[jbosstools-issues] [JBoss JIRA] (JBIDE-19780) Confusing <id> placeholder in Batch Diagram editor

[Viacheslav Kabanovich (JIRA)]

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Viacheslav Kabanovich commented on JBIDE-19780:
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Can we implement generating new id that user can change for the new element? It is better when new element is created making correct xml.

> Confusing <id> placeholder in Batch Diagram editor
> --------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: JBIDE-19780
>                 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-19780
>             Project: Tools (JBoss Tools)
>          Issue Type: Enhancement
>          Components: batch
>    Affects Versions: 4.3.0.Beta1
>            Reporter: Tomáš Milata
>            Assignee: Tomáš Milata
>            Priority: Minor
>              Labels: usability
>             Fix For: 4.3.0.Beta1
>
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> Currently, when no id of an element is entered, the "<id>" label is displayed in the node.
> This caused issues during usability testing. User for some reason thought the "<>" characters have some meaning and edited the value to "<myId>" and then was confused why he sees "&lt" and "&gt" sequences in the XML.
> Note that sapphire does not have placeholders, so this is just a workaround (when id is null, the <id> text is shown). 
> This approach is has also disadvantage that if user double click the <id> of empty id, presses an arrow and then enter, the whole <id> value originally meant as a placeholder is now the literal value of the property.
> I suggest keeping the place for label just empty. User can be still notified by a validation marker and the label inline editor is still accessible by double click.



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