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Bug 68572

Summary: [content assist] Context-help down arrow no longer works
Product: [Eclipse Project] JDT Reporter: David J. Orme <daveo>
Component: TextAssignee: JDT-Text-Inbox <jdt-text-inbox>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE QA Contact:
Severity: normal    
Priority: P3 CC: billy.biggs
Version: 3.0   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: PC   
OS: Linux-GTK   
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Description David J. Orme CLA 2004-06-25 00:09:13 EDT 
This worked in RC2 (I just double-checked):

Do anything that pops up the context-assist pop-up.  In RC2 and earlier, the
focus would be in the list box and you could use arrow keys to pick a
suggestion.  In RC3, the focus is not in the list box and you can't use arrow
keys to pick a suggestion, but must use the mouse.
Comment 1 Tom Hofmann CLA 2004-06-25 01:34:57 EDT 
Works fine for me in I200406240010. 

What happens if you press Tab (should give focus to the popup)?
Comment 2 David J. Orme CLA 2004-06-25 15:54:53 EDT 
I run Linux at home; Win2k at work.

The problem occurs only on my Linux box (Linux-GTK) when I'm running locally on
the console.

I just tried running Eclipse displaying on my Win2k box's X server from my
machine at home, and didn't get the problem.  Configuration at home is Debian
Testing (Sid), the most recent NVidia X server, and KDE 3.2.
Comment 3 Billy Biggs CLA 2004-06-25 16:11:11 EDT 
David, I looked at one of your screenshots and I think you are seeing bug 66815.
 Your KDE is configured to apply KDE colour settings to GTK+ applications, and
it is not showing the current selection if the list does not have focus.  This
is a usability bug with krdb.  The arrow keys are moving the selection (and it
is there), you just cannot see it.

If you follow the workaround from bug 66815, you will find Eclipse (and most
other GTK+ applications) a lot more usable!
Comment 4 David J. Orme CLA 2004-06-25 16:26:56 EDT 
Hmmm, thanks.  I'll try that.
Comment 5 David J. Orme CLA 2004-06-29 16:59:39 EDT 
Billy, I followed the workaround as you suggested and it did solve my problem.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 66815 ***