Xcode8 - Help inspector displays text in wrong place, then moves to correct place, causing visual flicker

Originator:markd
Number:rdar://27573549 Date Originated:7/28/2016
Status:Open Resolved:
Product:Developer Tools Product Version:Version 8.0 beta 3 (8S174q)
Classification:UI/Usability Reproducible:Always
 
Summary:
See attached movie showing the problem (including a slow-motion showing the problem in detail).

When the quick help inspector goes to display text, it shows up at the bottom of the navigator first, then is redrawn at the top, leading to a distracting / amateur-looking visual flicker.

Probably related to rdar://27248509 - Quick Help Inspector flashes like a strobe light while typing.

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Version:
Version 8.0 beta 3 (8S174q)
10.11.5 (15F34)


Notes:
It's really not that big a deal - just take some aspirin for the flicker-induced headache, but
when these kinds of things happen day-in, day-out, it's just another heavy-sigh
death-of-a-thousand-cuts that makes using Xcode unpleasant.


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Attachments:
'help-text-double-dragon.mp4' was successfully uploaded.

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