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Bug 296722

Summary:	[Text] #setMessage(..) should tell about restrictions
Product:	[Eclipse Project] Platform	Reporter:	Markus Keller <markus.kell.r>
Component:	SWT	Assignee:	Platform-SWT-Inbox <platform-swt-inbox>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	trivial
Priority:	P3	CC:	daniel_megert, ipun, niraj.modi
Version:	4.8	Keywords:	helpwanted, triaged
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Whiteboard:	stalebug

Description Markus Keller

2009-12-02 12:17:33 EST

I20091201-1600

Text#setMessage(..) currently just says: "The message text is displayed as a hint for the user", but does not tell the restrictions that apply.

The Javadoc should explain that:
- the message is currently only shown when the Text widget has SINGLE style, the widget text is empty, and the widget does not have focus
- the message can be shown in more places or situations, depending on the native OS behavior.

Comment 1 Ian Pun

2017-06-26 12:33:39 EDT

Bug triaged as it is still relevant. Visit https://wiki.eclipse.org/SWT/Devel/Triage for more information.

Comment 2 Niraj Modi

2018-05-08 03:04:13 EDT

Please re-target this bug as required.

Comment 3 Eclipse Genie

2020-06-01 10:47:13 EDT

This bug hasn't had any activity in quite some time. Maybe the problem got resolved, was a duplicate of something else, or became less pressing for some reason - or maybe it's still relevant but just hasn't been looked at yet. As such, we're closing this bug.

If you have further information on the current state of the bug, please add it and reopen this bug. The information can be, for example, that the problem still occurs, that you still want the feature, that more information is needed, or that the bug is (for whatever reason) no longer relevant.

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