NB65LateUIChanges
NB 6.5 Late UI Changes
For how and when to use this page, see UI Freeze Definition
| Change | Justification | Issuezilla Issue | Doc Approved | Expected Integration | Actual Integration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Misleading messaging when choosing Build | Warning message was identified as misleading by doc team | 145817 | by Patrick | 9/2 | 9/2 |
| Engineers added CSH ID's for Java ME projects | Previously there was a grayed out help buttons on three project pane | 142105 | by Brad | 9/3 | 9/3 |
| panel needs text to explain features available | the domain panel of the GF V3 wizard allows users to register existing domain and create personal domains (depending on the data that the user enters. Many users don't realize the combobox is editable, so they cannot figure out that alternate domains and domain creation are supported. | 145261 and 145966 | by Ken | Sept 4 | Sept 4 |
| Removed unused button | Removed the Get Schemas button on the New Database Connection dialog's Advanced tab. It is not used. | 145271 | by James | ||
| Sample database creation: remove output window(s) during execution and replace it with a single dialog on completion | The output windows were confusing and not useful, and caused errors if users tried to click on the hyperlinks | 145289 | by James | Sept 3 | Sept 3 |
| Ask user if they want to drop the database if they cancel when creating a new connection | A couple of users complained that they expected the database to be removed if they cancelled | 144844 | by James | Sept 5 | |
| Single output window for MySQL start/stop commands | Waste of output windows real estate, and confusing for users (sometimes even goes to the wrong window) | 143449 | by James | Sept 6 | |
| Provide more information on a connect failure and allow editing of Properties dialog after starting MySQL | Automatic connection seemed useful, but it can cause confusion if there is an error such as a bad password | 142549 | by James | Sept 6 | |
| Provide toggle to let you choose whether to have new result tabs or not in SQL Editor | Right now, each new execution results in a new tab, which is great in some situations but in the common case results in a lot of unhelpful clutter. High usability impact. | 144829 | by James | Sept 4 | |
| Display catalogs in SQL code completion | The system tables on MySQL are in a catalog, information_schema, which is currently ignored by the code completion. We need good support for MySQL, so the code completion should display catalogs. | 144398 | by James | ||
| Show tasks from 'current' project if no main project is set. | Users of Ruby or PHP pack usually don't use the 'main project' concept so the Tasks window stays empty because 'main project' is the default task scanning scope. | 144910 | by Patrick | 9/4 | 9/4 |
| Typographic error in window message | clearly visible when local variables window open and no current thread | 146164 | by ken | 9/4 | 9/4 |
| wizard label wording not clear | Clarify language feature support in wizard | 146177 | by ken | 9/4 | 9/4 |
| adding mnemonic for Got To Symbol in menu Navigate | Change according permanent UI spec | 146038 | |||
| Let the user reconnect an offline C/C++ remote host from a project's properties panel | If a user opens a project using an undefined C/C++ remote host, the project properties list the host as "not configured". In other places we use the term "Offline". We also need to provide an easy way for the user to attempt to reconnect to the remote host. | 144246 | by Ann | 9/5 | 9/8 |
| Help button is disabled in Options - Misc - Mobility | Help ID added, better to have it than not | 144096 | by Brad | 9/4 | 9/7 |
| Mark "unresolved identifiers" mode as Experimental feature | Due to not 100% accurate state, we decided to turn off "Highlight unresolved identifiers" for release 6.5 by default. User must explicitly turn it on using correspondent checkbox. To alert user we decided to change it's name to "Highlight unresolved identifiers (Experimental feature)" | 146429 | by Ann | Sep 9 | Sep 10 |
| Show Usage Statistics Reminder dialog | It is added to handle IDE not installed by installer | 146165 | by Patrick | Sep 10 | Sep 10 |
| Add Swing/AWT file templates to Web Project's New File menu | It prevents users from developing applet form in Web application. Fix is easy and was already added to permanent UI spec by Jano Rojcek | 146219 | by Patrick | ||
| Provide JVM Arguments field instead of JRuby Properties | Current state (JRuby Properties field) is confusing. Changing after long discussion on NetBeans Ruby ML | 146613 | by Chris | Sep 9 | Sep 9 |
| Fixes needed in Help topics that describe Options Window | Erroneous description in help topics for General tab, Editor tab incorrect, other smaller inconsistencies | 146771 | by Geertjan | Sep 11 | |
| Auto-connect new MySQL connections | It's annoying to be asked for username and password and go through New Connection dialog when you have already specified user and password when you set up the MySQL server node. This is a small but useful change. | 146910 | by James | Sept 12 | |
| Creating a JUnit test fails | Add additional information to create JUnit test wizard to explain how to resolve problem when there is no test packages folder specified | 100221 | ken | ||
| Minor grammatical fixes in Eclipse importer status messages | Changes should not affect translation, diff here: http://hg.netbeans.org/main/rev/ca984897fd73 and http://hg.netbeans.org/main/rev/d414e8b6453d | no issue | Patrick | Sept. 12 | Sept. 12 |
| UML shortcuts in NB Keyboard Shortcuts Card are incorrect | Errors | 145997 | by Geertjan | Sep 16 | Sep 16 |
| update error message to include hint on how to enter a blank value in a property table | hard to discover this "magic" string | 143257 | approved by ken | ||
| Add 'Ignore Query Strings' option to JavaScript options tab | needed to enable/disable functionality | 140442 | approved by James | Sep 19 | |
| Add confirmation dialog when user starts javascript debugger multiple times | Prevents issues with running multiple js debugger sessions | 147292 | Approved by James | Sep 19 | |
| Change the ordering of toolbars menu | According to HIE the order of toolbars menu should follow the default layout of toolbars instead of being sorted alphabetically | 147042 | approved by Patrick | Sep 23 | Setp 23 |
| broken links in task list help topic; outdated info | bug filed by L10n; trivial fix | 123027 | approved by Patrick | Sept. 22 | Sept. 22 |
| typo in readme | bug filed by L10n; trivial fix | 123236 | approved by Patrick | Sept. 22 | Sept. 22 |
| Behavior of Build action | Allow ant-based Build for J2SE Project with enabled compile-on-save until the project is executed for the first time | 145002 | Sept. 23 | Sept. 23 | |
| Support session preservation flag | allow the user to set a flag that will allow the server to attempt to save session data across redeploys. allows the user to make JSP and class file changes that will not destroy the session state when an app is redeployed. Using the 'Deploy' item on a web app will destroy the sessions, since it does an undeploy first.... | 148291 | approved by ken | Sept. 29 | |
| Warning to a user about Output dir of freeform | Some users forget to set Output directory of their freeform projects. We are warning them on the right place in the UI that this is required. | 147480 | by Patrick | ||
| Allow user to input JDBC URL directly | In order to support complex JDBC URLs we allow the user the option to specify the URL directly without trying to validate and parse it. | 148492 | approved by James | ||
| typos in Eclipse Import messages | http://hg.netbeans.org/main/rev/f971cbf8c60a | by Patrick | Oct. 6 | Oct. 6 | |
| Disabling Compile-on-Save | Compile on Save should be disabled for existing projects (enabled for newly created projects). Badge added to the project's icon when CoS is disabled. Explanatory text added to the Compile tab of the Project Properties | 149223 | by Patrick | Oct. 7 | |
| Toolbar mnemonics and renaming | HIE requests changes in toolbar menu mnemonics and rename 'Build' toolbar to 'Run' | 149237 | by Patrick | Oct. 10 | Oct. 10 |
