automatic area switching

[Niko Sams]

On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 10:33, Andreas Pakulat<apaku at gmx.de> wrote:
> On 25.06.09 10:14:56, Niko Sams wrote:
>> On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 08:46, Andreas Pakulat <apaku at gmx.de> wrote:
>> > > 2. switch back:
>> > > - should we switch back?
>> >
>> > Yes/No :) Not switching back means less flickering/auto-changing Ui, which
>> > is good for inexperienced users as they're not scared away because the
>> > machine seems to do strange things all on its own.
>> >
>> > However for people used to the switching its always annoying having to
>> > switch back manually.
>> >
>> > > - if so - when?
>> > > It could be done when the debug session ended. However the user won't
>> > > see the output in the Debug Tool View then.
>> > > So it's probably best to leave switching back to the user.
>> >
>> > I assume you mean GDB? I'm not sure how useful that is once the session has
>> > ended. I mean most of the problems for which you need the output from there
>> > are happening during the session.
>> No, I mean the tool view where the application output goes to. It
>> _might_ contain useful
>> output.
>
> Hmm, right. I'd like to hear more opinions about the switch back vs. not
> switch back, but if we decide to automatically switch back we could have a
> way of showing a certain toolviews in all areas...
If Execute output and Debug output would not have their own tool views
this would
make perfectly sense.
Are those two views intentionally?

If the Execute output stays visible I'd vote for automatic switch back.

>> > I think we could have an option for fully-automatic perspective switching,
>> > just make sure to use a stack inside the uicontroller to keep track of the
>> > last-used-session :)
>> And add something like IUiController::switchToPreviousArea()?
>> I think it's easier to remember the previous area in the DebugSession
>> - no need for a stack.
>
> I suggest not to do that. The previous state should be stored in whatever
> place is doing switching. I've just recently had to do similar things in
> Eclipse and its a nightmare to do it from outside the actual code that
> switches perspectives.
So what API should the DebugSession use?

Niko