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There are some weird layout issues with mylar ui legend. Actually I wonder if that thing should be just section in Eclipse help system, so plugins would contribute to it and Help -> Mylar UI Legend action would just open that help section.
Created attachment 68938 [details] current legend look I also find it weird that this popup is modeal and can't be moved around.
One thing that bugs me is that the current legend ui doesn't appear to be scalable.
Need to make at least minor improvements for 2.0.
Some fixes and improvements made for 2.0, can consider further improvements for 3.0.
(In reply to comment #1) > Created an attachment (id=68938) [details] > current legend look > > I also find it weird that this popup is modeal and can't be moved around. > I've had users make this request as well.. Another thing to consider is making it a view that could be docked or detached if necessary.
(In reply to comment #5) > I've had users make this request as well.. Another thing to consider is making > it a view that could be docked or detached if necessary. I always wondered why it is not done trough the regular help. In that case it would be shown using dynamic help view.
As far as I know Dynamic Help does not support the dynamic rendering of SWT widgets, only the fixed display of markup content. If that's not the case please let me know. But someone could file a bug for us to better integrate it with dynamic help. Dave: let us know if you're interested in contributing a patch. It would also be helpful if you could attach a screenshot of the problem that you see, in case your case is that of an additional connector.
(In reply to comment #7) > As far as I know Dynamic Help does not support the dynamic rendering of SWT > widgets, only the fixed display of markup content. If that's not the case > please let me know. But someone could file a bug for us to better integrate it > with dynamic help. It should be possible to render offscreen images and then assemble them with dynamic content using custom AbstractContentExtensionProvider and/or IHelpContentProducer. See extension points org.eclipse.help.contentExtension and org.eclipse.help.contentProducer.
(In reply to comment #7) > As far as I know Dynamic Help does not support the dynamic rendering of SWT > widgets, only the fixed display of markup content. If that's not the case > please let me know. But someone could file a bug for us to better integrate it > with dynamic help. > > Dave: let us know if you're interested in contributing a patch. It would also > be helpful if you could attach a screenshot of the problem that you see, in > case your case is that of an additional connector. > Might want to make this a bugday suggestion, since today is bugday. If I get some time in the next few weeks I'll take a crack at it.
Dave: agreed. Improving the layout of the current dialog is a nicely self-contained task. Eugene: in terms of dynamically assembling images, in this way, consider submitting a new bug. I'm not sure whether/when it will be worth the effort, although I do like the idea of making this legend more integrated and consistent, and we could always consider a contribution for it.
Created attachment 83742 [details] UI Legend layout improvements. I thought I'd take a shot at improving the layout and header section of the dialog. This patch does nothing to improve the modality issue or some of the other things suggested, but it does make it prettier!
Created attachment 83743 [details] mylyn/context/zip
Patch applied. Nice work Leo! This looks much better. Additional improvements can go on separate bug reports.
