PR# 12507 Show List shows all tools in zone instead of just those that are not visible

Problem Report Summary
Submitter: prestoat2000
Category: EiffelStudio
Priority: Medium
Date: 2007/04/22
Class: Feature Request
Severity: Non-critical
Number: 12507
Release: 6.0.67948
Confidential: No
Status: Closed
Responsible:
Environment: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; SunOS i86pc; en-US; rv:1.8.1.2) Gecko/20070225 Firefox/2.0.0.2 Solaris 10 on x86
Synopsis: Show List shows all tools in zone instead of just those that are not visible

Description
This isn't really a bug, but I find it confusing and thought I would mention
it so that you can consider whether to change it.  When not all tools in
a zone are visible, there is a Show List button with a number that indicates
how many tools are not visible.  If the number is 4, it indicates that there
are 4 tools that are not visible, but which could be visible if I make the
zone wider.

I expected that clicking on this Show List button would bring up a list of
the 4 tools that aren't currently visible.  Instead, it brings up a list of
all the tools in the zone, with the non-visible ones first.  I find this
very confusing and still haven't gotten used to it.  This doesn't seem
particularly useful to me, since I can just click on the appropriate tab
if I want to select one of the visible tools.  

Please consider displaying a list with only the non-visible tools when the user
clicks the Show List button.
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											From:larryl   
											Date:2007/04/24   
																							Status: Closed   
											
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Sorry, this is something I forgot to implement. In revision#12507, the list show hidden tab items texts in bold font, and show visible tab items texts in normal font. So it's clear enough. This is same as Windows Eiffel Studio.

Thanks for your report.