Re: [cdt-dev] Launch bar sorting

[Marc Khouzam <marc.khouzam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The first reaction is: "we need a preference".  But I know you don't like those, and I agree.
Let's try to be nicer to our users.

How about an MRU of 5 (or 10 although that seems long for the list) at the top, followed by a 
small division line followed by the alphabetical list?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Doug Schaefer
> Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 3:01 PM
> To: CDT General developers list.
> Subject: Re: [cdt-dev] Launch bar sorting
> 
> Hey Marc, that's a good question. I have lots of configs as well (and by lots I
> mean close to 50) and it does bug me a bit when I have to find one. Actually
> sorting alphabetically helps with that.  If we did it in MRU order, the it would
> be hard to find ones that you haven't used in a while.
> 
> One option that crossed my mind is opening the selector at the one that's
> selected. Then if you name your configs similarly, you can find them easier.
> 
> The other issue is that we're showing configs that probably shouldn't be
> there, things like External Tool configs that are called at build time. Filtering
> the list to things we normally consider launches might help.
> 
> Probably worth a bug. I just check my eclipse bug folder a lot less often than
> my inbox.
> 
> ________________________________________
> From: cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] on
> behalf of Marc Khouzam [marc.khouzam@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 2:30 PM
> To: 'CDT DEV (cdt-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx)'
> Subject: [cdt-dev] Launch bar sorting
> 
> Hi,
> 
> The Launch bar is great.  As I am using it, I'm really liking the simplicity and
> ease-of-use.
> 
> The launches are sorted alphabetically.  In the platform's launch list when
> using the arrow next to 'bug' icon, the list is sorted by most recently used.  Is
> there a way to get that sorting order with the launch bar?  I have a lot of
> launches but use a subset that I would like to see at the top.  Should I open a
> bug?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> P.S. For other to try, the launch bar has been checked-in to master so it is
> very easy to try; just import the new projects from your git repo:
> org.eclipse.cdt.launchbar.core
> org.eclipse.cdt.launchbar.ui
> 
> P.P.S. What is org.eclipse.cdt.launchbar.cdt.core used for?
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