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Re: [platform-swt-dev] Eclipse on OS X 10.2 Developer Preview
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> >In Jaguar Apple introduced the HIView. This is a good thing because
> >after almost 20 years the Mac toolbox (aka Carbon) gets a real 'view
> >system' with 'normal' hit detection and drawing semantics (and other
> >good stuff). However for this Apple had to reverse the insertion
> >order. As a consequence all layouts in Eclipse are backwards on
> >Jaguar.
> >
> >My next drop will have a fix for this.
>
> Cool!! This is almost unbelievably synchronistic for me - I was about to
> install Jagwyre Dev Preview '2' and thought "Ah, I'd better post a query
> about the 10.2 paint problem as I'll need Eclipse". I checked the list
> archive and there it was!
>
> So now I'm waiting for Andre's next drop (again) ;-) ...
>
> Lwe
>
>
>
> --------------------------------
> Hi,
>
> >I recently saw Eclipse F1 running (using the term lightly) on OS X
> >10.2 developer preview, and the UI was completely smashed against
> >the top of the window rendering it totally unusable. You can not
> >even see the edit pane. I'm not sure if this is a bug in OS X 10.2
> >or not, but other apps seem NOT to be affected with similar issues,
> >and the same executable does not show this behavior in OS X 10.1.5.
>
> I found the (trivial) problem:
>
> Since 1984 the Control Manager has the following problem: hit
> detection and drawing of child controls are performed in the same
> order (which is wrong). This is not a problem as long as child
> controls are not overlapping. However in Eclipse controls are
> overlapping, so sometimes you could not select a control that seems
> to be visible. As a workaround I've reversed the insertion order of
> controls that were added to a composite control.
>
> In Jaguar Apple introduced the HIView. This is a good thing because
> after almost 20 years the Mac toolbox (aka Carbon) gets a real 'view
> system' with 'normal' hit detection and drawing semantics (and other
> good stuff). However for this Apple had to reverse the insertion
> order. As a consequence all layouts in Eclipse are backwards on
> Jaguar.
>
> My next drop will have a fix for this.
>
> --andre
>
>
>
