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
* <code>INFORMATION</code>, <code>WARNING</code>, or <code>ERROR</code>.
	 * </p>
	 * <p>
	 * Note that for backward compatibility, a message of type <code>ERROR</code> 
	 * is different than an error message (set using <code>setErrorMessage</code>). 
	 * An error message overrides the current message until the error message is 
	 * cleared. This method replaces the current message and does not affect the 
	 * error message.
	 * </p>
	 *
	 * @param newMessage the message, or <code>null</code> to clear
	 *   the message
	 * @param newType the message type
	 * @since 2.0
	 */
	public void setMessage(String newMessage, int newType) {
		messageArea.updateText(newMessage,newType);
	}
	/**
	 * Sets the minimum page size.
	 *
	 * @param minWidth the minimum page width
	 * @param minHeight the minimum page height
	 * @see #setMinimumPageSize(Point)
	 */
	public void setMinimumPageSize(int minWidth, int minHeight) {
		minimumPageSize.x = minWidth;
		minimumPageSize.y = minHeight;
	}
	/**