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Bug 24607 - Show Tips on Startup property doesn't work?
Summary: Show Tips on Startup property doesn't work?
Status: CLOSED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: platform
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Window System (show other bugs)
Version: 3.x
Hardware: All All
: P3 blocker (vote)
Assignee: mslama
URL:
Keywords: UI
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2002-06-10 21:44 UTC by Gail Chappell
Modified: 2008-12-22 17:52 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

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Issue Type: DEFECT
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Description Gail Chappell 2002-06-10 21:44:26 UTC 
In the Options window, under IDE Configuration >
System > System Settings, there is a property
called Show Tips on Startup.  When I set this
property to False, the tips still appear on the
Welcome screen when I start the IDE.
Comment 1 David Simonek 2002-06-11 10:20:47 UTC 
passing to new welcome screen developer.
Comment 2 Richard Gregor 2002-06-11 14:40:17 UTC 
New welcome has nothing to do with this property. This property is
there because of old welcome panel which probably use this to decide
if welcome panel should be displayed or not. My suggestion is to do it
as hidden property and not show it to the user. I reassigne it to the
core.
Comment 3 Marian Mirilovic 2002-06-11 14:47:29 UTC 
Ok, we have new-Welcome Screen and old-Welcome Panel present in IDE,
by default only new is visible for users. 

If this property is only for old Welcome Panel and it isn't possible
to show it by user, why user can set some property for it?

Reassigne to Marek, because he is owner of old Welcome Panel.

Solution should be make property read-only until Welcome Panel isn't
possible to show.
Comment 4 mslama 2002-06-21 13:45:19 UTC 
Jano please can you tell us what to do?
Comment 5 jrojcek 2002-06-28 13:19:50 UTC 
I suggest to remove property from options. It would only confuse users
if it is disabled. Value of the property can be changed directly in
old welcome panel if it is displayed.
Comment 6 David Simonek 2002-06-28 14:58:21 UTC 
Marek please remove option like requested (I won't be here next week).
Thanks.

Btw (whining) I think new Welcome screen *is* connected to the
property, because new welcome screen should be replacement for older
series of startup dialogs, so it's fair to expect that what worked in
old welcome screen, will work in new one also. It's just another cut
of functionality, not well reasoned and explained IMO. (This is not to
say that I don't like currect state, all I'm against is "automatic"
functionality throwout)
Comment 7 _ ttran 2002-06-28 16:05:31 UTC 
it's a hidden property now
Comment 8 Marian Mirilovic 2002-07-09 16:17:11 UTC 
Trung, 
in [nb_dev](20020709) user can set this property again, but it isn't
propagated to new welcome screen.

reopen
Comment 9 _ ttran 2002-07-09 21:12:40 UTC 
Marian,  you are probably confused.  There is another property there
called "Show Tool Tips In IDE".  It's something else.

The property we are talking about here is "Show Tips on Startup" and I
really don't see it in latest dev build.

BTW this property has nothing in common with the new Welcome screen
Comment 10 Marian Mirilovic 2002-07-10 09:47:19 UTC 
Oops, yes Trung is right, sorry it was my fault, 
thanks.

verified in [nb_dev](20020710).
Comment 11 Quality Engineering 2003-07-01 16:41:49 UTC 
Resolved for 3.4.x or earlier, no new info since then -> closing.