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Bug 81610 - Debugger visual appearance needs improvements
Summary: Debugger visual appearance needs improvements
Status: VERIFIED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: soa
Classification: Unclassified
Component: BPEL Debugger (show other bugs)
Version: 5.x
Hardware: All All
: P3 blocker (vote)
Assignee: Jiri Kopsa
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Keywords:
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Reported: 2006-08-01 15:32 UTC by Jiri Kopsa
Modified: 2006-09-28 23:26 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Issue Type: DEFECT
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Description Jiri Kopsa 2006-08-01 15:32:51 UTC 
The visualisation of various activity states while in debugging and the
appearance of breakpoints needs to be improved as current design may cause
usability problems.

In particular:
* green execution point colides with green selection
* breakpoint is too small (and is not consistent with border highlighting of
activity states)
Comment 1 Todd Fast 2006-08-01 16:08:05 UTC 
Rather than just make a larger square, I'd like to propose that we use the same
breakpoint icon as used in the source editor breakpoint annotation. If we do not
use this icon and instead just use a larger red square, the square will need to
look nicer than just a plain square. For example, it needs a border like the
breakpoint annotation icon.

Ideally, the icon should be overlaid where the incoming line crosses the top
edge of the activity instead of at the top center of the activity.
Comment 2 Alexander Zgursky 2006-09-08 13:31:51 UTC 
I would also suggest to have an arrow as a pointer of the current execution
position along with the selection. Simple selection of the currently executing
element may be confusing for large containers - consider a main sequence
activity which spans over 2 or more screens.
Comment 3 Alexander Zgursky 2006-09-14 09:45:55 UTC 
Jirka Copsa wrote:
"i was just wondering if you are at work and can comment on your comment in
#81610 - if you could be more specific - how and where exactly do you suggest to
show the arrow ?"

I think of an arrow that lie on the activity's incoming connection and points to
that activity. Although, I'm not sure if can always determine on which
connection to put an arrow in the case of an activity with multiple incomming
connection.
Comment 4 Sergey Lunegov 2006-09-26 16:33:31 UTC 
The first issue described in initial description is not valid now.
The second one is fixed.
All other suggestions are enhancements. Resolve is as fixed
Comment 5 Jiri Kopsa 2006-09-26 17:14:22 UTC 
Thanks Sergey for closing this.

I've filled the RFE:
http://www.netbeans.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=85793
Comment 6 lchang 2006-09-28 23:26:41 UTC 
There is no green selection, so the first issue is not valid anymore.

Verified that the second issue has been relogged into 85793