[mylar-dev] Re: Nested groups in Task List

[Mik Kersten <beatmik@xxxxxxx>]

Yes, this is a key plan item and likely to make it into 2.0M4.  Fyi, the 
current work-around is to prefix the name of your categories with some 
tag (I have 25 queries and 4 categories and without that couldn't keep 
things straight).

To summarize the current thinking, we want to keep the interaction with 
the Task List as simple as possible (i.e. minimize the amount of 
hierarchy).  So we're thinking of killing a few birds with one stone and 
allowing you to tag any container or task with a label (e.g. "Mylar" or 
"Home").  then in the place of the current active task hyperlink (moving 
to window trim) we could put a tag chooser, so that the top of the Task 
List looks like this:

Find: [          ]    Show: [       All v]  (clicking shows menu below)
                             ------------
                                  Mylar
                                Eclipse
                                Mozilla
                                   Home
                             ------------
                             Edit Tags...

This would provide a very quick mechanism for choosing one or more 
groups to be visible, without adding the UI complications of a 
working-set style mechanism.  However, conceptually it is very similar 
to working sets so we will continue exploring reusing that.  Later we 
could automatically create labels for working sets (e.g. if your 
projects have task repository associations).  This crosscuts a number of 
bugs:

153573: support nesting top level task list elements, e.g. via working sets
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=153573

168363: provide mechanism for starring/tagging/bookmarking a task
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=168363

165391: support tagging and searching over task tags and properties
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=165391

144161: Use trim bar to show currently active task
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=144161

Mik

Mario Winterer wrote:
> Hi!
>
> At the moment, Mylar's "Task List" does not offer any concept for 
> organizing repository queries or anything similar like nested groups or 
> workingsets.
>
> I'm currently working with three different repositories. All queries get 
> mixed up - I wished I could group the queries by repository. (At the 
> moment the workaround is to prepend the repository name to all query 
> names manually.)
>
> Is there a plan item addressing that issue?
>
>
> Thanks,
>   Mario