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Bug 367227

Summary:	Scroll Line into View when Covered by Floating Window
Product:	[Eclipse Project] Platform	Reporter:	Nathan Reynolds <numeralnathan>
Component:	Text	Assignee:	Platform-Text-Inbox <platform-text-inbox>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	P3	CC:	deepakazad, remy.suen
Version:	4.2
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows 7
Whiteboard:

Description Nathan Reynolds

2011-12-20 12:40:37 EST

Build Identifier: 20110916-0149

I have a bunch of minimized windows.  If one of the pops up on the screen, it covers the last N rows of text in the editor.  If my cursor is hidden under there it makes it impossible to read.  I have to scroll the line up and reclick on the window that popped up.

What is even worse is when the line is at the bottom of the file.  I can't scroll the line up.  I have to add a bunch of blank lines first.  When I am done, I have to remove those extra blank lines.

Instead, the editor should automatically scroll the selected line into view with a few lines of context below it.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Deepak Azad

2011-12-20 13:21:59 EST

> I have a bunch of minimized windows.  If one of the pops up on the screen, it
> covers the last N rows of text in the editor.  If my cursor is hidden under
> there it makes it impossible to read.  I have to scroll the line up and reclick
> on the window that popped up.
Does any other editor behaves this way? In any case, the caret may not necessarily indicate the location that the user is interested in. We will not change anything here.

> What is even worse is when the line is at the bottom of the file.  I can't
> scroll the line up.  I have to add a bunch of blank lines first.  When I am
> done, I have to remove those extra blank lines.
This part will be improved by bug 362540.