NEW - bug 303815: ClassCastException in TaskTrimWidget when importing preferences

https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=303815

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/org.eclipse.mylyn.tasks.ui/src/org/eclipse/mylyn/internal/tasks/ui/TaskTrimWidget.java b/org.eclipse.mylyn.tasks.ui/src/org/eclipse/mylyn/internal/tasks/ui/TaskTrimWidget.java
index d28dd2868..6fd72b3f8 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.mylyn.tasks.ui/src/org/eclipse/mylyn/internal/tasks/ui/TaskTrimWidget.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.mylyn.tasks.ui/src/org/eclipse/mylyn/internal/tasks/ui/TaskTrimWidget.java
@@ -114,7 +114,14 @@ public class TaskTrimWidget extends WorkbenchWindowControlContribution {
 		public void propertyChange(PropertyChangeEvent event) {
 			String property = event.getProperty();
 			if (property.equals(ITasksUiPreferenceConstants.SHOW_TRIM)) {
-				setTrimVisible((Boolean) event.getNewValue());
+				Object newValue = event.getNewValue();
+				Boolean isVisible = false;
+				if (newValue instanceof Boolean) {
+					isVisible = (Boolean) newValue;
+				} else if (newValue instanceof String) {
+					isVisible = Boolean.parseBoolean((String) newValue);
+				}
+				setTrimVisible(isVisible);
 			}
 		}
 	};