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Bug 46362

Summary:	Should use text fields to display variable-length paths
Product:	java	Reporter:	Jesse Glick <jglick>
Component:	Unsupported	Assignee:	issues@java <issues>
Status:	VERIFIED WONTFIX
Severity:	blocker
Priority:	P4
Version:	4.x
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Linux
Issue Type:	DEFECT	Exception Reporter:

Description Jesse Glick 2004-07-20 22:21:25 UTC

In the "Scanning Project Classpaths" dialog you
often see things like

Scanning: .../share/classes
Package: java.lang.reflect

The "Package" part is usually fine. But too much
is truncated from the "Scanning" part; it is often
ambiguous. Rather than truncating a fixed number
of path components and showing it in the same
JLabel, it would be better to arrange the dialog
properly in a grid with labels and fields:

+----------------------------------------------+
|                                              |
| Scanning: [...142src/j2se/src/share/classes] |
| Package:  [java.lang.reflect_______________] |
|                                              |
+----------------------------------------------+

where you set the caret in the JTextField to the
end to display as much detail as possible. This
tends to show more useful detail - for example,
the fact that I am scanning JDK 1.4.2 sources in
this example - and make it possible to see very
long paths by just resizing the dialog.

Also a standard label/field arrangement using
labelFor is probably more accessible.

BTW please also use FileUtil.getFileDisplayName
which is intended for exactly this kind of situation.

Comment 1 Jan Lahoda 2006-12-18 14:25:24 UTC

This issue seems obsolete to me. Please feel free to reopen.

Comment 2 Jesse Glick 2006-12-18 21:35:09 UTC

Only applies to a dialog which was removed I think in 4.1.

Comment 3 Quality Engineering 2007-09-20 10:21:29 UTC

Reorganization of java component