> Ahh, I hadn't considered the mouse blocking side of things, which is 
> certainly desirable in some scenarios.  In this particular case, I think it 
> would be unwanted as the ActivityIndicator would be shown to the user while a 
> TreeBranch is being populated via a potentially long running Task.  Leaving 
> the mouse enabled means that the user is free to do other things.

That's true. But I still think a custom node renderer would be the easiest way 
to accomplish what Edvin is trying to do.  :-)

> I hacked together the glass pane effect by opening a Window with a null 
> background colour & paint (making it transparent) over the Display.  I 
> extended it for opening modal dialogs so that it takes a snapshot of the 
> background, fades and blurs it, and then open the dialog over the top of it 
> all. (see attached image)

That's cool. You might be able to achieve a similar effect by simply attaching 
a BlurDecorator to the dialog's owner when the dialog is opened.

G


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