Bug 251559

Summary: [Wizards] Option to leave UI enabled on WizardDialog.run()
Product: [Eclipse Project] Platform Reporter: Matthew Hall <qualidafial>
Component: UIAssignee: Platform UI Triaged <platform-ui-triaged>
Status: NEW --- QA Contact:
Severity: normal    
Priority: P3 CC: bokowski
Version: 3.4   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: PC   
OS: Windows XP   
Whiteboard:
Bug Depends on:    
Bug Blocks: 237857    

Description Matthew Hall CLA 2008-10-21 11:58:39 EDT 
We could use an API that provides the option of whether to disable the UI while running an IRunnableWithProgress, e.g.

void run(boolean fork, boolean cancelable, boolean disableDialog, IRunnableWithProgress runnable)

In bug 237857 we are working on asynchronous validation for databinding.  The intent is to allow the user to continue interacting with the UI even if validation is running asynchronously in the background (any changes to the UI will cancel and restart the validation).

We would like to provide automatic wiring so that WizardDialog users get progress bars for free during asynchronous validation, but we are stuck because WizardDialog.run() disables the UI, and there does not seem to be a way to turn this behavior off.
Comment 1 Boris Bokowski CLA 2009-11-26 16:21:31 EST 
Prakash is now responsible for watching bugs in the [Wizards] component area.
Comment 2 Eclipse Webmaster CLA 2019-09-06 16:10:42 EDT 
This bug hasn't had any activity in quite some time. Maybe the problem got resolved, was a duplicate of something else, or became less pressing for some reason - or maybe it's still relevant but just hasn't been looked at yet.

If you have further information on the current state of the bug, please add it. The information can be, for example, that the problem still occurs, that you still want the feature, that more information is needed, or that the bug is (for whatever reason) no longer relevant.