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Bug 189345 - "Add Dependency" dialog is difficult to use
Summary: "Add Dependency" dialog is difficult to use
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: projects
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Maven (show other bugs)
Version: 6.x
Hardware: All All
: P3 normal (vote)
Assignee: Tomas Stupka
URL: http://xdesign-tools.czech.sun.com/us...
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Depends on:
Blocks: 189312
  Show dependency tree
 
Reported: 2010-08-10 09:41 UTC by Ondrej Langr
Modified: 2016-07-07 08:37 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Issue Type: ENHANCEMENT
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Description Ondrej Langr 2010-08-10 09:41:19 UTC 
1) Overall structure/layout of the dialog is not easy to understand. 

2) The 3rd tab allowing to add dependency on open projects was needed, but missed by several participants.

3) Add dependency dialog in the third tab only shows open projects. Instead, it should show all modules, even the non-opened ones.

4) The "Add Dependency" query does not properly indicate whether or not it is going to return any results ... (already filed also as part of Issue #189344)
Comment 1 Jesse Glick 2010-08-10 16:43:43 UTC 
(In reply to comment #0)
> The 3rd tab allowing to add dependency on open projects was needed

Moved to 2nd place in a60faa1d7b3f, as well as renaming Query tab to Search, adding tool tips to tabs, removing Only NetBeans checkbox in most cases, etc.

> Add dependency dialog in the third tab only shows open projects. Instead, it
> should show all modules, even the non-opened ones.

I guess what is meant here is "all modules present in the same aggregator tree as any open project".
Comment 2 Jesse Glick 2010-10-06 14:36:57 UTC 
Some parts already fixed. I don't think the rest is P2, though it should be completed when possible.
Comment 3 Milos Kleint 2013-07-25 12:49:17 UTC 
(In reply to comment #0)
> 3) Add dependency dialog in the third tab only shows open projects. Instead, it
> should show all modules, even the non-opened ones.

I guess this is the only remaining issue here. I don't consider it a bug though, maybe an enhancement. But loading all projects (just to show the label) might have serious performance hit (both CPU and memory wise) in case of large project trees.
Comment 4 Martin Balin 2016-07-07 08:37:05 UTC 
This old bug may not be relevant anymore. If you can still reproduce it in 8.2 development builds please reopen this issue.

Thanks for your cooperation,
NetBeans IDE 8.2 Release Boss