[oXygen-user] oXygen File-Open dialog wishes
George Cristian Bina
Mon Jan 10 07:27:52 CST 2005
Dear Lars,
Thank you for your message, I filed a bugzilla entry with it.
Version 5.1 is already beta, see:
http://www.oxygenxml.com/pipermail/oxygen-user/2005-January/000345.html
http://www.oxygenxml.com/pipermail/oxygen-user/2005-January/000346.html
Best Regards,
George
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George Cristian Bina
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Lars Huttar wrote:
> Dear oXygen folks,
> I have just purchased an academic license to oXygen, with 1-yr maintenance.
> Maybe this is a good time to express some of my wishes for Oxygen that
> have held me back from purchasing till now.
> I'm using version 5.0, so maybe some of this is fixed in 5.1.
>
> #1: Better directory-browsing functionality in File-Open dialog.
> This is a major reason why I still often use XMLSpy instead of oXygen.
> When you press Ctrl+O, the Open dialog that appears isn't the native
> Windows File-Open dialog, and doesn't meet expectations in some
> significant ways. I'm sure this is due to Oxygen being a cross-platform
> Java program. But I would hope that that doesn't mean the interface has
> to be inferior.
>
> a) Can't follow shortcuts. My code base is located several directories
> deep, so to get there, in XMLSpy I first open c:\mount.lnk, which is a
> shortcut to the actual codebase. When I select mount.lnk (e.g.
> double-click, or press Enter) the dialog stays open, but displays the
> folder that the shortcut points to. In Oxygen, it apparently attempts to
> open "mount.lnk" as a file, with no useful result. So I have to navigate
> the whole path by hand.
>
> b) File/folder name completion. As I start typing the name of the file,
> a native Windows dialog would suggest possible completions, and let me
> select using the up/down arrow keys. Oxygen does not.
>
> c) Type-to-find doesn't autoscroll. If you put focus in the pane of the
> Open dialog that lists all the files, and you type letters, the
> selection moves to the file/folder that begins with those letters; but
> if the newly selected file/folder happens to be one that is not showing
> on the screen (e.g. it's off to the right because there are too many
> files to show at once), the pane doesn't auto-scroll. Manual scrolling
> is required, which detracts from the ergonomic benefit of type-to-find.
>
> d) Pressing Enter after typing a folder name doesn't remove the folder
> name from the "File name" field. E.g. if you are in c:\Program Files and
> you type Apache Group and press Enter, the dialog shows the subfolders
> of c:\Program Files\Apache Group, but leaves "Apache Group" in the File
> name field. (Expectation: Apache Group would disappear, since it is not
> needed relative to the folder that is being shown, i.e. Apache Group.)
> So if you continue typing the name of a subfolder, you get "Apache
> Group\cocoon" in the File name field, and if you press Enter/OK, you
> will not see the contents of the cocoon subfolder. (Instead it will
> apparentlyl try to open c:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache Group\cocoon.)
>
> e) If any of the above behavior leads to attempting to open a file that
> doesn't exist, Oxygen still closes the File-Open dialog and tries to
> open the file; thus I lose the File-Open dialog and have to hit Ctrl+O
> again. It would be nicer if the File-Open dialog would (beep or
> something and) stay open unless you click Cancel.
>
> f) (This is more icing on the cake...) In a native Windows file-Open
> dialog, you can perform other operations in the dialog, such as renaming
> or deleting files. This is often handy: e.g. if you want to save the
> file you're working on to a filename that already exists. In Oxygen you
> can't do this.
>
> That's probably enough for now.
>
> Lest I sound overly negative, let me say that the benefits of Oxygen
> have outweighed its limitations enough that I was willing to pay for it,
> vs. the free XMLSpy Home Edition. For example, the responsiveness to
> problems posted on this list has been a good selling point.
>
> I hope to see Oxygen improve to the point where I use it without having
> regretful thoughts about what I left behind.
>
> Lars
>
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