Re: [platform-ui-dev] Context menu on Project Navigator not really conte

[Eric Moffatt <emoffatt@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm also in full agreement with Mickael, don't get me wrong. It's more that the CPD fixes / enhancements are at least *definable* so the work can start now.

So how do we produce the correct 'defaults' ? The specific set of items needed for one workflow may not fit someone who's coming from a different direction so who wins ? If we produce defaults for both then we're back to having way too many packages...

For my money I still think that we need to (at minimum) allow a 'packager' to provide a package level 'plugin.xml' that *overrides* the ones in the packages. This would allow someone to really fine-tune what the user is exposed to regardless of the plugin structure of the packages being consumed.

At the far end of this would be a way to allow users to select one from a community based site (Market?). Allowing a variety of choices this way has seen some success in the IDE already (the various theme sites); it provides at least a common location to go to access a setup tuned to their specific needs (this could even be produced by a team's manager / leader to streamline their team's workflows to a desired path).

Eric


Lars Vogel ---07/03/2014 11:26:48 AM---I agree with Mickael, good defaults are important. @Eric, for 4.4 I implemented your suggestion to h

From:	Lars Vogel <lars.vogel@xxxxxxxxx>
To:	"Eclipse Platform UI component developers list." <platform-ui-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
Date:	07/03/2014 11:26 AM
Subject:	Re: [platform-ui-dev] Context menu on Project Navigator not really contextual
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I agree with Mickael, good defaults are important.

@Eric, for 4.4 I implemented your suggestion to hide tool controls and toolbars via the IPresentation.Explicitely-Hidden model tag. To support your idea, I think we should extend that for menus and menu entries. And  adjust CPD to support this flag.

Am 03.07.2014 17:00 schrieb "Mickael Istria" <mistria@xxxxxxxxxx>:

On 07/03/2014 04:00 PM, Eric Moffatt wrote:

We need some way to allow users to filter unwanted entries
Users want something that looks good out-of-the-box. They don't want to have to customize things, and many user will prefer applications that have the best defaults over those that are the most configurable.
IMO, it would be more helpful to provide the ability to customize default menus for package providers. Is it already possible to customize menus through preferences and plugin_customization.ini files?

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