Show Log Walk behavior and View options change request

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So the Show Log dialog moved some check boxes into these 2 drop-down buttons. 
This to me causes 2 things:
- extra meaningless mouse clicks
- no visual awareness of the settings used when looking at it unless you click 
to check every time.

I would put the check boxes back.

Also, not all the settings save. I want to view First Parent, for example, and 
I have to set it every time. Which now means I have to click on that Drop-down 
and then click again to select the option. And of course if I want to make 
another change, double the meaningless mouse clicks to get back into the drop 
down.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by chris.bl...@gmail.com on 12 Mar 2014 at 2:50

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oh, and also it would be very useful if there was a more detailed explanation 
of what each of those options do, perhaps in a hover-over bubble.

Original comment by chris.bl...@gmail.com on 12 Mar 2014 at 2:52

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We put some less frequently changed options into the menu in order to save 
space and tidy the UI.

Currently, all options under "Walk Behaviour" are not saved.

Original comment by ch3co...@gmail.com on 12 Mar 2014 at 2:58

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How do you know they are less frequently used? Did you run a survey?

Original comment by chris.bl...@gmail.com on 12 Mar 2014 at 3:09

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And the Show Log dialog is usually the one where people maximize for the whole 
screen so they can actually read what's in it. Which would normally leave 
plenty of room for a bunch of check boxes at the bottom. It is not as pretty, 
but it's FAST and FUNCTIONAL.

Original comment by chris.bl...@gmail.com on 12 Mar 2014 at 3:11

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This "tidy up" now leaves these 2 check boxes, one of which I always see as 
Grayed out anyway. "Show Whole Project" is never visible to me, I'm not even 
sure what it is. And I never want to see "All Branches"..  whatever it's 
showing me by default is already too much when I'm in a branch. I'd just want 
to see "First Parents".

Original comment by chris.bl...@gmail.com on 12 Mar 2014 at 3:13

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Original comment by ch3co...@gmail.com on 12 Mar 2014 at 3:22

• Changed state: Discuss
• Added labels: Component-UI

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In fact, I am a user that maximize Log Dialog most of the time, whenever the 
screen width is 1280px or 1920px.
However, the default width of Log Dialog is around 630px, which is almost half 
of 1280px.

Original comment by ch3co...@gmail.com on 12 Mar 2014 at 3:25

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I totally agree with the reporter and found this is a duplicate of my new issue 
for the  hidden "Follow Renames" option. I also wish the option was 
saved/stored for later use.

Original comment by apiateka...@gmail.com on 28 May 2014 at 7:49

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We don't store this, because if you open the log on a folder, we've to reset 
the setting, becasue it's not applicable for folders.

Original comment by sstrickr...@googlemail.com on 28 May 2014 at 7:50

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Ok, that makes sense, but can't you save the setting only for file usage since 
it is a don't-care for folders.

Original comment by apiateka...@gmail.com on 29 May 2014 at 9:57

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This would be extremely useful when importing from another version control 
system to Git and wanting to save the history. We wish to import to git then 
perform a git mv (rename) to re-organize folders for git branch efficiency, but 
at the same time keep the nice TortoiseGit log history.  Having to remember to 
check this option under Walk Behavior if error prone for users.

Original comment by apiateka...@gmail.com on 29 May 2014 at 10:00

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See also issue #2254.

Original comment by robert.p...@mykolab.com on 12 Aug 2014 at 1:00

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See also issue #2326 'Set "follow renames" as default for logs of single files'.

Original comment by robert.p...@mykolab.com on 20 Oct 2014 at 2:47

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I would vote to at the very least change the appearance of the buttons to 
resemble drop down menus rather than simple push buttons.

Users could not be expected to know that these are drop down menus.  Their 
appearance communicates that they are push buttons which have simple functions 
like "Refresh" and "Statistics" (though I would also prefer "Show Statistics" 
seeing as the button opens a new window), but apparently looks can be deceiving.

I lost the "follow renames" checkbox a while back, and simply assumed it had 
been removed.

Original comment by joseph.t...@gmail.com on 13 Nov 2014 at 1:33

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In reply to post 14, I suggest the little down arrow triangle chevron thingy 
that you see sometimes, but I don't think it's a very big deal.

Original comment by zero...@zeromus.org on 29 Dec 2014 at 6:39

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Adding an down arrow/trianlge on the buttons is a very good idea!

Original comment by sstrickr...@googlemail.com on 31 Jan 2015 at 2:07