Shane, I think what you describe at the bottom of your post is already available in IDEA: Recent Files (Ctrl-E). It shows an MRU sorted list of recently used files.
I agree on colors and icons. They don't scale well. But for smaller projects, they might be helpful. Best Regards. -Thomas > -----Original Message----- > From: Shane Petroff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 12:44 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Eap-list] Annoying editor tabs 'feature' > > > "Vollmer, Thomas - CannonSA" wrote: > > > Tal wrote: > > > Since we are comparing to the Windows task bar... > > > > Tal, thanks for describing it this way. It made me realize > > even clearer that there seem to be different degrees of > > utilizing spacial relationships, locations, icons, colors > > and caption text when identifying the item you want. > > Naturally, different people value these things differently. > > > > I would also find different icons and colors helpful for > > identifying editor tabs, but I value spacial relationships > > and locations much higher. > > I agree with Thomas on this point. The biggest problem with > both colour and > icons when used as delineaters is that they do not scale. My > current project has > about 1200 classes and the likelihood of my assigning > anything to them beyond a > class name is zero. Topological orderings which I can > rearange depending on > context however would be invaluable (eg. ClassX and > ClassXHelper are always > adjacent when both are opened). > > A quick confession - I have not been even close to keeping up > to date with all > the releases, so I may be addressing something that already exists! > > Back to the taskbar analogy. One of the things I do in one of > my apps is akin to > the way that Windows Alt-Tab works. Ctrl-T brings up a dialog > containing a JList > of applicable tabs, and Enter brings forward the selected > tab. If you were to > take this approach one step further, this child dialog could > employ either an > MRU or LastOpened sort order depending on a preference. This > might be a happy > medium between the various ordering possibilities. > > -- > Shane > > > > _______________________________________________ > Eap-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-list > ************************************ If this email is not intended for you, or you are not responsible for the delivery of this message to the addressee, please note that this message may contain ITT Privileged/Proprietary Information. In such a case, you may not copy or deliver this message to anyone. You should destroy this message and kindly notify the sender by reply email. Information contained in this message that does not relate to the business of ITT is neither endorsed by nor attributable to ITT. ************************************ _______________________________________________ Eap-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-list
