[jbosstools-issues] [JBoss JIRA] Commented: (JBIDE-7346) selection indicators in smooks are not consistent

[Brian Fitzpatrick (JIRA)]

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Brian Fitzpatrick commented on JBIDE-7346:
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Ok, the dotted outline around boxes and for line edges is very consistent with other graphical editors (as Max showed with his screencast). The same with the box around editable text with a blinking cursor to allow editing when selected. 

I don't believe we have any editable text on the Smooks Java Mapping or Apply Template graph itself - but we should be able to more clearly identify the object selected and highlight the text for the object selected.

And there are actually two graphs - the Task graph (Apply Template or Java Mapping) and the Processing graph (Input -> Java Mapping -> Apply Template). Both should operate the same. 

Perhaps a bigger dashed border would make it easier to see on the graph model than the dotted variety? But again, I think Max's point is that there should be multiple things selected when a particular object is selected. In the case of your second image - not only should the outer border be highlighted (by dots/dashes and/or color), but the text within should be highlighted - at the very least the title of the figure - XML Input Model. 

> selection indicators in smooks are not consistent
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>
>                 Key: JBIDE-7346
>                 URL: https://jira.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-7346
>             Project: Tools (JBoss Tools)
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: smooks
>    Affects Versions: 3.2.0.Beta1
>            Reporter: Max Andersen
>            Assignee: Brian Fitzpatrick
>            Priority: Blocker
>             Fix For: 3.2.0.Beta2
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>         Attachments: selectedfigures.jpg, selectedfigures.jpg, smooksselection.mp4
>
>
> I tried out smooks again and it seems we still have big problems when it comes to selection mechanism or at least with how things are colored.
> I've recorded a video of it since its hard to explain in words - but basically the colors varies from greyed out, blue, yellow and outline.
>  this needs to get fixed for users to actually be able to *see* what is selected and not.

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