Bug 13003 - Temporary error message cannot be obtained using keyboard
Summary: Temporary error message cannot be obtained using keyboard
Status: VERIFIED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: JDT
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: UI (show other bugs)
Version: 2.0   Edit
Hardware: PC Windows 2000
: P2 normal (vote)
Target Milestone: 2.0 F1   Edit
Assignee: Kai-Uwe Maetzel CLA
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Keywords: usability
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Reported: 2002-04-08 11:45 EDT by Nick Edgar CLA
Modified: 2002-06-13 11:35 EDT (History)
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Description Nick Edgar CLA 2002-04-08 11:45:00 EDT 
Build 20020404

The temporary error squiggles are nice, but we need a way of seeing the error 
message using keyboard only.
This is both an accessibility and a usability issue, since I don't want to use 
the mouse when typing, even if I can.

Suggestions:
- show error in status line when caret is in a squiggle
- show in window for quick fix
- or do both
Comment 1 Adam Kiezun CLA 2002-04-08 12:21:41 EDT 
F2 works for me
Comment 2 Nick Edgar CLA 2002-04-08 13:00:08 EDT 
Sure enough, although Show Javadoc is not the obvious choice for this.
I did look through the menus to see if one would let me do this, and did not 
guess that Show Javadoc would do it.
Comment 3 Erich Gamma CLA 2002-04-09 05:25:47 EDT 
Show JavaDoc is a too specific name. Suggest to rename to show Quick Info
Comment 4 Tod Creasey CLA 2002-05-29 09:09:26 EDT 
Removing accessibility tag as keyboard access is possible. Only a usuability 
issue.
Comment 5 Kai-Uwe Maetzel CLA 2002-06-05 08:38:14 EDT 
Label is now "Show Tooltip Description". Build F1.
Comment 6 Dirk Baeumer CLA 2002-06-13 11:35:46 EDT 
Verified on F3