Bug 562867

Summary: Retire huge description box in Appearance preference page
Product: [Eclipse Project] Platform Reporter: Lars Vogel <Lars.Vogel>
Component: UIAssignee: Lars Vogel <Lars.Vogel>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED QA Contact:
Severity: normal    
Priority: P3 CC: akurtako, aobuchow, Lars.Vogel, ma.becker, paul-eclipse
Version: 4.16Keywords: usability
Target Milestone: 4.16 M3   
Hardware: PC   
OS: Windows 10   
See Also: https://git.eclipse.org/r/163122
https://git.eclipse.org/c/platform/eclipse.platform.ui.git/commit/?id=33f28cf5e8f785859254e85c3cbacc3a7527df58
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Description Lars Vogel CLA 2020-05-06 04:42:40 EDT
I don't see a lot of value for it, it only shows content for the "Reduced Palette" theme. 

I suggest to retire it.
Comment 1 Matthias Becker CLA 2020-05-06 06:43:58 EDT
(In reply to Lars Vogel from comment #0)
> I don't see a lot of value for it, it only shows content for the "Reduced
> Palette" theme. 
> 
> I suggest to retire it.

I agree. Either we remove it or we make is usable for all themes.
Comment 2 Lars Vogel CLA 2020-05-06 08:40:09 EDT
Anyone wants to take this one for M3?
Comment 3 Andrew Obuchowicz CLA 2020-05-06 14:17:43 EDT
+1 for removing it, it takes up so much space and provides little value IMO.

Is it possible to set tooltips for combo box item hovers? If so, we could put the description for the "Reduced Pallete" theme in a tooltip.
Comment 4 Paul Pazderski CLA 2020-05-06 14:22:11 EDT
±0. Just want to add that the box does not require much space. It use any available space. Make the dialog smaller and you see how much space it really take.
Comment 5 Andrew Obuchowicz CLA 2020-05-06 14:24:03 EDT
(In reply to Paul Pazderski from comment #4)
> ±0. Just want to add that the box does not require much space. It use any
> available space. Make the dialog smaller and you see how much space it
> really take.

Good point, thanks for pointing this out. Regardless I don't think it provides any value that a hover couldn't provide (if hover's for combo boxes are possible)
Comment 6 Eclipse Genie CLA 2020-05-15 23:20:29 EDT
New Gerrit change created: https://git.eclipse.org/r/163122