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Re: [FEATURE REQUEST] Repo-browser with split-pane

From: Udo Eberhardt <Udo.Eberhardt_at_thesycon.de>
Date: 2006-12-16 16:41:10 CET

Stefan Küng wrote:
> Joerg Buchberger wrote:
>
>> First off, thanks for the good work.
>> After registering on the bugtracker, I found out that it doesn't
>> permit to enter a feature request. So, I decided to send it here:
>>
>> A split-pane for the repo-browser... to give it more of a commander-
>> or explorer-like appearance, where the left pane can be used to select
>> the folder shown in the right pane; this is very useful for big source
>> trees - especially if combined with a button to toggle view in the
>> right pane (showing files and subfolders _recursively_ or not).
>
> I've thought of the same for some time now. But there's a problem: a
> split-pane view has one big disadvantage. You see, right now you can
> select two files from two different folders (e.g. two different tags)
> and do a diff of those two files. With a split-pane view, you could only
> select two files if they're in the same folder.
> Which basically means we'd loose an important feature of the repo browser.
>
> Stefan
>
Two possible approaches I can think of:

- If you want to compare two files, launch 2 browser instances. The
browser needs to support interaction between instances properly.
Probably, this is difficult to implement and a bit non-intuitive to use.

- Support a 4 pane view: 2 folder panes on the left, 2 corresponding
file panes on the right. This view could be activated if required, e.g.
via a button. By default a 2 pane view is shown.

Udo

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