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ErrorSupportProvider and UI for ErrorDialog [message #325675]

Mon, 25 February 2008 11:35

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: eddie.streambase.com

I was looking forward to using ErrorSupportProvider to place extra stuff
in our product's error dialogs, but to my dismay the ErrorDialog
implementation when using ErrorSupportProviders is to display a third
/column/ ?

I am almost thinking there's a bug -- it should have been giving the
error support provider a /row/ not an extra column, or the dialog stops
looking standard.

Was there an intended "best practice" for the use of the error support
provider?

Consider a simple example: wanting to provide a hyperlink to "contact
support". There's no good way to have it show in a third column unless
some funky trick is done to extend the dialog beyond its simple nature.

Thank you,
Eddie

Re: ErrorSupportProvider and UI for ErrorDialog [message #325699 is a reply to message #325675]

Mon, 25 February 2008 13:05

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: eclipse-news.rizzoweb.com

Eddie Galvez wrote:
> I was looking forward to using ErrorSupportProvider to place extra stuff
> in our product's error dialogs, but to my dismay the ErrorDialog
> implementation when using ErrorSupportProviders is to display a third
> /column/ ?
>
> I am almost thinking there's a bug -- it should have been giving the
> error support provider a /row/ not an extra column, or the dialog stops
> looking standard.
>
> Was there an intended "best practice" for the use of the error support
> provider?

I agree that the current layout is ugly and not what I'd consider well
designed. Please enter a bug about it in Bugzilla, against the Platform
UI component; attaching a runnable snippet that demonstrates the problem
is very helpful.

Eric

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