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Bug 53936 - Put Java Platform and Source Level on one panel in Proj. Props.
Summary: Put Java Platform and Source Level on one panel in Proj. Props.
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: java
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Project (show other bugs)
Version: 4.x
Hardware: All All
: P1 blocker (vote)
Assignee: jrojcek
URL:
Keywords: UI, USABILITY
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2005-01-25 11:07 UTC by Milan Kubec
Modified: 2011-09-19 23:34 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Issue Type: ENHANCEMENT
Exception Reporter:

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2005-02-18 13:40 UTC, Milan Kubec 		Details
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Description Milan Kubec 2005-01-25 11:07:15 UTC 
[dev-200501241900]

J2SE project properties contains setting 'Java
Platform' on one panel and 'Source Level' on other
panel. That seems to me as very unfortunate,
because those properties are tied together and
usually after user sets platform for a project she
usually want to adjust or at least check setting
of Source Level. On the other hand after setting
Source Level user needs to check if current
platform supports it.

Please consider this change for 4.1.
Comment 1 Tomas Zezula 2005-01-25 11:58:22 UTC 
It depends on Jano.
Milan is right, the platform and source level are connected. Change of
platform may change (downgrade) the sourcelevel.
On the other side platform (JDK) is a set of libraries, so it is quite
natural to have it on the Libraries panel, at least I would expect it
there.
Comment 2 Petr Hrebejk 2005-01-27 13:14:55 UTC 
+1 from me. I was thinking about that as well. I was just too lazzy to
file the issue. Thanks Milan.
Comment 3 Milan Kubec 2005-02-14 16:10:10 UTC 
Please Jano, could you add your comment, I think we should address the
issue to 4.1.

The UI now allows user to set javac.source and javac.target to 1.4
while running on 1.5 without really noticing it.
Comment 4 Milan Kubec 2005-02-18 13:40:00 UTC 
Attaching possible solution that might partialy solve the problem.
Please take a look at the picture - I think that combobox for Source
Level is too wide unnecessarilly, it can be smaller and next to it
there could be platform in non editable text field of JLabel. What do
you think?
Comment 5 Milan Kubec 2005-02-18 13:40:45 UTC 
Created attachment 20419 [details]
possible solution