I make a distinction between docked open tabs and popup tabs. Currently if the focus is in a docked tab, say the find window, and I pop up and then pop down the undocked project view the focus returns to the find window. This is good. If I'm in an undocked tab, say the structure window, and pop up and down the undocked project view then focus returns to the undocked structure window. This is perfectly logical and consistent but at the same time feels wrong.
My mental model is that the docked items and the editor form one plane with a current focus. When a popup pops up over the lower plane it temporarily takes the focus from the main plane and gives it back when it closes. If I open another popup then the first closes and returns focus to the main plane and then the second opens and takes the focus. -- Mark -----Original Message----- From: Valentin Kipiatkov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 02:41a To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Eap-list] Behaviour of tabs on side > I think it would be much simpler for the user if clicking on an open tab > just closed it and returned you to where you were before you opened any > tabs. "Where you were before you opened any tabs" is always editor :-). It is intended to move you to the place where you were before openning the tab that you close. There are some bugs with this functiuonality at the moment, however. But they will be fixed soon. Best regards, Valentin Kipiatkov ----------------------------------------------------------- IntelliJ Software, http://www.intellij.com/ "Develop with pleasure" ----------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Swinkels" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "IDEA IDE List (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 12:57 AM Subject: [Eap-list] Behaviour of tabs on side > Sequence of events: > 0:In editor > 1:click on source tab - source tab opens > 2:click on source tab - source tab closes > 3:click on source tab - source tab opens > 4:click on project tab - source tab closes, project tab opens > 5:click on project tab - project tab closes, source tab opens <-- didn't > expect that, just expected project tab to close > 6:click on various tabs, getting queasy from the animations but not getting > back to editor > 7:give up and press escape > > Until I sat down to write this message and went through the steps carefully > thinking about them I never could figure out what the rule was for when a > tab would close when you clicked on it when it was open and when it would > jump to a different tab. The final rule has some logic behind it but > requires the user to keep too much context in their head to predict what > will happen when they click on an open tab. > > I think it would be much simpler for the user if clicking on an open tab > just closed it and returned you to where you were before you opened any > tabs. > > -- Mark > > _______________________________________________ > Eap-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-list _______________________________________________ Eap-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-list _______________________________________________ Eap-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-list
