Bug 55202 - [Preferences] No value/overflow check in number text fields
Summary: [Preferences] No value/overflow check in number text fields
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: UI (show other bugs)
Version: 3.0   Edit
Hardware: PC Windows XP
: P4 minor (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: Duong Nguyen CLA
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Keywords: helpwanted
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Reported: 2004-03-18 04:20 EST by Nobody - feel free to take it CLA
Modified: 2007-04-13 15:18 EDT (History)
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Description Nobody - feel free to take it CLA 2004-03-18 04:20:07 EST 
Go into Preferences > Run/Debug > Console.
Check 'Limit console output'
into 'Console Buffer size (characters)' text field, enter
  -   '2147483648' (= 2^31) or a higher value
  -   'abc' or any non-numerical character sequence

On both inputs, the dialog shows the error message
'The console buffer size must be at least 1000 characters.'
instead of warning about the bad integer format or showing the maximum buffer 
size.

Similar behaviour on many other preference pages too. Please check them all.

Especially:
Workbench > Work In Process > Polling Delay allows negative numbers!
Comment 1 Tod Creasey CLA 2004-03-29 11:07:18 EST 
No plan for a general solution in 3.0. If you have a problem in a specific 
page please log to the appropriate component.
Comment 2 Nobody - feel free to take it CLA 2004-03-29 11:13:59 EST 
I didn't actually mean to ask for a generalized solution. I thought, sending a 
message to everyone concerned could be rather done by the Eclipse development 
team than by myself.
Comment 3 Tod Creasey CLA 2004-06-28 11:27:23 EDT 
Reopening now that 3.0 has shipped
Comment 4 Tod Creasey CLA 2007-04-13 15:18:24 EDT 
Please log bugs in individual components should they still have this issue in 3.3.