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Bug 62661

Summary:	Visual indication about multiple running processes
Product:	platform	Reporter:	jrojcek <jrojcek>
Component:	Progress	Assignee:	issues@platform <issues>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	blocker	CC:	anebuzelsky, jdinga
Priority:	P2	Keywords:	UI
Version:	5.x
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Issue Type:	ENHANCEMENT	Exception Reporter:
Bug Depends on:
Bug Blocks:	70630

Description jrojcek 2005-08-19 13:23:05 UTC

There is no visual indication in the status line that multiple processes are running. Suppose you open a 
project which starts up the classpath scanning. During that you run a CVS checkout. It seems like the 
classpath scanning has suddenly finished because the CVS checkout process appears in the status line.

Also it is quite hidden that the progress bar is click-able. Progress bars are not clickable in any other 
occurence in IDE nor elsewhere, so I think users would not know they should hover mouse over the 
progress bar (which then changes the mouse pointer what should explain that the progress bar is 
clickable).

Comment 1 Milos Kleint 2006-08-29 13:09:00 UTC

how should the visual indication look like? we can have an icon appended to the
visuals in the status bar.

Comment 2 Milos Kleint 2006-08-29 13:15:07 UTC

could be related to #62658. we want to have the close button next to progress
bar (or empty space if not cancellable). not sure adding another icon/empty
space is desirable.

Comment 3 Ondrej Langr 2010-08-26 15:36:54 UTC

Despite common practice, making this older issue a duplicate for a newer one, which emerged during a usability study. This is because the new one is a p2 defect while this one is an old enhancement and also to keep all findings from the usability study under one umbrella issue.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 189897 ***