User Interface Specification:
Source Editor Related Actions
Author: Gabriel Tichy$Revision: 1.5 $
- Table of Contents:
Introduction
The intention of this specification is to revise all editor actions and their
occurence throughout the main menus. Discoverability is a real problem in the
IDE. Actions are distributed, many of important and useful ones are even not
visible.
Source editor's right-click also needs to be redesigned.
System-Wide UI Impact
Main menus
See Detailed specification.
Source Editor
See Detailed specification.
Detailed Specification
Main menus
Edit
Current State
New Solution
... Delete - Find... Replace... Find Usages... - Find in Projects... - Go to Source Go to Declaration Go to Super Implementation Go to Line... Go to Class... |
Notes:
- Go to Line... is renamed current action Goto...
- Go to Class... is now placed in the Tools menu
- Find Usages... and Go to Super Implementation is new refactoring action
View
Current State
New Solution
Editors >
Code Folds >
-
Web Browser
...
-
Toolbars >
[ ] Show Line Numbers
[x] Show Editor Toolbar |
Source Editor's right-click menu
Right-click menu should include a small subset of the most commonly used commands in the appropriate context.
Current State (Java)
Actions to be removed
| Action | Type | Clarification | Note |
Close Close All Documents Close All But ... Clone Document Maximize Save Document |
Windowing System | Windowing System actions are available by tab right-click menu already. | Applies for all editors. |
New > |
New dialogs for Java elements | No reason to include them in the source editor. | Applies for all editors. |
Delete |
Edit action | Used by keyboard usually; widely known shortcut. | Applies for all editors. |
Tools > |
Main menu | Main menu with many unrelated actions. | Applies for all editors. |
Margin > |
Margin menu | Margin menu. | Applies for all editors. |
Properties |
Windowing System | Properties are visible in a separate window, no added value. | Applies for all editors. |
Customizer |
Obsolete in editor. |
Applies for all editors. |
New Solution (Java)
Go To > Find Usages... Show Javadoc - Refactoring > Fix Imports Reformat Code Surround With... - Run "[class name]" New Watch... Toggle Breakpoint - Cut Copy Paste - Code Folds > |
Go To submenu:
Source Declaration Super Implementation Line... Class... |
Notes:
- Line... = Go to Line...
- Class... = Go to Class...
New Solution (Other)
For all other editors, actions except those mentioned in the table below remain unaffected.
Source Editor's Gutter menu
Current State
Gutter menu contains three annotation sections. The first section contains all actions registered for annotation type which is currently visible. The second section contains submenus for all other types of annotations which are set on the line (active) with their actions. Third one is similar to the second one, but contains rest of the annotations types which can be set on the line (inactive).
New Solution
Only one section for annotation types is always visible - it contains all annotation types (as submenus with their actions always in the same order), regardless of active or visible annotations.
