Re: profile editor dialog non modal?

Svata Dedic wrote:

> Ann Sunhachawee wrote:
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>> So, back to the original question: what are the reasons for the 
>> profile editor dialog to be modal?
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> 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 ? 

User can move between the profile editor dialog and the configuration 
file editor freely. Only when the config file is saved (and there was a 
change in the value of of the one configuration element that I propose 
is presented in the profile editor) is when the profile editor dialog 
will reflect the change made in the config file.

Yes, the user can freely edit the config file even if the profile editor 
is closed .. the profile editor will just be another way to launch the 
config file editor (mainly for the purpose of changing the one value).

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> 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. 

No, the editor will be able to be launched from the project explorer 
tab, I think the proposal now is to have at least a context menu item to 
launch it from the project node.

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>
> 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 :-)

Hmm.. no, I don't think this will be the case. Each time you create a 
web module project, it will have a new config file associated with 
it.(since deploying two web modules to the same context root - as 
specified in the config file - is not allowed) Perhaps you can copy 
paste it from another web module project, but they would still be two 
separate instances.

-Ann

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> Cheers,
> -Svata
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