1208713 - Web IDE editor does not work

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(DevTools Graveyard :: WebIDE, defect)

Description

[olivier]

Attachment: index.html is not displayed in the editor

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:40.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/40.0
Build ID: 20150830201726

Steps to reproduce:

1. open a Firefox session
2. open WebIDE (shift+F8 or using the icon button)
3. open or create an app
4. select a file in the app directory tree to edit it.


Actual results:

WebIDE opens, everything works (app package can be created, opened, run in simulators, ...) but the editor functionality:
The only thing that is displayed in the editor window is the application information what ever file is chosen. The folders are not expendable

I am using a Linux KDE environment (OpenMandriva distribution). I tried on 2 different computers (32 and 64 bits) with the same results. I tried on another MS Windows machine and could use the editor functionality successfully.


Expected results:

I should be able to display and edit the selected file
I should be able to expend the folders

Comment 1

[Jen Fong-Adwent [:ednapiranha]]

Is thi(In reply to olivier from comment #0)
> Created attachment 8666328 [details]
> index.html is not displayed in the editor
> 
> User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:40.0) Gecko/20100101
> Firefox/40.0
> Build ID: 20150830201726
> 
> Steps to reproduce:
> 
> 1. open a Firefox session
> 2. open WebIDE (shift+F8 or using the icon button)
> 3. open or create an app
> 4. select a file in the app directory tree to edit it.
> 
> 
> Actual results:
> 
> WebIDE opens, everything works (app package can be created, opened, run in
> simulators, ...) but the editor functionality:
> The only thing that is displayed in the editor window is the application
> information what ever file is chosen. The folders are not expendable
> 
> I am using a Linux KDE environment (OpenMandriva distribution). I tried on 2
> different computers (32 and 64 bits) with the same results. I tried on
> another MS Windows machine and could use the editor functionality
> successfully.
> 
> 
> Expected results:
> 
> I should be able to display and edit the selected file
> I should be able to expend the folders

We've recently switched to a different layout, where sidebars expose the project and runtime listing. Do you still get this error in your installation of Linux?

Comment 2

[olivier]

I cannot see a change in the layout and the problem is still there.
I am running firefox 41.0.1

Comment 3

[Jen Fong-Adwent [:ednapiranha]]

(In reply to olivier from comment #2)
> I cannot see a change in the layout and the problem is still there.
> I am running firefox 41.0.1

Can you try Firefox Nightly (44) and see if the problem still persists? Thanks!

Comment 4

[olivier]

It works with FireFox Nightly!

Is the new layout final? I am not convinced by its usefulness. Those 2 extra columns on the right and left requires to maximize the window which hides the simulator. Couldn't that info be kept horizontally above the editor? Or add options in the view menu to toggle them or not. Let me know if there is another forum where this is discussed, I would be happy to keep on testing/helping with this tool

Comment 5

[J. Ryan Stinnett [:jryans] (Use needinfo, replies may be slow)]

(In reply to olivier from comment #4)
> It works with FireFox Nightly!

Good to hear!

> Is the new layout final? I am not convinced by its usefulness. Those 2 extra
> columns on the right and left requires to maximize the window which hides
> the simulator. Couldn't that info be kept horizontally above the editor? Or
> add options in the view menu to toggle them or not. Let me know if there is
> another forum where this is discussed, I would be happy to keep on
> testing/helping with this tool

The main goals of the new layout were to move away from popups and make the various options more discoverable to new users.  But, it does take up more space.  The sidebars can be made smaller at the moment.

If you have ideas to refine it, you could file a new bug for an idea, or you could discuss it on the dev-developer-tools mailing list.

Resolving based on comment 4.