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If the IDE is executing in a locale that that reads left-to-right, new "output" windows (and search results, and junit output, and ....) should open on the left. In a right-to-left locale, the windows should open to the right. Here is a concrete example... I had two windows open in the output area +---------------------+--------+-----------------+ | JUnit test results | Output | | +---------------------+--------+-----------------+ | Then I did a search... +---------------------+--------+-------------------+ | JUnit test results | Output | *Search Results* | +---------------------+--------+-------------------+ | searching.... I read that as searching for test results... This may read better.... since a users "focus" will shift to the left automatically +------------------+---------------------+--------+ | *Search results* | JUnit test results | Output | +------------------+---------------------+--------+ | searching....
There are some other more recent issues related to right to left behavior. by default, swing does not handle rtl based on if the locale is a rtl one but expects additional coding to happen. ken.frank@sun.com
the bug is that the UI behavior for left-to-right languages is wrong...