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Bug 33604 - rework the Active project indication and interaction
Summary: rework the Active project indication and interaction
Status: CLOSED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: projects
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Generic Projects UI (show other bugs)
Version: 3.x
Hardware: PC Windows ME/2000
: P3 blocker (vote)
Assignee: Chris Ledantec
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Reported: 2003-05-14 13:07 UTC by Chris Ledantec
Modified: 2003-12-11 14:25 UTC (History)
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Issue Type: DEFECT
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Description Chris Ledantec 2003-05-14 13:07:38 UTC
Issue: A participant uses "Build Active 
Project" toolbar button or main menu item to 
build a non-active project. Analysis: Active 
project is not understood. Partly because the 
active project is not highlighted well enough -
the little noticed '[active]' text next to the 
project name is lost in the jumble of text and 
nodes in the project explorer.

This problem is exacerbated because the IDE 
starts up with an example project that is set 
active (and new projects do not automatically 
get the active setting).

Recommendation(s): Make the active project 
title bold and re-order the project nodes to 
improve discoverability of both Resources and 
Output node as well as create some visual 
space between the bolded title and the content 
of the Sources node.

Do not start the IDE with an example Project 
open. Have a link in the welcome page that 
will automatically open an example project 
instead.
Comment 1 Chris Ledantec 2003-05-14 13:08:02 UTC
Issue: A participant doesn't notice that the 
build output results belong to a different 
project than he wants to build. Analysis: 
Symptom of the Active Project issue.

Recommendation(s): See above + do a better job 
of making the compiled project title 
noticeable in the output window.
Comment 2 Chris Ledantec 2003-05-14 13:08:41 UTC
Issue: A participant doesn't compile a 
project, only a class using a shortcut, main 
menu, or contextual menu of the class. 
Analysis: Work around for Active project issue.

Recommendation(s): See above.
Comment 3 Vitezslav Stejskal 2003-05-14 17:06:32 UTC
Current Explorer API doesn't allow to change Fonts for nodes displayed
in the tree view. See also the discussion in issue #13736.
Comment 4 Chris Ledantec 2003-10-20 11:54:45 UTC
no longer valid.
Comment 5 Jan Becicka 2003-11-25 14:04:19 UTC
As described in
http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=619519&listName=nbdiscuss the
current work on projects prototype has been stopped.

Marking issue as VERIFIED --->
Comment 6 Jan Becicka 2003-11-25 14:13:28 UTC
---> CLOSED