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
GridData gd = new GridData(GridData.FILL_HORIZONTAL);
		separator.setLayoutData(gd);
		return composite;
	}
	/**
	 * Creates the inner page container.
	 */
	private Composite createPageContainer(Composite parent) {
		Composite result = new Composite(parent, SWT.NULL);
		result.setLayout(new PageLayout());
		return result;
	}
	/**
	 * Creates the wizard's title area.
	 *
	 * @param parent the SWT parent for the title area composite.
	 * @return the created title area composite.
	 */
	private Composite createTitleArea(Composite parent) {
		
		
		
		int margins = 2;
		titleArea = new Composite(parent, SWT.NONE);
		
		FormLayout layout = new FormLayout();
		layout.marginHeight = margins;
		layout.marginWidth = margins;
		titleArea.setLayout(layout);