Bug 45811 [Dialogs] Problematic behavior of WorkbenchPreferenceDialog.setShellSize()
I20031023 MacOS X 10.3 - in Panther open Window > Preferences > Ant > Editor Observe: all hell breaks loose... I had to restart my machine and lost work! Two problems here: - a width of 12902 and a height of 16909 is passed to WorkbenchPreferenceDialog.setShellSize() (why this is the case needs further investigation) - however, JavaDoc of setShellSize states: "Changes the shell size to the given size, ensuring that it is no larger than the display bounds" the implementation is: private void setShellSize(int width, int height) { getShell().setSize(width, height); constrainShellSize(); } I think it doesn't make much sense to first set the Shell's size to a bogus value and then constrain its size to something sensible.
bundles/org.eclipse.jface/src/org/eclipse/jface/preference/PreferenceDialog.java
y = Math.max(y, size.y);
			}
			if (wHint != SWT.DEFAULT)
				x = wHint;
			if (hHint != SWT.DEFAULT)
				y = hHint;
			return new Point(x, y);
		}
		public void layout(Composite composite, boolean force) {
			Rectangle rect = composite.getClientArea();
			Control[] children = composite.getChildren();
			for (int i = 0; i < children.length; i++) {
				children[i].setSize(rect.width, rect.height);
			}
		}
	}
	
	private static String lastPreferenceId = null;
	
	private static int lastTreeWidth = 150;
	public static final String PREF_DLG_IMG_TITLE_ERROR = DLG_IMG_MESSAGE_ERROR; 
	/**
	 * Title area fields
	 */
	public static final String PREF_DLG_TITLE_IMG = "preference_dialog_title_image"; 
	static {
		ImageRegistry reg = JFaceResources.getImageRegistry();
		reg.put(PREF_DLG_TITLE_IMG, ImageDescriptor.createFromFile(PreferenceDialog.class, "images/pref_dialog_title.gif")); 
	}
	/**