[jira] [Commented] (UIMA-2114) Endless dialogs when Capabilities Types/Features misclicked

["Marshall Schor (JIRA)" <de...@uima.apache.org>]

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Marshall Schor commented on UIMA-2114:
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Works OK on Eclipse 3.6.1 / Windows XP.  On my Macbook Pro (3.6.0 verson of Eclipse. using the 32 bit version I think of the graphics libs (I forget exactly which I loaded), Java 1.6.0 _ 24) it misbehaves but not quite like above.

If I misclick (click on the type number (left column)), it does one of the following:

1) - puts up the dialog telling you to click in the right columns, when you press OK, it puts up 2 more of those boxes, one of which has the OK button highlighted, when you click on that OK, puts up 1 more of those boxes, and when you click OK, it goes away...

2) - puts up the dialog, but doesn't reliably put it in "front" of the Eclipse screen, so you can't click on it.  

For (2) - a workaround I found was to close the macbook, making it go to sleep, then open it, and when I log in, it then shows the windows in the right order.

This looks like it might be some kind of timing / race condition issue for Eclipse SWT modal dialogs.

One thing to try is to see if the "Sheets" style works better on a mac - see http://www.eclipse-tips.com/how-to-guides/27-making-good-eclipse-rcp-apps-for-mac  (it may be a while before I get time to try this, myself...)



> Endless dialogs when Capabilities Types/Features misclicked
> -----------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: UIMA-2114
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/UIMA-2114
>             Project: UIMA
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Eclipse plugins
>    Affects Versions: 2.2.2, 2.3.1SDK
>         Environment: Mac OSX 10.6.6, JDK 1.6, Eclipse 3.5.2
>            Reporter: Peter Parente
>              Labels: eclipse, ui
>
> Can reproduce using the UIMA tutorial.
> 1) Open RoomNumberAnnotator.xml
> 2) Go to Capabilities tab.
> 3) Double click RoomNumber type to edit.
> 4) In the Edit Types to a Capability Set, click anywhere in the grid outside the Input / Output cell columns (e.g., click RoomNumber in TypeName).
> 5) A dialog appears telling you to click in the right columns.
> 6) Try clicking OK in the dialog and another appears.
> 7) Repeat 5-7 ad infinitum.
> Have to quit Eclipse at this point to get out of the loop. Same thing happens in the Add/Edit Features dialog too.

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