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Bug 129607 - "Workspaces"
Summary: "Workspaces"
Status: VERIFIED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: platform
Classification: Unclassified
Component: -- Other -- (show other bugs)
Version: 6.x
Hardware: All All
: P3 blocker (vote)
Assignee: issues@platform
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Reported: 2008-03-08 18:52 UTC by Tim Lebedkov
Modified: 2008-12-22 10:27 UTC (History)
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Issue Type: ENHANCEMENT
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Description Tim Lebedkov 2008-03-08 18:52:52 UTC
I am not quite satisfied with how the window system currently shows/closes windows in response to different user actions.

A small example:
- I open a JSF page in Design view => palette window is shown
- I switch to Java view => palette is still visible. I close it
- I switch to the design view => where is my palette?

although NB does not have workspaces anymore, this is probably what I would like to have.
A simple combobox in the tool bar where I can switch between different "activities". My activities would be something like
"Debugging"
"JSF visual editing"
"UI visual editing"
"Code editing"

also the way how Shift+Esc works in the last version seems too complicated to me. But it is not that important but also
probably a part of the issue. Window system currently does not work properly IMHO with multi view top components and if
it would, we end having dozens of different window configurations: 
- for the design view
- for the design view in maximized mode
- for the java code view
- for the java code view in maximized mode
- for the jsp view
....
Comment 1 Lukas Hasik 2008-03-11 15:19:59 UTC
-the palette problem should be fixed in 6.1 - issue 62964
-there is a perspectives plugin that probably fits your "workspaces" request -
http://plugins.netbeans.org/PluginPortal/faces/PluginDetailPage.jsp?pluginid=3273

-I got lost with the shift+esc issue

-Could please re-evaluate this issue according to the new informations that I've provided. And please rephrase your
concerns/opinions -> one problem one issue. It seems that there is a plenty of different things mixed up in this issue


I'm closing as worksforme, half of the issue has been fixed and the other one I didn't get -> feel free to reopen or
follow the advice above
thank you for the report
Comment 2 Tim Lebedkov 2008-03-12 13:54:57 UTC
Thanks for the link. I will try it out.