[jbosstools-issues] [JBoss JIRA] (JBIDE-23320) New server window server type picker is single line long on Cinnamon

[Rob Stryker (JIRA)]

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Rob Stryker commented on JBIDE-23320:
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The other space is reserved for the runtime widgets. It just so happens that we don't show them for our server types. 

So basically, WTP has made a decision that they'd rather not have widgets resizing when the user clicks around, or even relayout-ing the dialog. 

Imagine the following:
   User opens new server wizard, no server type selected
   Tree viewer is very large, user clicks "Tomcat"
   Suddenly, the tree shrinks, and new widgets appear below it. 

This type of workflow can make sense sometimes, such as if you have an 'advanced' button that then expands or shrinks the dialog. But having widgets resize all the time just when clicking around normally is very distracting. 

I really don't think there's anything that can be done here. I've considered a lot of UI improvements in the past, but, this just doesn't seem like something that there's an easy answer for. 

> New server window server type picker is single line long on Cinnamon
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>
>                 Key: JBIDE-23320
>                 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-23320
>             Project: Tools (JBoss Tools)
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: server
>         Environment: Fedora 24 x86-64
> Cinnamon 3.0.7
> Linux 4.7.6
> JBDS 10.1.0.GA
>            Reporter: Michal Jurc
>            Assignee: Rob Stryker
>             Fix For: 4.4.2.AM3
>
>         Attachments: jbds-10.1-new-server.png
>
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> In JBoss Developer Studio 10.1.0.GA, the New Server window server type choice only displays single server at time without scrolling which is uncomfortable to navigate through.
> Screenshot attached.



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