RE: [stellation-res] #34471 Comment HoverText: Patch Posted

["Jonathan Gossage" <jgossage@xxxxxxxx>]

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> [mailto:stellation-res-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jim Wright -
> IBM Research
> Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 7:37 PM
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> Subject: Re: [stellation-res] #34471 Comment HoverText: Patch Posted
>
>
> I have just posted a patch containing a redesign of the Revision Selection
> dialog (Bugzilla #34471).  Hovertext is no longer used for
> comment display.
>
> Instead, the dialog uses a TableTree viewer, which supports
> column-segmented
> nodes (like a Table) which are both collapsible and hierarchically ordered
> (like a Tree).
>
> As part of this change, I have enhanced the dialog to display more
> information.  This includes:
> * Name / ID (Branch Name or Revision Number)
> * Checkin timestamp (using default locale and Date-Time format)
> * Comment, if available
> * Author
>
> There is also a header bar with column titles and separators, which may be
> dragged to change column widths.
>
> Currently, comment text is clipped if it exceeds the allotted
> screen space.
> Some means for displaying the full comment text should be added.
> Possibilities include:
> * Right-clicking and/or single-clicking over a comment field to open a
>    multi-line text display.
> * Adding a small button on the right side of each comment field; clicking
>    the button would open the multi-line text display on the
> associated comment.
>
> Please let me know which alternative you would prefer, or suggest a
> different approach.

Why not use the same technique that Eclipse uses when displaying Javadoc in
the editor? F2 brings up the multi-line text display.


>
> Also - I'd appreciate it if someone would verify the patch so I can check
> it in (the current
> code in CVS is rather broken, I'm afraid....).
>
> Regards,
>
> Jim
>

Regards

Jonathan