Since we had so much discussion on the tree view, I thought I'd stir things up a bit more. :-)
Since I'm not a fan of the popups, I'm thinking about something like this for search/validate: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/54311650/CayenneModelerPrototype/SearchAndValidate.png I think ideally we would leave the search field in the upper right corner and automatically show the search results/validation issues when the user searches or has validation issues. (And perhaps automatically close when there is nothing to show.) It is in a split view which can be resized, so most of the time would not be taking up much space at all in the tree view. Could also reverse the positions, but I think on the bottom of the tree view is a good place. FWIW, part of the reason I'm anti-popup is I want this version of CM to support multiple main windows. You should be able to open many projects at once. I want the "popup" data to be in the window itself so there is no confusion what window/project it is supporting. Thoughts? Thanks, mrg