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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><!--
    Copyright (c) 2009 Tasktop Technologies and others.
    All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
    are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
    which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
    http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
   
    Contributors:
         Tasktop Technologies - initial API and implementation
 -->

<cheatsheet title="Use Task-Focused UI">
   <intro>
      <description>
         This cheat sheet shows you how to handle a task lifecycle and how to use task-focused UI.
<br/>
You need an existing project for this sheet.
      </description>
   </intro>
   <item title="Open the Task List view" dialog="true" skip="false">
      <description>
         If the Task List view is not opened, select in the main menu  <b>Window &gt; Show View &gt; Other... &gt; Mylyn &gt; Task List</b> or click on the &quot;Click to Perform&quot; link below.
      </description>
      <command serialization="org.eclipse.ui.views.showView(org.eclipse.ui.views.showView.viewId=org.eclipse.mylyn.tasks.ui.views.tasks)" confirm="true">
      </command>
   </item>
   <item title="Create and activate a task" dialog="true" skip="false">
      <description>
         In the Task List view, click on the right mouse button, then select <b>New &gt; Category</b>. Enter <b>Tutorials</b> for the category&apos;s name.
<br/><br/>
Then right click on the <b>Tutorials</b> category and select <b>New &gt; Task</b>. In the <b>New Task</b> dialog select <b>Local</b> then click on the <b>Finish</b> button.
 Enter <b>Learn task-focus</b>  for the task&apos;s title and change the priority to <b>High</b>. You can add some notes,  too.
<br/><br/>
Right click on the new task and select <b>Activate</b> to activate the task.
      </description>
   </item>
   <item title="Focus on the task" dialog="true" skip="false">
      <description>
         In the <b>Package Explorer</b> the task-focus turns on automatically if you activate a task.<br/> 
You can turn on or off this function if you click on the  <b>Focus on  Active Task</b> toogle button in the view&apos;s toolbar.<br/>
You can use this function in the <b>Outline</b> view too. Turn it on in this view as well.
      </description>
   </item>
   <item title="Open the file" dialog="true" skip="false">
      <description>
         Press down the <b>Alt</b> button and click on the <b>left</b> mouse button on the <b>Package Explorer</b> view. Now you can see all of your projects in the view.
<br/><br/>
Next <b>Alt+click</b> on an arbitrary project and you can see the files wich are in the project.
<br/><br/>
With this method, select a class from the project.<br/>
After the file is opened you can see the class both  in the <b>Package Explorer</b> and in the <b>Outline</b> view.
      </description>
   </item>
   <item title="Add method to focus" dialog="true" skip="false">
      <description>
         Select in the Editor a method then you can see this  method in the <b>Outline</b> view and in the <b>Package Explorer</b> under the class file.
<br/><br/>
Next press the Alt button and click on the class in the <b>Outline</b> view.<br/> 
Now you can see all methods. Methods which aren&apos;t in the focus are in <b>grey</b> color. Select another method from the list. After that all methods will disappear which aren&apos;t in the focus.
      </description>
   </item>
   <item title="Landmark" dialog="true" skip="false">
      <description>
         If an element&apos;s interest rank is high enough, it becomes a landmark, which is an implicitly created bookmark. Landmarks are showed in bold font.
<br/><br/>
Select the a method in the <b>Outline</b> view or in the <b>Package Explorer</b>. Right click on the method and select <b>Mark as Landmark</b>. After then  this method becomes a landmark.
<br/><br/>
Also you can use key bindings. <b>Ctrl+Shift+Alt+UpArrow</b> to mark the element as landmark or <b>Ctrl+Shift+Alt+DownArrow</b> to mark less interesting for the element.
      </description>
   </item>
   <item title="Remove method from focus" dialog="true" skip="false">
      <description>
         Right click on a method which is in the focus and select <b>Remove from Focus</b>. After then this method will disappear from the list.
      </description>
   </item>
   <item title="Open another file" dialog="true" skip="false">
      <description>
         Press down the <b>Alt</b> button and <b>click</b> on the <b>project</b>. Select an arbitrary file from the list with <b>Alt+click</b>. After you open the new file you can see it in the focus and all files will disappear which aren&apos;t in the focus.
<br/>
You can use <b>Alt+RightArrow</b> instead of <b>Alt+click</b>.
      </description>
   </item>
   <item title="Quick Context View" dialog="true" skip="false">
      <description>
         Press down <b>Ctrl+Shift+Alt+RightArrow</b> buttons, then you can see all elements which are in the focus.
      </description>
   </item>
   <item title="Complete task" dialog="true" skip="false">
      <description>
         In the Task List view, click on the right mouse button on the <b>Learn task-focus</b> task and select deactivate.
<br/>
Click again on the task with the right mouse button and select <b>Mark &gt; Complete</b>. <br/>
After then the task&apos;s name will be struck through.
      </description>
   </item>
</cheatsheet>

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