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I2004-06-11-00:10 1) in a new workspace, create a new simple project 2) as the project name, type "\" 3) observe: you get an error message in the wizards title aread. However, the background color in the error message area changes from white to gray.
This is by design.
Ok, here's the problem (always on XP with "classic" theme): 1) open a "new class" dialog. Type asdf for the class name. 2) observe: you get a nice warning message with a WHITE background. 3) add a period at the end of the class name 4) observe: you get an error message with a GRAY background. a) The gray background looks suboptimal to say the least. b) With the color scheme we're using right now, it just looks like there's a programming error in the error case (i.e. we forgot to set the background color or something). If it was the same for errors and warnings, that would be less so. If this is an old discussion, feel free to tell me to go away, but I just think this is something people will immediately see when the try out eclipse for the first time. You never get a second chance to make a first impression....
I totally agree Thomas Mäder. If the point is to really highlight that there is an error in the form there should some other measure, like an outline around the offending control or something, but not by emulating UI programming errors :) Just my 2 cents.
