[jbosstools-issues] [JBoss JIRA] Commented: (JBIDE-5663) improved WYSIWYG editor experience

improved WYSIWYG editor experience ------------------------------------ Key: JBIDE-5663 URL: https://jira.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-5663 Project: Tools (JBoss Tools) Issue Type: Feature Request Components: Visual Page Editor core Reporter: Igor Jacy Lino Campista Assignee: Maxim Areshkau Fix For: 3.3.x I normally use the jboss tools 3 and it could be really really useful and productive if the visual editor would be more intelligent and user friendly when working on top of it. With that I mean not only resize some visible components or change a few properties but really the consistency how one has a workflow working mostly visually for all JSF components (i.e. Richfaces). For example creating a table from scratch is actually not that a simple task. and At some point you cannot even drag and drop a column since the editor won't allowing (showing the red icon). The Netbeans JSP editor when drag-n-droping a table, it will show a dummy nice-looking table with 3 sample columns ready to modify them. Adding extra columns visually in the netbeans editor also fits quite well, etc. I recently came across a nice DITA WYSIWYG editor (Serna) in the technical documentation domain (You may editor docbook or DITA content totally visual). see http://www.syntext.com/products/serna-free/ and also http://www.syntext.com/images/screenshots/serna-free-on-vista.png In the Serna editor, the easiness of adding new elements working on the visual part is really amazing. It shows quite well where you are (for example you know when you are before, within or after an element) and adding extra elements feels also quite good (ctrl-enter gives you a dialog of elements you can add based on where you are. INSIDE THE VISUAL PART of the editor). Totally a charm to use.