[DrJava] [ drjava-Bugs-1768846 ] Program output not automatically visible

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Bugs item #1768846, was opened at 2007-08-06 15:12
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Category: Interactions
Group: 2: Annoying
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: hperkins (hperkins)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Program output not automatically visible

Initial Comment:
This is a tossup between a feature request and a bug, but it has enough of an astonishment factor for the uninitiated that it seems like a bug.

Scenario:

- Edit a program that produces some output ("hello world" is fine).

- Compile and save using the compile button at the top of the DrJava window frame.

- Click the run button at the top of the window frame.

Although the program does run successfully, this isn't immediately obvious because the compiler output tab is still at the front of the output pane at the bottom of the window.  To a beginner it can easily seem that nothing happened, or that his/her program didn't work.

It would be better if the interactions window pane automatically popped to the front when a program is run so that any output or other results are immediately visible.

Setup: New drjava beta (20070803-2106), windows xp.

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