talking about latest dev builds nvarun: If we just enabled the separators (as was the case in M1), the position would not be fixed. I.e. the search position would change in case the NetBeans window is resized or when toolbar configuration changes (in debugging mode). Keeping it movable yet in the fixed position would require extra implementation effort, AFAIK. I personally don't think that this component should be on the right side by default. I am working with a dual screen, and my second one is where I put Netbeans. Beleive me, it is a pain to mouse my mouse across 2 screens to reach the right corner when there is no reason more than purely esthetic to do so. Please, at least let the users move it if they want. Yesterday I tried to move it today and it triggered an exception. Then I saw on the website of Netbeans that a lot of users found the same problem, so it probably means that a lot of users were not satisfied of this location and also wanted to move this component to another place :p I vote for this issue. > I personally don't think that this component should be on the right side by default. Where do you think it should be by default? > I am working with a dual screen, and my second one is where I put Netbeans. > Beleive me, it is a pain to mouse my mouse across 2 screens to reach the right corner Can you describe your setup in more detail? You have editor pane on the left screen, yet you have netbeans across both of them? How do you do with palette & properties windows? Screenshot would help a lot here ... Just asking because it seems (without knowing much about your setup) that there may be general problems we do not address for this layout ... > Where do you think it should be by default? The place where I want to drag it is the right side of the memory meter. It is better to minimize the effort of the user when he have to mouse his mouse to access the frequently used components. That's why it is better to group everything accessible by the mouse on the same area of the screen. On the upper left-to-middle, there is already the menu, the run/debug buttons and the tabs of the editor. By opposition, in the upper-right corner, there is nothing except the search component. I totally understand that you tried your best to keep the search component in a place easy to find, but take a look at the help menu .. it is always on the right end of the menu for this purpose, but it is still not on the right side of the screen. I feel that we can do the same for the search component. > Can you describe your setup in more detail? > You have editor pane on the left screen, yet you have netbeans across both of them? I use MSVC++ on my right screen, and Netbeans on my wiiiddddde left screen. Sometimes, I put Netbeans on both if I need to see a lot of Java files at the same time, the IDE on the right, and some additional tabs on the left. > How do you do with palette & properties windows? Screenshot would help a lot here ... I am not using the palette and properties windows, I am writting JSE code most of the time. PS: Please keep in mind that the goal of this RFE is to have the users free to choose where to place the search component on the toolbar. Sorry, I got confused between the right and left. > I use MSVC++ on my right screen, and Netbeans on my wiiiddddde left screen. I meant MSVC++ on my LEFT screen, and Netbeans on my wiiiddddde RIGHT screen. >Sometimes, I put Netbeans on both if I need to see a lot of Java files at the same time, the IDE on the right, and some additional tabs on the left. I meant "the IDE on the LEFT, and some additional tabs on the RIGHT. Thanks for clarification of your screen layout. We'll consider this enhancement probably for 7.0 .. (as a part of next window system redesign). reporter, please review the new toolbar implementation and reopen this issue if you're not still satisfied - the quicksearch bar can be made moveable easily enough now 4f828389f2be |