Bug 34960 - [Tasks] Task view should not be brought to the front when no new tasks appear in the list
Summary: [Tasks] Task view should not be brought to the front when no new tasks appear...
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: UI (show other bugs)
Version: 2.1   Edit
Hardware: PC Windows 2000
: P2 major (vote)
Target Milestone: 3.0   Edit
Assignee: Platform-UI-Inbox CLA
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Keywords: usability
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Reported: 2003-03-13 15:17 EST by Victor Gonzalez Jr CLA
Modified: 2004-05-25 12:10 EDT (History)
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Description Victor Gonzalez Jr CLA 2003-03-13 15:17:39 EST 
This is related to enhancement PR #2066, were the tasks view is brought to front
whenever markers of error or warning severity get added.

The tasks view has a feature were you can filter out what type of tasks appear
in that view. For the sake of a test case, say that you set a filter to not show
Java Problems. The next time a compiling error happens, the Tasks view will be
brought to the front, even though there are no new tasks to view (Because they
are been filter out.) The correct behaviour would be for the tasks view to only
be brought to front, if there were new visible tasks to view.

This is particular a large issue, when one has developed a new type of problem
markers to be displayed in a different view. The tasks view will continue to
grab the focus away, even though there is nothing to view there.
Comment 1 Nick Edgar CLA 2003-03-13 15:45:49 EST 
This is definitely a usability problem, however we are in our final fix pass 
for 2.1 and this is not critical enough to make the cut.  We will address this 
for 2.2.  

The workaround is to disable the bring-to-front behaviour using the preference 
on the Workbench preference page.
Comment 2 Sebastian Davids CLA 2004-03-04 23:14:42 EST 
bug 42967 is similar
Comment 3 Michael Van Meekeren CLA 2004-05-25 12:10:13 EDT 
the problems view no longer opens or comes to the front for free.  There is 
support (via the view font) to indicate a changed state in the view.