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Bug 56324 - [41cat] window (tab) menu usability
Summary: [41cat] window (tab) menu usability
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: platform
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Window System (show other bugs)
Version: 4.x
Hardware: All All
: P4 blocker (vote)
Assignee: David Simonek
URL:
Keywords:
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2005-03-12 20:07 UTC by _ leonchiver
Modified: 2009-12-21 04:50 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

See Also:
Issue Type: DEFECT
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possible enhancement (9.13 KB, image/png)
2005-03-12 20:07 UTC, _ leonchiver
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Description _ leonchiver 2005-03-12 20:07:08 UTC
[ JDK VERSION : 1.5.0_01 ]

i sometimes use the mouse to close windows (editor tabs). i don't use the x box on the tab, but the window's menu. i would find it nicer to have 'Close Window' in the first position and not 'Close All Documents', so i don't have to move again with the mouse to the menu item.
Comment 1 _ leonchiver 2005-03-12 20:07:47 UTC
Created attachment 20803 [details]
possible enhancement
Comment 2 David Simonek 2005-04-27 11:38:41 UTC
It depends on which action is more frequently used by users. Honestly, I don't
know, but it seems to me that Close individual window could be more frequent
that Close All, especially when we will implement enh 50172 (auto-close of old
sources), then Close All won't be needed at all or just in special situations.
So generally I agree that Close Window should be higher then Close All docs.

HIE guys, I'm going to change it unless someone objects...
Comment 3 David Simonek 2007-09-03 14:28:16 UTC
Jano, could you tell me your opinion or pass this issue further to HIE guys? Should I move Close Window action to the
top of tab popup menu?
Comment 4 jrojcek 2007-09-03 14:41:19 UTC
No strong opinion on my side. The reason why it's not on the first place was that we expected mouse users to use the X button to close windows and the 
second most frequent action was considered "Close All" or "Close Other".

Looking at the menu now, it would be nice  to update also wording (get rid of "Document" and "Window" words) and if we move Close to the top, then 
also rearrange other actions. Something like:

-----------
Close
Close All
Close Other
-----------
Maximize
Undock
Clone
-----------
Save File
-----------

Or this would be fine as well but I prefer the former:

-----------
Close
Close All
Close Other
-----------
Save File
Clone
-----------
Maximize
Undock
-----------

Comment 5 Lukas Hasik 2008-04-10 21:22:11 UTC
moving opened issues from TM <= 6.1 to TM=Dev
Comment 6 Quality Engineering 2009-12-21 04:50:05 UTC
This bug was reported against NetBeans IDE 6.0 or an older release, or against a non-maintained module. NetBeans team does not have enough resources to get to this issue, therefore we are closing the issue as a WONTFIX. If you are interested in providing a patch for this bug, please see our NetFIX guidelines for how to proceed. 

We apologize for any inconvenience.


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