Bug 471898 - Make the multi-line expression edition dialog show context information
Summary: Make the multi-line expression edition dialog show context information
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Sirius
Classification: Modeling
Component: Core (show other bugs)
Version: 3.0.0   Edit
Hardware: All All
: P3 enhancement (vote)
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Reported: 2015-07-06 04:14 EDT by Pierre-Charles David CLA
Modified: 2021-03-21 11:44 EDT (History)
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Description Pierre-Charles David CLA 2015-07-06 04:14:28 EDT 
Since bug 463456 in 3.0, the VSM editor now proposes a multi-line dialog to edit long expressions. The new dialog *only* shows the text of the expression however, and nothing else. But in the context of such a dialog we should finally have enough space to show useful information to the user, and not just a few words visible only on a transient tooltip.

In particular, information that could/should now be made visible:
1. The "full" documentation of the expression.
2. The complete context: name, type and description of all available variables, including "self".
3. The expected return type.
4. Maybe some live validation status.

The title of the dialog should also reflect which expression is being edited, instead of the generic "Type your expression".