Bug 2593 - [Standard Components] Workbench Properties view columns should always "fit" the window. (1GGYUD1)
Summary: [Standard Components] Workbench Properties view columns should always "fit" t...
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 13467
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Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: SWT (show other bugs)
Version: 2.0   Edit
Hardware: All Windows All
: P3 major (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: Felipe Heidrich CLA
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Reported: 2001-10-10 22:39 EDT by Greg Adams CLA
Modified: 2002-05-15 07:23 EDT (History)
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Description Greg Adams CLA 2001-10-10 22:39:29 EDT 
id  RATLC00002733     Priority: 2
Headline:  Workbench Properties view columns should always "fit" the window. 
 
Description:  It is possible to shrink the width of the pb window so that the value column isn't completely 
showing. If the user selects an enum, bool, or a property that has a property page when this is the case,
 the "..." button or drop-down button doesn't show. This erroneously gives the user a sense that there is 
no button associated with the property unless he or she happens to expand the pb enough to see the end of the value 
column. 

"Property Browser "Value" column can be hidden if Property Browser is sized too small" 
Steps to reproduce: 

1) Start the WSW 
2) Size the property browser such that the "Value" column is not showing 

Result: 
If the property browser is sized such that the value column is not completely displayed, the user 
would not be aware of the properties that have values that can be selected via a drop down list. 

As the PB is resized, it should always show 2 columns if possible. 


IBM 1G7GHNT: ITPCLIENTS:WIN98 


NOTES:
Comment 1 DJ Houghton CLA 2001-10-29 19:03:05 EST 
PRODUCT VERSION:
0.9
@RATL-0.9
Comment 2 Kevin Haaland CLA 2002-02-07 19:41:14 EST 
I recall a defect similiar to this during the 1.0 release was tracked down to 
be a limitation of the table widget. Mike do you remember this one?
Comment 3 Kevin Haaland CLA 2002-02-07 20:05:48 EST 
*** Bug 2594 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 Mike Wilson CLA 2002-02-08 11:32:19 EST 
The current behavior is a side-effect of the decision to not resize the table 
columns because it leads to flashing scrollbars on windows. There has been 
considerable discussion about this in the past (see below), but the consensus 
was that this could not be fixed without creating a new custom widget.

We are currently investigating adding a custom Table widget. We need to ensure 
that it would correctly deal with this case.

PRs providing background info:
  - bug 4505: Need API to disable table's resize behavior when resizing table 
column (1FT1A65) 
  - bug 4518: The task list should resize its columns to fit (1FVKNEQ)
  - bug 4447: Table - flicker during column resize (1FGGLTE)  
  - bug 4481: Table row "flickers" when table editor is activated (1FMRHLW) 
  - bug 4737: Redraw problem in table (1GFW2PE)  
  - bug 5461: Need help with table column size
Comment 5 Veronika Irvine CLA 2002-05-15 07:23:11 EDT 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 13467 ***