[kepler-dev] [Bug 3363] - Show name checkbox does nothing for most Parameters

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http://bugzilla.ecoinformatics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3363


cxh at eecs.berkeley.edu changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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           Severity|normal                      |minor
             Status|NEW                         |ASSIGNED
            Summary|Show name checkbox does     |Show name checkbox does
                   |nothing for most Paramters  |nothing for most Parameters
   Target Milestone|Unspecified                 |2.0.0




------- Comment #1 from cxh at eecs.berkeley.edu  2008-06-05 19:23 -------
I'm not sure about this one.
In 2001, Edward wrote:
> I've added a mechanism for controlling whether the name of an
> entity is shown.  Unfortunately, it wasn't possible to do this
> right without having a backward compatibility problem... Now,
> all models that have old-style labels will now show the names
> of the visible attributes...
> 
> To fix this, just select the label and right click and select
> Customize Name.  The unselect the "show name" item.

actor.gui.RenameConfigurer looks like:
--start--
        // By default, names are not shown for ports, and are shown
        // for everything else.  Note that ports are a little confusing,
        // because names are _always_ shown for external ports inside
        // a composite actor.  This dialog determines whether they will
        // be shown on the outside of the composite actor.
        boolean nameShowing = false;

        if (object instanceof Port) {
            nameShowing = _isPropertySet(_object, "_showName");
        } else {
            nameShowing = !_isPropertySet(_object, "_hideName");
        }

        addCheckBox("Show name", "Show name", nameShowing);

--end--
However, we have a different way of renaming ports now, so I 
suspect that we can get rid of the "Show name" checkbox.

Edward?