Re: repository browser glitch and usability

On 4/25/07, Roel Harbers <roel@roelharbers.com> wrote:
> I love the new repository browser in the nightly builds, much more
> intuitive. However there are some small issues:
>
> 1. Directories that can be expanded should have a + in front of them,
> but after expanding a directory that contains expandable subdirectories,
> a - is shown for those subdirectories (but no sub-subdirectories are
> shown). clicking the - turn it into a +, and clicking the + finally
> expands the directory.
>
>
> example:
> - repo root
> - dir
>
> clicking - of dir gives:
>
> - repo root
> + dir
>
> click + of dir gives:
>
> - repo root
> - dir
> - subdir

I'd like to wait a few weeks before I fix this. Subversion currently
undergoes heavy changes in all functions due to the introduction of
sparse directories (all functions get a depth param instead of a
boolean 'recurse'). And that depth param has big influence on how the
repobrowser works.
As soon as those functions get stabilized, I'll have a closer look at
this again.

> 2. navigating the left-hand directory pane is next to impossible using
> the keyboard arrows. Every directory you touch is expanded. It would

If it's only the expanding of the nodes which disturb you: that's easy to fix...

> probably be more convenient to follow the explorer-way of doing this:
> up/down just walks through the current list, and left/right is used to
> expand/collapse. (and backspace goes to the parent directory without
> collapsing)

... but I think the real problem here is that every time you touch a
tree node, the repobrowser 'hangs' while it fetches the information
for that node. And that won't change, even if we don't expand the
nodes.

Stefan

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