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Bug 531983

Summary:	[Tips] Use Dialog instead of Shell
Product:	[Eclipse Project] Platform	Reporter:	Wim Jongman <wim.jongman>
Component:	User Assistance	Assignee:	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/
Whiteboard:
Bug Depends on:
Bug Blocks:	531784

Description Wim Jongman

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

2018-03-06 02:28:35 EST

Thanks Wim.