Hi Jessica
Zhang, Jessica wrote, On 24.06.2013 07:25:
Hi Timo,
For case 1, I think we probably should bring back the grey out
option. In my opinion, it's more consistent. The property window
should be the centralized place for user to setup the settings. The
drop down list is for user to quickly toggle between the different
settings. So the behavior should be:
If there's no project specific settings, that option will be greyed
out. I don't think it'll make it secondary as long as it's still
visible. Once user 1st time check the project specific setting in
the project properties window, we copy the prior profile settings as
start point then the user can further customize if there's the need.
Once a project has its own specific settings, the option will be
enabled in the drop down list and the selection will be consistent
between the drop down list selection and project properties
settings.
What do you think?
I get your point. I'll kick out the last patch to restore the greyed out
version.
I tried to reproduce case 3. And I haven't been able to bring the menu
to a state where two menu items are checked. I tried all sorts of
combinations without success. Could you maybe tell me the exact steps
on how you get this behaviour?
However, when trying the different options I realized that there's a
bug in the project preferences. Maybe you've already pointed it out
and I didn't get it. But if you've configured a project specific profile
and change to a target profile, when you enable the project
specific profile again, your settings are lost. Instead the selected
profile is copied all of the time, instead of only at the first time of
configuration.
I'll send a fix and a v3 of the menu with the greyed out menu item.
Jessica -----Original Message----- From: Timo Mueller
[mailto:m...@timomueller.eu] Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2013 1:36 AM To:
Zhang, Jessica Cc: yocto@yoctoproject.org; Timo Mueller Subject: Re:
[yocto] [PATCHv2 0/8][eclipse-poky] Add target profile quick switch
Hi Jessica,
Am 21.06.2013 23:47, schrieb Zhang, Jessica:
Hi Timo,
So what's the purpose of "Project Specific Settings", my >
understanding is it's something that only local to project instead
of > global name space, e.g. profile?
Yes, that's the main idea.
OK, I've played a little bit of toggling between profiles, and
project specific setting and notice > the following behaviors that
can be confusing:
1. As your preference that user can specify "project specific >
settings". I've noticed for this case, if I haven't entered any >
project specific settings via the preference wizard, it'll always
> copy the profile settings prior to its selection, then in this
case I > don't think it makes much sense since we already have the
profiles to > cover all the settings
That's independent of this patch set, right?
The original idea behind copying the settings of the currently
selected profile was to give the user a starting point for creating
the project specific settings. The assumption was that the user most
of the times only does small modifications to an existing profile.
Sure, if the user doesn't alter the settings, the project specific
ones match an already defined target profile. One difference remains,
if he changes the target profile it will update all projects that use
this profile. The project that is using it's own configuration won't
be changed, although the settings are similar.
An alternative to copying the inital settings would be to blank out
the form, when the checkbox is checked. If the assumption is not
correct and we think that this is easier to understand for the user,
I'll provide a patch set changing this behaviour.
2. OK, now let's move to the case of that I do have explicit setup
a > project specific settings in the project property view apply
it and > exit the window. After that, in the drop down list, when
I toggle > between the options, e.g. I have two profiles besides
the project > specific settings, then every time after I made the
selection and > check in the project properties view, the settings
matches my > selection. So this is good and consistent behavior.
3. If inside the project properties window, I uncheck the "Use >
project specific settings" box, and select a profile then apply the
> changes close the window. Now in the drop down list I will see
both > the "project specific setting" and the selected profile are
selected. Then next time when I go back, and re-check "Use project
specific > settings" box, my project specific setting will be
gone, instead the > settings will show as my previous profile
settings.
That's a bug in my implementation. They should always be in sink as
you explained in your second point.
Overall, I think we still need to play a little bit more of
different > setting selections via different approaches, some of
the inconsistent > behavior can get user lost.
Thanks, Jessica -----Original Message----- From:
yocto-boun...@yoctoproject.org
[mailto:yocto-boun...@yoctoproject.org] On Behalf Of Timo Mueller
> Sent: Friday, June 21, 2013 5:45 AM To: yocto@yoctoproject.org
Cc: Timo Mueller Subject: [yocto] [PATCHv2 0/8][eclipse-poky] Add
target > profile quick switch > > From: Timo Mueller
<timo.muel...@bmw-carit.de> > > Changes in v2: Handle error when
project specific profile is not > configured more gracefully.
Instead of showing an error message the > button is now greyed
out.
Patches 01..07 contain the implementation with the greyed out menu
> button.
After playing around with the two options discussed in the first >
patch series, I started to prefer inserting a different button in
the > menu allowing the user to quickly navigate to the project
preferences > instead of just greying it out. I've added this in
the last patch of > the series, so you can compare yourself.
From original cover letter <snip> if a user wants to change the
used > target profile of a project he currently has to open the
project > preferences. This can be tedious if he has to switch the
profile > often.
This is a small addition which allows the user to quickly switch
the > used target profile of a project. Instead of having to open
the > project preferences the user can select the project in the
navigator > and then choose the desired target profile from a
drop-down menu in > the toolbar or from the project menu. </snip>
> > 01: Small i18n fix 02..04: Refactoring the project specific
utils > 05..06: Introduce the target profile toolbar switch 07:
Adds the > target profile switch to the project menu 08:
Experimental: Add > button to open project preferences > > Best
regards, Timo
Thanks, for the input. I'll fix the bug and send a v3.
Best regards, Timo
Best regards,
Timo
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