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Bug 24173 - "Run" Debugger action misleading
Summary: "Run" Debugger action misleading
Status: VERIFIED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: obsolete
Classification: Unclassified
Component: debuggertools (show other bugs)
Version: 3.x
Hardware: PC Windows ME/2000
: P2 blocker (vote)
Assignee: David-john Burrowes
URL:
Keywords: UI
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2002-05-29 09:53 UTC by iformanek
Modified: 2003-01-13 09:45 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Description iformanek 2002-05-29 09:53:28 UTC 
The IDE toolbar contains 2 actions next to each other - 
Execute and Run. The user has no chance of knowing from 
the context that Execute runs the program in plain JVM, 
whereas Run runs it in the debugger.
Comment 1 Jan Jancura 2002-05-29 10:44:41 UTC 
I agree that it is strange.
This change was proposed in:
http://ui.netbeans.org/docs/hi/debugger3.4/toolbarmenu/index.html
by David John
and discussed on nbui.
Can you find some solution with him, please?
Or should we restore "Start Debugging"?
Comment 2 iformanek 2002-05-29 10:49:47 UTC 
Despite the UI spec and the discussion on nbui, this still feels like
a usability problem.

I would suggest renaming to "Run in Debgger" or "Execute in Debugger"
or "Start Debugging"...
Comment 3 Marian Petras 2002-05-29 11:03:09 UTC 
If I understand properly, the document
http://ui.netbeans.org/docs/hi/debugger3.4/toolbarmenu/index.html
is a proposal of design of menus. Final icons are presented at
http://ui.netbeans.org/docs/hi/debugger3.4/icons/index.html.
Comment 4 David-john Burrowes 2002-05-29 16:56:34 UTC 
Can the actions on the toolbar be given a different tooltip than the name that shows up in the menus?
Comment 5 Jan Jancura 2002-05-31 10:25:30 UTC 
Its not correct solution, I think. It will looks like that we have to
different actions in menu and toolbar. I think that the name of action
(and icon?) should be more descriptive.

What about adding some bug symbol to icon?
:) sorry i am joking :>

doyou have some other solution?
Comment 6 Jan Jancura 2002-06-04 15:11:01 UTC 
no other ideas - renaming to Run in Debugger
fixed in the main trunk
Comment 7 Marek Grummich 2003-01-13 09:45:55 UTC 
Verified in trunk.