[oXygen-user] 10 files open is too many

[Oxygen XML Editor Support]

Hello Robert,

Thank you for the feedback.

I'll tackle each of the issues you have raised in turn.

- *narrow list box*
I can see the problem with this. I've logged an improvement request on 
our issue tracking tool to enlarge the list box to fit the longest file 
name. There will probably still be an upper limit of allowed characters 
in the file name, but it will be significantly increased.

- *closing files*
- *dragging files to change their order*
We are aware of both these issues. I've logged your report on both 
accounts. The difficulty in fixing such issues is that they are located 
in the docking framework library that we are using from a third party. 
Fixing foreign code is always a problem, but we're doing everything we 
can to report and when possible also patch the problems by ourselves.

- *select different file, then go back*
We've tested and this problem has been resolved in the latest version of 
the docking framework library. We've already updated this library to the 
latest version in the current development stream. This means the problem 
will be gone in Oxygen v14.1.

- *ditamap vs. topic file*
I'd like to clarify here what list of files are you referring to. Are 
you referring to the items listed in the "narrow list box"? Or is it in 
some other location?
We could use a slightly different color for the bubble of .ditamap files 
and thus make it easier to tell them apart from topic files.

I guess this means you prefer to edit .ditamap files in the editor 
rather than the DITA Maps Manager. If I may ask, why do you prefer the 
main editor to the .ditamap specialized DITA Maps Manager?

In each case we will notify you when the issue has been resolved or 
implemented.

Regards,
Adrian

Adrian Buza
oXygen XML Editor and Author Support

Tel: +1-650-352-1250 ext.202
Fax: +40-251-461482
support at oxygenxml.com
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Echlin, Robert wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I find when I have a few files open in oXygen, that I soon reach the 
> limit of too many files to find the one I want.
>
> This is a common problem, that I find in other apps as well. This is a 
> hard problem.
>
> However, let's look at some specific irritants that you can probably 
> do something about, most of which do not occur in other apps.
>
> - *narrow list box*
>
> The icon at the right of the list of files will show the whole list if 
> you click on it.
>
> The names of the files are truncated, because that drop down list is 
> too narrow.
>
> When this list is open, it doesn't matter if you can't see a lot of 
> stuff under it.
>
> Please make it wider, maybe 50% wider?
>
> Or variable, so it will be as wide as the widest filename?
>
> - *closing files*
>
> Let's say I have 20 files open and I want to close the three in the 
> middle.
>
> right click on one.
>
> select "close", and it closes.
>
> But…
>
> Instead of seeing the "middle" of the list, where I was just working, 
> I now see the "left" side. (This is the bit I want you to fix)
>
> I then see the left most few files, maybe 6, and to get to the next 
> one I want to close, I have to click the scroll button several/many times.
>
> Alternatively, I can click the "whole list" icon and find the file I 
> want to next close, then select it. two clicks and some eyeball 
> scrolling. Slow.
>
> - *dragging files to change their order*
>
> This is a similar problem to closing files.
>
> Try to drag a file, and the screen jumps to the left-most items, 
> leaving you with a lot of scrolling to do to find it again, to drag it 
> past one … more … file!
>
> - *select different file, then go back*
>
> Do this:
>
> - If I have currently selected a file that I am viewing in "text" 
> mode, then click on the name of a file that is in "author" mode.
>
> Get this:
>
> - The number of toolbars open increases (that's OK, by itself)
>
> - The file I am now looking at "moves" to the left side of the screen 
> (sometimes the right), instead of staying where it was. This may hide 
> the file I was looking at before.
>
> This makes it difficult to move back and forth between two files.
>
> - *ditamap vs. topic file*
>
> One of our writers pointed out to me that maps open in the list get 
> "lost" in the dita topics.
>
> Maybe different file types could have different background colors or 
> some other differentiator in the list of files?
>
> Thanks for considering these requests.
>
> Rob
>
> --
>
> *Rob Echlin*, Documentation Systems Architect, *Wind River**
> *+1.613.270.5796 | Skype: rob.echlin.wr
>
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