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Bug 2271

Summary: Text editor should use icon to show dirty state (1GEHS24)
Product: [Eclipse Project] Platform Reporter: Nick Edgar <n.a.edgar>
Component: UIAssignee: Kevin Haaland <Kevin_Haaland>
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX QA Contact:
Severity: normal    
Priority: P3 Keywords: usability
Version: 2.0   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: All   
OS: Windows 98   
Whiteboard:

Description Nick Edgar CLA 2001-10-10 22:32:58 EDT 
Rather than using * to indicate dirty state in an editor's tab, it would be nicer
to use an icon.   The * is just so "TTY".

For example, the same disk icon used for Save on the toolbar,
shrunken down to a quarter of its current size, and coloured red.
This could be overlayed on the icon for the file type.

NOTES:
Comment 1 DJ Houghton CLA 2001-10-29 18:04:13 EST 
PRODUCT VERSION:
113
Comment 2 Nick Edgar CLA 2002-01-25 22:35:21 EST 
This is minor.
The star is probably better for accessibility anyway.