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Cosmo · Post by **Cosmo** » 2009 Nov 28, 12:31

Kilmatead wrote:
RickyF wrote:Combo looks good!
I'll second that.

agreed

longfellow · Post by **longfellow** » 2009 Nov 28, 13:04

...and another vote for the combo box.

snemarch · Post by **snemarch** » 2009 Nov 28, 14:03

Eclipse preferences filter:

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fgagnon · Post by **fgagnon** » 2009 Nov 28, 14:16

...
and change my vote to the combined style too (from style B).

Post by **nikos** » 2009 Nov 28, 15:55

that eclipse filter doesn't look very useful but what do you expect from a dialog-based property page? That's why I want to have the newer property page style instead

otlaolap · Post by **otlaolap** » 2009 Nov 28, 17:18

Combo!

sethr · Post by **sethr** » 2009 Nov 29, 18:09

Change my vote from A to Combo!

snemarch · Post by **snemarch** » 2009 Nov 29, 21:14

nikos wrote:that eclipse filter doesn't look very useful but what do you expect from a dialog-based property page? That's why I want to have the newer property page style instead

Keep in mind that the preferences tree is built dynamically according to the filter - and according to the config items in the category (ie, "filter" is obviously not part of the text string "Compare/Patch", but that settings group has a "filtered members" option).

Filtering would be a useful feature no matter which GUI style you end up with

vserghi · Post by **vserghi** » 2009 Dec 01, 10:17

Combo please

narayan · Post by **narayan** » 2009 Dec 02, 01:35

Combo, definitely.

And if possible, filter too.

A dynamically built filter, although desirable, may be difficult to build.

The filter should work on the tree on left AND the list on right.
* If the keyword is there in a node, that node and all its subnodes should be displayed. All the pages should be shown on right.
* If the keyword is there in a parameter on the right, show the entire page (because it may be interrelated to other parameters).

This would also lessen the demands on the coding.

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If the dynamic filter mode is not possible with the COMBO design (because of the tree), then how about a "search" facility? The usual F3 should take us through all matches. Nothing is filtered out.

Can we add a column on the right, where each parameter is described?
Then the search would be even more effective.

ckit · Post by **ckit** » 2009 Dec 02, 02:11

Just do the same as Foobar2000's config.

Post by **nikos** » 2009 Dec 02, 05:55

how does this foobar config dialog look like?

ckit · Post by **ckit** » 2009 Dec 02, 10:10

fgagnon · Post by **fgagnon** » 2009 Dec 02, 15:05

I like it.

And users should appreciate the verbose description of usage & consequences for options where a name/label cannot say it all.

Kilmatead · Post by **Kilmatead** » 2009 Dec 02, 15:40

fgagnon wrote:...users should appreciate... where a name/label cannot say it all.

Users and the posthumous Shakespeare (a rose by any other label...)

Oh, sorry; off-topic. I'm bored again. Sorry.

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