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Bug 314589

Summary: [Help] NPE creating new scope in search view - Fix for 3.6.1
Product: [Eclipse Project] Platform Reporter: Chris Goldthorpe <cgold>
Component: User AssistanceAssignee: Chris Goldthorpe <cgold>
Status: VERIFIED FIXED QA Contact:
Severity: normal    
Priority: P3    
Version: 3.6   
Target Milestone: 3.6.1   
Hardware: PC   
OS: Windows XP   
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Description Chris Goldthorpe CLA 2010-05-26 19:20:34 EDT
I20100526-0800

Open the error log view
In the help view create a new scope and edit it
Click on the button "Search only the following topics"

An NPE is generated:

java.lang.NullPointerException
	at org.eclipse.help.ui.internal.search.LocalHelpPage$2.widgetSelected(LocalHelpPage.java:101)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TypedListener.handleEvent(TypedListener.java:234)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:84)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1053)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Display.java:4066)
etc.
Comment 1 Chris Goldthorpe CLA 2010-05-27 13:57:16 EDT
Created attachment 170237 [details]
Patch
Comment 2 Chris Goldthorpe CLA 2010-06-25 16:19:03 EDT
Patch applied to 3.6 Maintenance stream, Fixed
Comment 3 Chris Goldthorpe CLA 2010-09-01 18:06:41 EDT
Verified in M20100901-0800