Polish3.3

3.3 Polish Items

This is the raw list of suggested items. I suggest we continue the following way:

• All submitters that sent considerable more than 5 items: Can you prioritize your list again and only keep your 5 most important items?
• A fixed polish item should result in immediate improvement for the user in 3.3 for example by improving usability or adding UI coolness. Polish items should not be your favorite bug fix that could also be done in 3.4. Can submitters go through their items again and remove those that don't qualify?
• Could all team leads add comments below their items until next Wednesday, April 11 if they intend to implement the item for 3.3? Please comment why you don't or can't. For committed items set the 'polish' keyword with the milestone target in bugzilla.
• McQ went through the list and added the PMC's priorities<b></li> </ul>

  In the next status call we can discuss if submitters disagree with the priorization of their items.

  I want to stick with the WIKI page as this is a good way to see overall progress and discussions. The 'polish' keyword is also used by comitters for bugs not in this list.

  All bugs 3.3M7 or greater with 'polish' keyword

  All open bugs 3.3M7 or greater with 'polish' keyword

  --Martin aeschlimann.ch.ibm.com 04:15, 5 April 2007 (EDT)

  Platform/UI

  P1:

  need to investigate scalability of FilteredTree
  https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=128233
  (Wassim)
  

  [Commands] Show View cannot be executed from the Command Composer 
  https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=173213
  (Wassim)
  PMC-comment: fixing bug; might need to use non-API
  

  [Presentation] [ViewBar] Outline view toolbar is visible above a maximized editor
  https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=128455
  (Dani)
  

  [WorkbenchParts] PageBookView's toolbar doesn't properly re-layout after page switching
  https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=122639
  (Martin)
  

  [Themes] Font setting changes don't take effect until restart
  https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=177449
  (DJ)
  

  [min/max] switch between perspectives ends up with maximizing the active view of the first perspective
  https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=179094
  (Jerome)
  

  P2:

  [Contributions] polish new keys preference page
  https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=176235 [P2 - get rid of old one] 
  (Dani, Erich)
  PMC-comment: more polish? + make sure it's released + get rid of old one
  

  [WorkingSets] Replace the working set toolbar buttons with a better solution
  https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=180926 
  (Martin, Erich)
  PMC-comment: Polish, not rework
  

  Fix layout and usability issues of problems view
  [P2] https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=173481 
  [fixed] https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=132424
  [P3] https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=180718 
  (Martin, DJ)
  

  Bring back 'Quick Switch Editor' on Ctrl + E
  https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=181189
  (Martin, Erich)
  PMC-comment: Use Ctrl + Shift + E for Quick Access
  

  [ActionSets] toolbar: specifying pull-down forces plugin load
  https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=136397
  (Martin)
  

  Duplicated entries in the progress view when synchronizing with CVS  (We see this all the time, and we always press  "remove terminated jobs" to clear it)
  https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=180205
  (Darin)
  

  P3:

  [Presentations] Perspective bar doesn't expand to hold new perspectives
  https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=60802
  (Dejan)
  

  Contributed marker resolutions not working when > 1 resolution for the same marker type from different plug-ins
  https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=175742
  (Darin)
  

  [EditorMgmt] tabs: Remove the MRU tab reordering code from the default presentation
  https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=68684
  (Jerome)
  PMC-comment:  new code in incubator only; no fix for 3.3
  

  Closing editor should not scroll Project Explorer (Link with editor enabled)
  https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=180676
  (Jerome)
  PMC-comment: won't fix? currently working as expected
  

  Not yet prioritized:

  Layout issues with Text Boxes and Scrollbars
  https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=177405
  (Steve)
  

  Platform/Compare

  P3:

  Full Javadoc line selected even though only a character has been added to a word
  https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=78063
  (Dani)
  

  [Viewers] Don't hide highlighted changes with selection when stepping
  https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=172198
  (Dani)
  

  enable Preferences>Compare>Text Compare>"Highlight individual changes" by default
  https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=180984
  (Erich)
  

  Platform/SWT

  P2:

  Help icon looks awful in manifest editors (Linux)
  https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=179209
  (Wassim)
  

  P3:

  DCR: Support for blit operations within ImageData (1GH43Y2)
  https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=4764
  (Tod)
  PMC-comment: Not a polish item
  

  JDT/UI

  P1:

  Anonymous type rendered as number in hover
  https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=180713 
  (Jerome)
  > will investigate
  

  P2:

