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Bug 531983

Summary: [Tips] Use Dialog instead of Shell
Product: [Eclipse Project] Platform Reporter: Wim Jongman <wim.jongman>
Component: User AssistanceAssignee: Wim Jongman <wim.jongman>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED QA Contact:
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: P3 CC: mistria
Version: 4.8   
Target Milestone: 4.8 M7   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
See Also: https://git.eclipse.org/r/#/c/118720/
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Bug Blocks: 531784    

Description Wim Jongman CLA 2018-03-04 17:26:09 EST
It was suggested to use Dialog instead of Shell for the tip Dialog. 

I have converted the ui to Dialog but it requires quite some additional coding. Also, Dialog will be a lot harder to embed in e.g. a progress dialog.
Comment 1 Mickael Istria CLA 2018-03-06 02:28:35 EST
Thanks Wim.