andytill/erlyberly

Store UI "layout" in preferences

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#57 opened on Nov 16, 2015

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Description

The following information about the UI should be stored in preferences:

  • Processes pane hidden
  • Modules pane hidden
  • Process pane width
  • Modules pane width
  • Width of columns in the trace log table

erlyberly uses the PrefBind class to manage preferences to disk. See the examples in this search for usage:

https://github.com/andytill/erlyberly/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=PrefBind+

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Research direction
Look at existing PrefBind usages in the codebase to understand the pattern, then add preference bindings for the listed UI elements.
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java
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desktopdeveloper experience
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2
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1-3 hours
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Clear
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Java
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75