eirikbakke edited a comment on pull request #2981:
URL: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2981#issuecomment-854149082


   Did you mean the external Darcula LAF plugin, or the new bundled FlatLAF 
Dark? I can test either. Now curious how they implemented full-row selection.
   
   The thing with Windows Explorer and other apps that use the full-row 
behavior, is that the root-level context menu usually just provides shortcuts 
to actions that are available elsewhere (in the menu bar or in the context menu 
for individual nodes). So it's just an added convenience for cases where the 
user has nothing else to click, e.g. before creating a project. But in 
NetBeans, the "Projects" pane has a few actions which I'm not sure can be 
accessed in other ways, e.g. "Collapse All" or the "View Java Packages As" 
option. And if the root context menu has traditionally been easy to access, 
some people will get used to it over time.
   
   > Note that there was not an argument about the left-click (selection) 
behaviour
   
   OK, so perhaps this one should still select the whole row. There's also the 
behavior when dragging and dropping a node on another node. Here I think it's 
also good to have the whole row work--I don't think the root node is ever 
relevant here.
   
   > A minimum width for the area active for a node right-click, in case the 
node's text itself is too narrow - expressed in 'eM's ?
   
   I'll experiment with this, and see if there's an approach that feels natural.


-- 
This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service.
To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the
URL above to go to the specific comment.

For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at:
[email protected]



---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected]
For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]

For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit:
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists

Reply via email to