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Bug 14067

Summary:	Commit comment shouldn't be tooltip
Product:	[Eclipse Project] Platform	Reporter:	Nick Edgar <n.a.edgar>
Component:	Team	Assignee:	James Moody <James_Moody>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	P3	Keywords:	accessibility
Version:	2.0
Target Milestone:	2.0 M6
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows 2000
Whiteboard:

Description Nick Edgar

2002-04-17 21:08:34 EDT

Build 20020416

The new comment tooltips help address the problem that the comment was not 
shown, however they are not an accessible solution.
There is no way to get them without the mouse.
The comment for the current selection should be shown in the status line, 
which can be seen when using keyboard, and which can be read by screen readers.

Even as a mouse user, I would prefer this solution.
The tooltips have the advantage that you can scan over the changes without 
selecting them, however I think you would normally want to see the changes in 
conjunction with the comment.

Comment 1 James Moody

2002-04-18 00:18:13 EDT

Comments are multi-line, they can't be shown in the status bar.

"Show in Resource History" on the selected resource gives you the comment and
much more, the hover help is a shortcut but not necessary. 

Can this be closed?

Comment 2 Nick Edgar

2002-04-18 11:41:59 EDT

I think it would be really valuable to have them in the sync view.
Using tooltips feels awkward.
How about a 2 or 3 line text box at the bottom?

Comment 3 Kevin McGuire

2002-04-19 13:57:17 EDT

Bug was titled
 "Comment tooltips are not accessible"
but I believe we've agreed that because they can be found elsewhere there is no 
accessibility concern.

Comment 4 James Moody

2002-05-16 14:38:59 EDT

They aren't anymore due to other problems. Bug 10475 describes how we might add
them again in a better way.

Closing.