Details
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Type:
New Feature
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Status: Closed (View Workflow)
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Priority:
Minor
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Resolution: Fixed
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Labels:None
Description
Currently many error message in IGB are displayed by a modal popup,
so the user must click it to make it go away. Instead, we could have
an option to display the error messages in bold red in the status line at the bottom.
The class is ErrorHandler, and it is in both Genometry and Genoviz. It should
be moved to common (one class), and there can be a user preference to display errors
as popups or on the status line. There could be different levels of errors,
warning, error, fatal, each in a different color with an icon next to it.
Also the error message could temporarily "raise" up from the status line to
make it more noticeable to the user.
Attachments
Issue Links
- relates to
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BUG-681 Main Window functions
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- Closed
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Activity
Passed Windows 12091
Fixed in v12032 by changing to a more noticeable color - 'chocolate'.
Change the color for the messages.
It shows on the status bar, but is the font supposed to be yellow? It's very hard to see.
To reproduce:
Reset Pref & Reopen
Pref > Activate display errors on status bar
Drag a file in from a password protected site (ie http://www.igbquickload.org/cyto/A_thaliana_Jun_2009/ngs/cyto_processed/)
Click cancel when the pop up appears for username and password
The error message appears in the status bar in yellow font
Go to preferences > other option > select display error on status bar
Now instead of popup message for error, it would show it on status bar.
What do I need to do to test this? What should it look like? Where is the option and what is it named?
Done.
Passed V.13819, Mac, Java 1.7.0_10
Tested with the steps described by Katharine Kubiak above.
When 'Display Errors on Status Bar' is activated from 'Preferences' > 'Other Options' any errors are displayed in the bottom line main viewer, also known as the status bar, in an orangish yellow color along with a yellow triangle with a black exclamation mark in it.
Various other errors, dependent on severity, appear in different colors such as red, with a red octagon as the symbol.