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Bug 2260

Summary: Filter dialog wording inconsistent/confusing (1GEEW34)
Product: [Eclipse Project] Platform Reporter: Carolyn MacLeod <carolynmacleod4>
Component: UIAssignee: Nick Edgar <n.a.edgar>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED QA Contact:
Severity: normal    
Priority: P3 Keywords: usability
Version: 2.0   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
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Description Carolyn MacLeod CLA 2001-10-10 22:32:30 EDT 
There are several places in the UI where the user uses a dialog to specify filters:

	1) Click the 'Filter' tool in the Tasks view toolbar.
		Notice that the dialog that comes up says: Show entries of type
		Notice that checked items in the checkbox tree will be *SHOWN*.

	2) Click the little down arrow menu in the Navigator or Packages toolbar, and select Filters...
		Now here, the dialog says: Select filters to apply  (this could be confusing to users - does 'apply' hide or show?)
		And the checked items in the list will be *HIDDEN*.

	It would be more consistent if the Navigator/Packages filter dialog said something like: Show files of type
	and then the user would know that checked items in the checkbox list will be shown.

NOTES:
Comment 1 DJ Houghton CLA 2001-10-29 18:03:23 EST 
PRODUCT VERSION:
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Comment 2 Nick Edgar CLA 2002-02-08 10:22:50 EST 
Wording of navigator filters dialog has been improved.