[bug #17802] Classes view needs improvement

[Richard Frith-Macdonald]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?17802>

                 Summary: Classes view needs improvement
                 Project: GNUstep
            Submitted by: CaS
            Submitted on: Tuesday 09/19/2006 at 10:50
                Category: Gorm
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: Change Request
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open

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Details:

I put this in as a change request rather than a bug, but it *feels* like it
shoiuld be considered a bug.

Mostly I do hard-coded gui stuff, but I decided to try using ProjectCenter
and Gorm on a new program and find that the classes view (the outline view
with the mustard colored background) is a constant pain in the ass to use.
The problem is it's hard to find anything in it ... you really need to
remember exactly where things are in the class hierarchy and there's no way
to jump to them quickly.

This view is modelled on a very early MacOS-X version of interface Builder...
and the current MacOS-X implementation instead uses a view which is almost
identical to the original Gorm and NeXT implementations ... an
aslphabetically ordered browser with a search facility so that you can jump
to the correct class instantly.

I would like to suggest reverting to the original NeXT style of this view ...
which is IMO slightly bettere than the current MacOS-X implementation and
much, much more usable than the current Gorm view.
That is to say, the view should contain a text field for searches, a pull
down menu to select class operations *(more convenient than the classes
submenu of the main menu), and a browser to locate.view class names.







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