Bug 76726 [Jobs][Progress] Redesign job error dialog
The job error dialog is very confusing. It shows two lists in a sort of master/detail paradigm. When you first see the error, you have to click on the first error listing in the top of the dialog to see the actual error message in the bottom of the dialog. This is not obvious. Furthermore, there is no text on the dialog to give users any help. Suggest that, if there is only one error reported, that you use the regular single error dialog (that dialog does appear if you click the 'job-errored' icon in the status line of the workbench). If multiple errors occur then use a multi-error dialog. And redesign a new multi-error dialog that is a little easier for the user to understand. Perhaps a listing of the errors in a FormText where the error title and error text could be displayed without the user clicking on each error individually (just an idea).
bundles/org.eclipse.jface/src/org/eclipse/jface/dialogs/ErrorDialog.java
* Opens an error dialog to display the given error. Use this method if the
     * error object being displayed contains child items <it>and </it> you wish
     * to specify a mask which will be used to filter the displaying of these
     * children. The error dialog will only be displayed if there is at least
     * one child status matching the mask.
     * 
     * @param parentShell
     *            the parent shell of the dialog, or <code>null</code> if none
     * @param title
     *            the title to use for this dialog, or <code>null</code> to
     *            indicate that the default title should be used
     * @param message
     *            the message to show in this dialog, or <code>null</code> to
     *            indicate that the error's message should be shown as the
     *            primary message
     * @param status
     *            the error to show to the user
     * @param displayMask
     *            the mask to use to filter the displaying of child items, as
     *            per <code>IStatus.matches</code>
     * @return the code of the button that was pressed that resulted in this
     *         dialog closing. This will be <code>Dialog.OK</code> if the OK
     *         button was pressed, or <code>Dialog.CANCEL</code> if this
     *         dialog's close window decoration or the ESC key was used.
     * @see org.eclipse.core.runtime.IStatus#matches(int)
     */
    public static int openError(Shell parentShell, String title,
            String message, IStatus status, int displayMask) {
        ErrorDialog dialog = new ErrorDialog(parentShell, title, message,
                status, displayMask);