[news.eclipse.platform.swt] Re: Why is WizardPage "description" field ta

["Veronika Irvine" <veronika_irvine@xxxxxxx>]

I believe it is done for accessibility - it gives the user the ability to 
tab around and have the screen reader read the widget that has focus.

"Benjamin Pasero" <bpasero@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
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>I think this is because if the description is too long to display, you
> need to be able to scroll the contents.
>
> Ben
>
>> Apologies if this has been answered before, I couldn't see reference to a 
>> similar
>> question:
>>
>> I notice that the "description" field in my wizards can receive focus, 
>> either by
>> my clicking on it or by using tab.  This happens in Eclipse too, e.g. if 
>> you
>> do a "New|Project", you can click on the text that says "Create a Java 
>> project",
>> move the cursor around, and select it.
>>
>> Is there a reason for this behaviour?  Is there a way to stop it from 
>> happening?
>>
>> I've seen it with Eclipse 3.0 and 3.1, on Linux/GTK and Win32
>>
>> thanks for any comments
>> nick