>> Yet, just out of curiosity: is there a particular reason why you didn't
>> use  a custom org.eclipse.jface.dialogs.Dialog internally which takes care
>> of all the rendering already?
>>
>
Yes, I did not want a toaster dialog. I don't like them because they kill
my flow, especially when the message is unrelated to the current task.

MiniMessage is right where your eyes are _and_ related to the current task
(that is how I use it anyway :)


> That would make the framework taking care of stuff like positioning,
> themabilty and so on.
>

That is a good point. Although Nebula is supposed to extend SWT, I don't
mind using JFace. They sort of go hand in hand.


>> I have noticed that there's alreday some similar widget available from
>> Nebula, i.e.. the Notifier: https://wiki.eclipse.org/Nebula_Notifier
>> Maybe it might be a good idea to enhance that one and make it
>> configurable in regard to coloring and the position where it opens instead
>> of creating another new wiget
>>
>
Yes, very nice. I think these are great additions to Notifier. Notifier was
one of Laurents original Opal widgets.

I will look at MiniMessage myself later.

Cheers,

Wim
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