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Bug 324910

Summary: Permit HTML/Hyperlink contributions to the RepositorySettingsPage
Product: z_Archived Reporter: Robert Munteanu <robert.munteanu>
Component: MylynAssignee: Project Inbox <mylyn-triaged>
Status: CLOSED MOVED QA Contact:
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: P3    
Version: 3.4   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: Other   
OS: Linux   
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Bug Depends on:    
Bug Blocks: 336434    
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Description Flags
Extremely long message shown to the user.
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hyperlink placed below the additional settings section none

Description Robert Munteanu CLA 2010-09-09 18:13:50 EDT 
In the MantisBT connector, we often get support requests from users which are hitting repository configuration problems. The repository settings page provides little space in the header display for a longer message, which would include a hyperlink to a wiki page. Also there is no easy way to contribute a link to the page, other than the 'Additional settings' section, which is collapsed by default.

I would welcome either the possibility to send HTML content to the message area in the header, or to register an additional Hyperlink , alongside 'Create new account' and 'Change account settings'.
Comment 1 Robert Munteanu CLA 2010-09-09 18:14:29 EDT 
Created attachment 178573 [details]
Extremely long message shown to the user.
Comment 2 Steffen Pingel CLA 2010-09-09 18:59:07 EDT 
Agreed that there should be a way to provide more detailed feedback (see bug 276385). Have you considered overriding AbstractRepositorySettingsPage.applyValidatorResult() to show a dialog? You could also add a custom message widget by overriding createAdditionalControls().
Comment 3 Robert Munteanu CLA 2010-09-12 15:26:56 EDT 
1) Yes, I can ( and probably will ) show a dialog, but I'm not entirely happy with that choice.
2) The best I can do in createAdditionalControls() is to place a hyperlink below the Additional Settings section, and it seems quite out of place.
Comment 4 Robert Munteanu CLA 2010-09-12 15:27:57 EDT 
Created attachment 178706 [details]
hyperlink placed below the additional settings section
Comment 5 Steffen Pingel CLA 2010-10-27 04:40:45 EDT 
Agreed, that's not optimal. Can you propose an API change that would enable the extensibility you require?
Comment 6 Robert Munteanu CLA 2010-10-27 17:21:31 EDT 
My use case is simple, so I would need nothing more than

bc. 
registerExternalHyperlink(String title, URL destination);
Comment 7 Robert Munteanu CLA 2010-10-27 17:21:53 EDT 
The above refers to AbstractRepositorySettingsPage , of course.
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