Inadequate multiline OCL text editing in UML Model Editor

[eclipse-uml2-bot]

| --- | --- | | Bugzilla Link | 575290 | | Status | NEW | | Importance | P3 normal | | Reported | Aug 08, 2021 10:39 EDT | | Modified | Aug 08, 2021 11:01 EDT | | Reporter | Ed Willink |

Description

The display of a multi-line OCL expression in

• UML Model Editor Tree Editor OpaqueExpression suffix
• UML Model Editor OpaqueExpression Body in Properties View
• Feature Pane of Add/Remove Dialog\ replaces the multiple lines by an ellipsis. This makes it hard to tell what the full OCL text is.

Workaround. Fortunate;ly the Value Pane of the Add/Remove Dialog displays the full text so the workaround is to Remove, view then Add again.

As a minimum, the Feature Pane should show multiple lines like the View Pane in order to allow a no-edit view.

Better show the full text in the Properties Biew, Possibly as with the GenModel copyright text, by showing on click.

Better still show full text in hover text.

[eclipse-uml2-bot]

By Ed Willink on Aug 08, 2021 10:53

The whole Add/Remove dialog seems wierd; a spurious re-use of Stereotype ergonomics.

To edit the GenModel copyright I can cick and edit.

To edit OCL, I have to, double click, Remove, edit, Add.

Why not just adopt the copyright text ergonomics?

[eclipse-uml2-bot]

By Ed Willink on Aug 08, 2021 11:01

(In reply to Ed Willink from comment #1)

Why not just adopt the copyright text ergonomics?

Ok. Something different is needed to support distinct OCL/Body/..., but surely this requires a dialog that can edit the lanaguage/text pairs as ;pairs, not as indpendent liusts that can easily be out of synch.