<div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:monospace" class="gmail_default"></div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace">May also want a 4th column for module, but that's less important. Maybe makes sense to put that behind a toggle.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace">And I want to emphasize, of these suggestions, the splitting up of Description is the most important. That just makes my searching experience more taxing, as the horizontal position of a package name is slightly different for each line, making reading harder.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Sep 1, 2025 at 1:24 PM David Alayachew <<a href="mailto:davidalayachew@gmail.com">davidalayachew@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:monospace">Hello <a class="gmail_plusreply" id="m_7522627765963590218plusReplyChip-0" href="mailto:javadoc-dev@openjdk.org" target="_blank">@javadoc-dev@openjdk.org</a>,</div><div style="font-family:monospace"><br></div><div style="font-family:monospace">If I click "Search" on the top left of Java 24 Javadoc, and then when the page loads, I type in "Subtask", it returns "StructuredTaskScope.Subtask" with blue text. Here is a screenshot.</div><div style="font-family:monospace"><br></div><div style="font-family:monospace"><img src="cid:ii_mf1dd27i0" alt="image.png" width="487" height="298"><br></div><div style="font-family:monospace"><br></div><div style="font-family:monospace">But if I do the same for Java 25 EA, not only is the columns different, but the text color for the Class Name has changed from Blue to Black. Here is a screenshot.</div><div style="font-family:monospace"><br></div><div style="font-family:monospace"><br><img src="cid:ii_mf1dgtef2" alt="image.png" width="487" height="298"><br></div><div style="font-family:monospace"><br></div><div style="font-family:monospace">It is also the same for Java 26 EA. Here is a screenshot.</div><div style="font-family:monospace"><br></div><div style="font-family:monospace"><img src="cid:ii_mf1dhxrf3" alt="image.png" width="487" height="298"><br></div><div style="font-family:monospace"><br></div><div style="font-family:monospace">There's definitely some tradeoffs I can see.</div><div style="font-family:monospace"><br></div><div style="font-family:monospace">For example, I can now see from a glance if it's an interface, a class, an enum, etc.</div><div style="font-family:monospace"><br></div><div style="font-family:monospace">But on the other hand, the "Description" column smushes 2 separate pieces of data together -- class type and package. I would much prefer that these be 2 separate columns, for a total of 3.</div><div style="font-family:monospace"><br></div><div style="font-family:monospace">I also would like it if we could go back to having packages on the left, vs the right. I understand that the class name is what people care about, but since fully qualified names of classes start with packages, then I think it also makes sense to have the packages be the first column. We can keep class type (interface, enum, Exception, etc) as the 3rd column.</div><div style="font-family:monospace"><br></div><div style="font-family:monospace">Finally, can we go back to the blue text? Blue is a nice signifier -- I see blue, and I think hyperlinks. It kind of leads me into right-clicking to open in a new tab, and since the blue pops out compared to the black, my eyes naturally gravitate towards it, making it easier for me to find what I need.</div><div style="font-family:monospace"><br></div><div style="font-family:monospace">These are just a few suggestions from trying out the Java 25 Javadoc over a period of time. I like it, but think it can be better.</div><div style="font-family:monospace"><br></div><div style="font-family:monospace">Thank you for your time and help.</div><div style="font-family:monospace">David Alayachew</div></div>
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