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Bug 44533

Summary: [Widgets] Cursor not visible
Product: [Eclipse Project] Platform Reporter: Eoan Kerr <eoan>
Component: SWTAssignee: Platform-SWT-Inbox <platform-swt-inbox>
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX QA Contact: Grant Gayed <grant_gayed>
Severity: major    
Priority: P3 Keywords: triaged
Version: 3.0   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: Sun   
OS: Solaris   
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Description Eoan Kerr CLA 2003-10-09 06:52:43 EDT 
Installed the latest stable build 3.0 Stream Stable Build3.0M3Thu, 28 Aug 2003
on my SunBlade 150, running Solaris 8 with the recommended Solaris 8 and Java
patches installed.

When I open Eclipse and attempt to edit a source file there is no visible
cursor.  I can see the line I'm on being highlighted, but cannot see a cursor. 
I have found no settings in the Windows->Preferences to change the colour of the
cursor or to enable it.
Comment 1 Dani Megert CLA 2003-10-09 07:06:34 EDT 
I assume you see this in the Java editor, right?

Press Insert to get into normal Insert or Overwrite mode. I assume that the new
Smart Insert cursor causes problems.
Comment 2 Eoan Kerr CLA 2003-10-10 05:27:32 EDT 
Hello,

Yes, it's the Java Editor.

I tried pressing Insert today but it's not fixing the problem. The cursor is
still not visible.  This problem was reproduced by another engineer in my team
using the a different SunBlade 150 and Solaris 8 installation.

Using the Insert key, it does allow me to toggle between normal Insert and
Overwrite mode.

I can send you the "Configuration Details" which have some NullPointerExceptions
to do with showing the tooltip.  I tried e-mailing this via
'bugzilla-daemon@eclipse.org' but it bounced.  I'm new to Bugzilla and haven't
had time to read the FAQ ... :-)

Another issue, which I can always raise a bug for, the version number displayed
at Eclipse startup is 2.1 whereas I have downloaded the 3.0M3 release.  If this
hasn't been reported can you let me know. 

Thanks.

Eoan
Comment 3 Dani Megert CLA 2003-10-10 05:46:22 EDT 
The version number is fixed in 3.0 M4 which should be declared stable today if
everything goes well.

Please add the stack trace to this PR either as comment or as attachment.
Comment 4 Eoan Kerr CLA 2003-10-14 08:45:10 EDT 
Created attachment 6415 [details]
The Eclipse Configuration Details
Comment 5 Dani Megert CLA 2003-10-15 09:59:38 EDT 
Not sure whether the exception causes the cursor to disappear. Moving to SWT for
comments since the NPE happens there.
Comment 6 Grant Gayed CLA 2009-08-28 14:39:16 EDT 
Moving report to triage, see http://www.eclipse.org/swt/triage.php
for more info about swt bug triaging.
Comment 7 Lakshmi P Shanmugam CLA 2017-06-20 02:39:16 EDT 
Solaris is no longer a supported platform.