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Bug 326578

Summary:

[Intro] RTL Welcome with links can cause overlap on hover

Product:

[Eclipse Project] Platform

Reporter:

Chris Austin <ChrisAustin>

Component:

User Assistance

Assignee:

Chris Austin <ChrisAustin>

Status:

RESOLVED FIXED

QA Contact:

Severity:

normal

Priority:

CC:

cgold

Version:

3.7

Target Milestone:

3.7 M3

Hardware:

OS:

Windows XP

Whiteboard:

Attachments:

Description	Flags
Test Plugin showing the issue	none
Proppsed Patch which removes 'direction:rtl'	none
Screenshot of overlapping Welcome	none
3.6.2 patch	none

Description Chris Austin

2010-09-29 15:00:20 EDT

Using a language that is read from right to left (rtl), the Welcome can have some unexpected overlaps.  This occurs on Windows, because the internal browser that displays the Intro runs off of Internet Explorer.  IE (even IE 8) can have problems displaying content when the body style is 'direction:rtl;'.  In Eclipse's case, it can manifest itself when there are links in the home page.  When you hover over the link, it moves the right column on top of the left.

To Reproduce:
1)  Add the attached plugin (com.ibm.test.productplugin) and run eclipse using the product 'com.ibm.test.productplugin.product' and the switch '-dir rtl'.
2)  View the Welcome screen, and go to the home page.  If under customize nothing is selected, make sure to select all of the Root Pages.
3)  If the page does not show overlapping text, hover the mouse over the link '
Hover over me to see the RTL overlap issue'

Comment 1 Chris Austin

2010-09-29 15:01:06 EDT

Created attachment 179885 [details]
Test Plugin showing the issue

Comment 2 Chris Austin

2010-09-29 15:02:37 EDT

Created attachment 179886 [details]
Proppsed Patch which removes 'direction:rtl'

The proposed solution I have is to remove the body direction:rtl css statements in each theme.  The overall look of the Welcome page still appears in-tact, but without the strange overlapping side-effects.

Comment 3 Chris Goldthorpe

2010-09-29 15:28:27 EDT

Can you attach a screen shot also?

Comment 4 Chris Austin

2010-09-29 15:33:59 EDT

Created attachment 179890 [details]
Screenshot of overlapping Welcome

Comment 5 Chris Austin

2010-09-30 15:05:25 EDT

Patch committed to HEAD.

Comment 6 Chris Austin

2011-05-02 14:12:24 EDT

Created attachment 194522 [details]
3.6.2 patch

Patch has also been backported to 3.6.2 maint.