Bug 506677 - Make preferences dialog non-modal
Summary: Make preferences dialog non-modal
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: UI (show other bugs)
Version: 4.7   Edit
Hardware: All All
: P3 enhancement (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: Platform-UI-Inbox CLA
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Depends on: 506583
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Reported: 2016-10-28 02:40 EDT by Dirk Fauth CLA
Modified: 2016-10-31 06:38 EDT (History)
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Description Dirk Fauth CLA 2016-10-28 02:40:16 EDT 
In Bug 497428 it is requested to create a Preferences editor to be able to edit preferences (e.g. IDE settings) in an editor rather than in the well-known dialog. From my opinion the issue is that the PreferenceDialog as a JFace dialog is modal, so it is not possible to interact with the IDE to for example copy some values into the preferences dialog without closing and opening it in between.

Actually these UX topics could also be solved by supporting non-modal behavior of the PreferenceDialog, as the concept of the dialog for changing IDE settings is very common and well-known for our users.

Honestly I'm unsure if this is really a ticket for UI rather than for IDE.