[jira] [Comment Edited] (DIRSTUDIO-1156) Text Editor usability improvements

["Lothar Haeger (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Lothar Haeger edited comment on DIRSTUDIO-1156 at 10/27/17 4:10 PM:
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So I've changed then HexDialog and TextDialog classes as described above, just the "wrap lines" check box has become toggle button instead. Please see attached DIRSTUDIO-1156-1.patch

[~elecharny]: would you be so kind and review the patch and apply to trunk if you see fit?

PS: my French did not come up with a good translation to "wrap lines" or "Zeilenumbruch" yet, please feel free to change the last line of the patch (-> message_fr.properties)


was (Author: lhaeger):
So I've changed then HexDialog and TextDialog classes as described above, just the "wrap lines" check box has become toggle button instead. Please see attached DIRSTUDIO-1156-1.patch

[~elecharny]: would you be so kind and review the patch and apply to trunk if you see fit?

> Text Editor usability improvements
> ----------------------------------
>
>                 Key: DIRSTUDIO-1156
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DIRSTUDIO-1156
>             Project: Directory Studio
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: studio-ldapbrowser
>    Affects Versions: 2.0.0-M13
>         Environment: Windows
>            Reporter: Lothar Haeger
>            Assignee: Lothar Haeger
>            Priority: Minor
>              Labels: usability
>         Attachments: DIRSTUDIO-1156_1.patch
>
>
> As an IDM developer I work a lot with XML blobs stored in binary attributes. Those values open in Hex Editor initially, which has a "Edit as Text..." button to open the value in a Text Editor if possible (i.e. not containing any non-printable characters). There are a few aspects to improve here, especially when working with long lines of text or overall large texts:
> * the Text Editor cannot be maximized on all platforms. SWT.RESIZE is set, but is a lot less convenient to use if you need as much screen area as possible. Possible solution: add SWT.MAX when creating the dialog
> * the Text Editor does not support line wrapping. XML or JSON data is often stored without line breaks, which requires cumbersome horizontal scrolling. Possible solution: add a "wrap lines" check box (display only, not adding line breaks to the value text, inactive by default)
> * the Text Editor dialog has a relatively small default size, a  ~50% wider/higher seems reasonable
> * the button to open the Text Editor from Hex Editor is always displayed, even if the binary value is not editable (e.g. contains an image). Only when the button has been pressed a check is performed and an error message shown. It would be more intuitive to hide the button if a binary value cannot be edited as text in the first place.



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