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Re: [Subclipse-users] WTF happened to the commit dialog diff pane?

Author jcompagner
Full name jcompagner
Date 2009-09-07 12:20:58 PDT
Message this behavior is in line with the cvs plugin

and now i do use it, before i never used it because it was a modal dialog
that was annoying because i couldnt type the text
without closing it the dialog again.

Strange thing is i have a bit larger screen 1900 (17") but only using half
or say 1000 pixes in that dialog is for me wide enough to use it
so i find it weird that it doesnt work for you if you have 1600 pixels..

How much pixels do you really loose now? 150/200 or something for the
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On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 17:26, Holger Hoffstaette <
holger.hoffstaette@g​ooglemail.com> wrote:

> Hello. Apologies in advance if the following sounds..agitated but even
> though I continue to be glad for Subclipse's existence and continued
> maintenance, I am really confused and even a bit angry about some changes
> that were recently made to the Subclipse UI. According to the changelog
> the related bug is http://subclipse.tig​ris.org/issues/show_​bug.cgi?id=962.
> The same problem affects the mercurial plugin where I noticed this as
> well, so it seems that the disease is spreading..so to speak.
>
> After not using a subversion-based project for some time I just updated my
> subclipse plugins to the latest release. Did some work, want to commit,
> double click a file in the commit dialog file list to make sure I get the
> message right.. and only "WTF?" can adequately describe my reaction to
> the in-dialog diff pane. This is _the height of uselessness_ on laptops
> and even on my 20" 1600x1200 screen, because it is simply impossible to
> have a useful diff of two source files without having to scroll
> horizontally.
> Just to make sure I wasn't missing anything I checked the prefs, but there
> does not seem to be a setting to revert to the old behaviour of having the
> diff pop up in a separate, large window..which was _actually useful_ and
> very effective.
>
> The resizing & focus-shifting of a supposedly modal all-in-one pane
> violates so many UI design guidelines that I really have to wonder how
> stuff like this happens. :-(
>
> I don't have any good altenative suggestion for the problem except maybe to
> put a (separately sized) diff pane below the commit panel, which would use
> the dead screen space much better. Shifting ones view slightly up or down
> for diffs is significantly easier on the eyes and neck than horizontal
> scanning.
>
> Please bring back the old behaviour at least as an option, if at all
> possible..please?
>
> Holger
>
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[Subclipse-users] WTF happened to the commit dialog diff pane? "Holger Hoffstaette" <holger dot hoffstaette at googlemail dot com> "Holger Hoffstaette" <holger dot hoffstaette at googlemail dot com> 2009-09-07 09:40:30 PDT
     Re: [Subclipse-users] WTF happened to the commit dialog diff pane? jcompagner jcompagner 2009-09-07 12:20:58 PDT
         Re: [Subclipse-users] WTF happened to the commit dialog diff pane? markphip Mark Phippard 2009-09-08 05:43:34 PDT
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