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Bug 144513 - Windows toggle state state should be visible in menu
Summary: Windows toggle state state should be visible in menu
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: platform
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Window System (show other bugs)
Version: 6.x
Hardware: All All
: P3 blocker (vote)
Assignee: issues@platform
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Reported: 2008-08-20 03:19 UTC by mrmorris
Modified: 2010-08-11 13:33 UTC (History)
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Issue Type: ENHANCEMENT
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Description mrmorris 2008-08-20 03:19:21 UTC
It is currently not possible to determine whether a particular view/window/tab/TopComponent is shown or not, except from
having to visually inspect every dockable corner of the screen area.

I would suggest using a JCheckBoxMenuItem rather than JMenuItem in the Window menu. Being able to see the toggled state
of what's shown and what's not in the huge list of possibilities (I'm counting 47 in my installation) would be a great
usability gain. There's precedence to this in NetBeans, in the View menu where you can toggle the toolbar on/off etc.