Bug 95835

Summary:	[KeyBindings] assist: make popup window for Esc keys optional
Product:	[Eclipse Project] Platform	Reporter:	Christian Sell <cse>
Component:	UI	Assignee:	Platform UI Triaged <platform-ui-triaged>
Status:	ASSIGNED ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	major
Priority:	P5	CC:	billy.biggs, carsten.pfeiffer
Version:	3.1
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:

Description Christian Sell

2005-05-18 15:46:15 EDT

since 3.1 a little window pops up in the right lower corner of the IDE when I
hit escape once too often (It reminds me of those little "helpers" that you have
to get rid of when first using Microsoft Office software). The window takes away
the focus and has to be dismissed by another hit of the Esc key.

The window does not seem to fill any need I share (didnt bother to find out,
really), but it does get into my way regularily. Please add a preference option
to disable it.

Comment 1 Billy Biggs

2005-05-18 15:58:54 EDT

Ouch, a comparison to Office.  Doug, you just got burned bigtime.

Comment 2 Christian Sell

2005-05-18 16:02:51 EDT

sorry if I hurt anyones feelings ;-)

Comment 3 Douglas Pollock

2005-05-18 16:12:35 EDT

There used to be an option, but it was pulled -- partly because the keys
preference page is amazingly complex as it is now.

Comment 4 Christian Sell

2005-05-18 16:24:21 EDT

erm, can we get it back? please?

Comment 5 Christian Sell

2005-05-23 17:18:35 EDT

any news on this one? its getting rather annoying, so I'd appreciate some hope
on the horizon.

Comment 6 Christian Sell

2005-06-10 09:48:41 EDT

I would like to again emphasize the importance of this item. I am creating a
diagram editor plugin which allows the user to direct edit labels inside the
diagram. The direct edit process will frequently be aborted by pressing the esc
key. Everytime the user does that, the popup appears and captures the focus. I
would consider this a major hindrance.

Comment 7 Michael Van Meekeren

2006-04-21 13:14:10 EDT

Moving Dougs bugs

Comment 8 Paul Webster

2006-09-28 15:14:51 EDT

Is this still a problem in 3.3?

PW

Comment 9 Denis Roy

2007-06-22 09:32:57 EDT

Changes requested on bug 193523

Comment 10 Markus Keller

2007-11-16 05:50:47 EST

*** Bug 208382 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 11 Eclipse Webmaster

2019-09-06 16:19:22 EDT

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