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RE: [Subclipse-users] new menus and toolbar

From: Mik Kersten <beatmik_at_acm.org>
Date: 2006-06-26 23:16:54 CEST

Makes sense... +1 for having them off by default.

Mik

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Phippard [mailto:markp@softlanding.com]
> Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 8:38 AM
> To: users@subclipse.tigris.org
> Cc: beatmik@acm.org
> Subject: Re: [Subclipse-users] new menus and toolbar
>
> "Mik Kersten" <beatmik@acm.org> wrote on 06/26/2006 11:32:41 AM:
>
> > (I'm not subscribed to the list so apologies if I have missed a relevant
> > discussion)
> >
> > I noticed that Subclipse 1.1.2 has an SVN menu and toolbar visible by
> > default. In my opinion these unnecessarily clutter the UI. Consider
> what
> > would happen if CVS and other version control systems all added their
> own
> > menu items and toolbars.
> >
> > Is it not sufficient to have these actions available in the contexts in
> > which they are relevant? I.e. in the context menu and Synchronize view
> as
> > they are now? If there is a compelling story for why they have to be
> that
> > prominent perhaps consider adding them to the Package Explorer and
> Project
> > Explorer as a single toolbar pull-down menu with the three actions.
>
> This was a side-effect of adding support for key bindings. When we
> created commands to be used for the key bindings we also created the menu
> and toolbar buttons. They were supposed to be off by default, like the
> ones provided by CVS. You could use Customize Perspective to enable them.
> I have not had a chance to look into this and did not provide the
> original patch. For now, you can use Customize Perspective to remove the
> menu.
>
> Mark

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