[jbosstools-dev] Re: VPE editor

[Snjezana Peco]

Max Rydahl Andersen wrote:
>>> ....
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>>>> I see what you mean here, and I like the idea but what happens when the user
>>>> disabled the synchronization and changes from one part of the view to the other -
>>>> I guess it should be forcefully updated to make sure the two views are in sync when
>>>> they edit each others models ?
>>>>
>>>>         
>> We could add a preference (using dialog settings or IPersistableElement)
>> for every editor that has a non-default value for this action. The
>> action would be changed using IPartListener interface.
>>     
>
> I don't understand how having a preference will prevent the synchronization issues between
> the split-view in the VPE editor?
>
> -max
>
>   
I understood that you were talking about different editors with 
different state of the Link action.
As to the split-view, the visual and source part wouldn't be 
synchronized automatically when the Link action is disabled.
In that case, the user would use only the source part (it is possible to 
disable the visual part in order the user not to use actions...).
The user would manually synchronize these parts by calling Refresh. This 
would be used only for editing large files.
For instance, when editing employee.xhtml (attached to 
http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBIDE-675), I have to wait for a few 
minutes between keystrokes.

In my opinion, it would be nice to have the following feature:
- disabling the visual part using the Link action
- editing a file in the source editor (fast when the visual part is 
inactive)
- clicking Refresh periodically to sync the visual and source part

Snjeza