  [open type] Open Type is filtering out type from default package
  https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=179485
  (Jerome)
  > will investigate
  

  [Wizards] Project creation wizard should allow to select a working set
  https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=157444
  (Jerome)
  > as discussed in status call, no plans for 3.3 as this results in too many ripples and should be provided as API in platform
  PMC-comment: could be done for JDT only? otherwise requires api
  

  multi-color labels in JDT -> consistency with Jazz and a signficant improvement
  https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=177339
  (Erich)
  > plan is to provide this with a preference setting (disabled by default). Depends on SWT bug fixes like bug 178008
  

  P3:

  [JUnit] JUnit launcher writes everything to log
  https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=180340
  (Wassim)
  > for M7
  

  Make auto-import more aggressive
  https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=179869
  (Walter)
  > no plans at the moment
  PMC-comment: cool enhancement request, but not a polish item
  

  Confusing ellipsis in Open Type dialog
  https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=180193
  (Jerome)
  > will investigate
  

  JDT/Core

  P1:

  Compiler error/warning option 'Parameter is never read' produces a lot of false-positives
  [P1] https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=118217
  [P3] https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=165084
  (Martin)
  PMC-comment: P1 for reducing the confusion
  

  Platform/Text & JDT/Text

  P1:

  Mark Occurrences highlights random text while actively editing
  https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=105738
  https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=115553
  (Walter)
  <b>We can still not reproduce this but will look at it if we get steps.
  

  JDT colours should extend the system themes
  https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=22243
  (Tod)
  To do this right we need to be able to extend the Fonts and Colors preference page and I don't think Platform UI provide this for 3.3.
  

  P2:

  The left gutter gets crowded. The light bulb or a problem will hide the "up arrow" to go to the overridden method.
  https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=25835
  (Walter, Steve)
  You can choose to expand the vertical ruler icons (Java > Editor > Hovers). No plans for 3.3.
  

  P3:

  Add a spelling dictionary and enable spelling by default
  https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=68357
  (Erich)
  This will happen if we get the legal clearance on time.
  PMC-comment: I like the enhancement request, but it's not polish
  

  Live annotate should be easier to discover by making it available in the vertical ruler
  https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=132352
  (Erich)
  Time permitting for 3.3.
  

  Improve colors for live annotate
  https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=180993
  (Erich)
  This will happen for 3.3.
  

  Platform/Debug & JDT/Debug

  P1:

  [Debug] No stack frame selected when thread has been suspended
  https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=177910
  (Jerome, Pascal)
  > Fixed
  

  P2:

  Launch config attriubutes should be persisted in consistent order
  https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=180756
  (Wassim, Darin)
  > Fixed
  

  Reveal the search result in the details pane of the variable view
  https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=178106 
  (Pascal)
  > due to lack of support for SWT.Wrap in TextViewer... but we will try to workaround for M7
  Dani: Not true: TextViewer SWT.WRAP can be used but then you need to provide your own IDocumentAdapter.
  

  Warn user when the launch dialog automatically migrates a config
  https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=180757
  (Darin)
  

  P3:

  Hitting a breakpoint switches to debug perspective, but terminating the run does not switch back to Java/PDE/etc.
  https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=46336
  (Walter)
  

  Resume in loop selects another thread
  https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=180667
  (Jerome)
  > Fixed
  

  Platform Runtime & Equinox

  P1:

  [launcher] Ctrl+Break no longer works
  https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=168726
  (Dani, Martin)
  PMC-comment: P1 for missing ctrl+break function; other console issues are not P1
  

  [build] full build after starting with a newly installed build
  https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=174930
  (Jerome)
  agreed - Fixed in HEAD
  

  P3:

  Optionally redirect trace output to a log file instead of console
  https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=179860
  (Walter)
  

  PDE

  P1:

  Ctrl+S does not work
  https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=87549
  Fixed
  (DJ)
  

  P2:

  PDE model not reacting properly to changes
  [P3] https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=175291
  Need more info
  [P2] https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=175288
  Fixed
  (Pascal)
  

  Multiple Bundle version Problems
  https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=179318
  Fixed
  https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=177771
  Reasonable request
  (DJ)
  

  P3:

  New feature: No feedback the state of the state
  https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=159066
  In Progress
  (Tom)
  

  Not prioritized yet:

  Need tooling for access rules on vm packages
  https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=164188
  Not trivial.  Potentially destabilizing.  Suggest to defer to 3.4
  

  (Tom)