Re: [anjuta-devel] Project manager UI suggestions

[Sébastien Granjoux <seb sfo free fr>]

Hi,

I have committed the changes for the properties dialogs:

1. The project root appears in the project tree view. You have to select 
it to change the project properties.

2. The Project->Properties menu item open the properties of the 
currently selected node (or the project properties by default).

3. I have added a "Browse other node" expander in the properties dialog 
to allow selecting another node. It looks like the "Browse other 
directory" of the Save As dialog. I have tried to use a combo box at the 
beginning, but even on a small project is really too slow 
(https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=153605) even if using a list 
box instead of menu items.


I think it's a bit annoying that the project directory name appears two 
times in the project view, one time for the root node and one time for 
the project directory. It matches the way it works inside, the root node 
represent the configure.ac file, while the directory node is the 
Makefile.am. I could merge both nodes and include in the root node all 
properties of the project directory group. Do you think it worths it ?


I like the expander of the properties dialog, I could use the expander 
in the Add Source, Add Library, New Target and New Directory dialog to 
make them smaller. It's less important than for the properties dialog 
because these dialog are already quite short. Do you think it's useful ?

Regards,

Sébastien