Description Noel Grandin 2008-05-09 03:18:09 EDT

Context: I'm in the Java perspective, and I right-click on a project and select "Properties". The Properties dialog opens, and I select an entry on the left.

Problem: Since the entry is for a plugin that is not yet initialised, there can be quite a long delay before it looks like anything is happening to the UI.
For me, this happens with the PMD and FindBugs plugins.

Recommendation: If a plugin takes more then 150ms to initialise, the dialog should stick in a temporary placeholder page that says something like "Initialising Plugin" so that the user gets some feedback.

Thanks.