Re: profile editor dialog non modal?

Svata, you can look at the docs in j2eeserver/www/jsr88 (in cvs) for the user
view (and soon the UI spec) for these things:
http://j2eeserver.netbeans.org/jsr88/userview.html

The execution profile under discussion is the j2ee execution profile
shared by all j2ee components (including webapps)

--George

>Ann Sunhachawee wrote:
>> So, back to the original question: what are the reasons for the profile 
>> editor dialog to be modal?
>
>Functionally I don't know if there are any issues (probably not). Other 
>IDEs have this specific part of UI modal, BTW.
>
>As far as I know modeless windows typically carry some information 
>needed for longer perion (e.g. our Properties window, proposed Outline 
>window, ...). The Profile editor's usage pattern is (IMHO) different: 
>the user is not typically browsing the project or editing files watching 
>the profiles move.
>
>Your use case seems different since the user focus moves (rather than is 
>shared between the windows) to the Configuration File Editor (now the 
>profile editor is just useless area), then back, after the file is saved 
>? Closed ? Can the user freely edit the Config file even if the modeless 
>  profile editor is closed away ?
>
>My personal opinion is that if something is so large so it does not fit 
>in a small window - and particularly if it is edited in Source Editor, 
>it is so important for the project to be presented somewhere in the 
>project Explorer tree.
>
>The way I understood your proposed, the user will get something in the 
>Editor, which is nowhere to be found in the explorer window - unlike all 
>other editors in the IDE.
>
>A question: since the configuration file is (as I understood the 
>explanation) not a few lines, can two Web App profiles share the same 
>config file ? Sorry for such stupid question, I never coded webapps :-)
>
>Cheers,
>-Svata
>
>
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