[platform-ui-dev] ControlDecorations and HoverShell

[Eric Williams <ericwill@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

I recently fixed a GTK3 bug involving ControlDecoration and I noticed 
something odd.

When hovering over a ControlDecoration, a tooltip like widget is 
spawned. Originally I thought this was an SWT ToolTip, but it's actually 
a Shell with setRegion called on it (HoverShell).

Is there any particular reason for this? It seems like a lot more work 
to use a Shell with setRegion than it is to just use a regular SWT ToolTip.


Thanks,

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Eric Williams
Associate Software Engineer - Eclipse Team
Red Hat