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Bug 84162

Summary:	Explanations in editor assistant are easy to miss.
Product:	xml	Reporter:	Jiri Kopsa <jkopsa>
Component:	Schema Tools	Assignee:	Girish Balachandran <girixkumar>
Status:	VERIFIED FIXED
Severity:	blocker	Keywords:	UI
Priority:	P3
Version:	5.x
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
URL:	http://xdesign-tools.czech.sun.com/usability/jse/jse9-coke-endToEnd/report.html#ExplanationOnDropTargets
Issue Type:	ENHANCEMENT	Exception Reporter:

Description Jiri Kopsa 2006-09-04 17:53:14 UTC

See URL.

The visual feedback when an artefact is being dropped as a child or to an
incompatible target should be improved. The explanation or error message could
be moved from top of the editor (editor assistant) closer to the drop target.
Also a visual aid that an element will be added as a child could be expressed.
Also this pattern could be reused accross all the editors (to be evaluated).

Comment 1 Girish Balachandran 2006-09-13 21:58:51 UTC

All the bulb messages and error messages that used to appear on top of the
namespace in the DV will now appear near the dropping location itself. Fixed on 9/13

Comment 2 Jiri Kopsa 2006-09-19 10:53:58 UTC

There is still something to be fixed: If an element comes from a different file
and user tries to modify it, the message appears in the editor assitant, not on
the spot.

Comment 3 Jiri Kopsa 2006-09-28 13:03:57 UTC

Verified.