Bugzilla – Full Text Bug Listing
| Summary: | [Markers] Need to display long error messages | ||
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| Product: | [Eclipse Project] Platform | Reporter: | npitman <npitman> |
| Component: | UI | Assignee: | Tod Creasey <Tod_Creasey> |
| Status: | RESOLVED DUPLICATE | QA Contact: | |
| Severity: | enhancement | ||
| Priority: | P3 | ||
| Version: | 2.1 | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | All | ||
| OS: | All | ||
| Whiteboard: | |||
1) would clutter too much. 3) Is not possible as we use platform tooltips. However 2) is. |
Problem: Some error messages from generated methods are quite long. There is no good way to get to see them. In the task grid, the width can be extended beyond the screen, but it is difficult to get a holistic view of the message because one is obliged to scroll left and right. Alternately, one can open the properties of the error task, but this is worse, because it is a fixed singleline text field. Further, the status line contains the message, but that has even less control. Finally, a tooltip bubble appears over the marked line, but it is limited to about 5 lines. Extra is chopped. As with most tooltips, it is very transient Suggested resolution: 1) wrap the text in the grid and force the requisite number of lines, depending on the width. This would have the added potential of allowing the expected and found parameter lists to be aligned vertically (It's currently a pain to detect the missing parameter in two lists of 12 parameters). 2) Display the task properties description in a multiline edit field. Scrollbars and resizability are also desirable. 3) Enrich the tooltip description to have a resize corner. This would allow the user to expand the description as desired. Example: Given the following code snippet, one cannot view the entire error message. boolean ajhdgkasjgskjfhsfkjshgfksjdfhgdskfjdhsgfksdjgfdskj(int jdhfgasdkjhdsfhsdfksjgfsdklfjhsg, int sfgsalfhgsldfsg, ajhdgljdghsshdflasfgsdlfgsflshgfldsjhfgsdlfjhsafjhadsgfdjhgfdsjksjhgfaskjfhsdkfj hdsgk a, ajhdgljdghsshdflasfgsdlfgsflshgfldsjhfgsdlfjhsafjhadsgfdjhgfdsjksjhgfaskjfhsdkfj hdsgk b) {return ajhdgkasjgskjfhsfkjshgfksjdfhgdskfjdhsgfksdjgfdskj(1,"jadsg" , new ajhdgljdghsshdflasfgsdlfgsflshgfldsjhfgsdlfjhsafjhadsgfdjhgfdsjksjhgfaskjfhsdkfj hdsgk() , new ajhdgljdghsshdflasfgsdlfgsflshgfldsjhfgsdlfjhsafjhadsgfdjhgfdsjksjhgfaskjfhsdkfj hdsgk() , new ajhdgljdghsshdflasfgsdlfgsflshgfldsjhfgsdlfjhsafjhadsgfdjhgfdsjksjhgfaskjfhsdkfj hdsgk() , new ajhdgljdghsshdflasfgsdlfgsflshgfldsjhfgsdlfjhsafjhadsgfdjhgfdsjksjhgfaskjfhsdkfj hdsgk() , new ajhdgljdghsshdflasfgsdlfgsflshgfldsjhfgsdlfjhsafjhadsgfdjhgfdsjksjhgfaskjfhsdkfj hdsgk() , new ajhdgljdghsshdflasfgsdlfgsflshgfldsjhfgsdlfjhsafjhadsgfdjhgfdsjksjhgfaskjfhsdkfj hdsgk() , new ajhdgljdghsshdflasfgsdlfgsflshgfldsjhfgsdlfjhsafjhadsgfdjhgfdsjksjhgfaskjfhsdkfj hdsgk() , new ajhdgljdghsshdflasfgsdlfgsflshgfldsjhfgsdlfjhsafjhadsgfdjhgfdsjksjhgfaskjfhsdkfj hdsgk() , new ajhdgljdghsshdflasfgsdlfgsflshgfldsjhfgsdlfjhsafjhadsgfdjhgfdsjksjhgfaskjfhsdkfj hdsgk() , new ajhdgljdghsshdflasfgsdlfgsflshgfldsjhfgsdlfjhsafjhadsgfdjhgfdsjksjhgfaskjfhsdkfj hdsgk() );} class ajhdgljdghsshdflasfgsdlfgsflshgfldsjhfgsdlfjhsafjhadsgfdjhgfdsjksjhgfaskjfhsdkfj hdsgk{}