A simple test for the claim that `Plugin`s with `DialogListener`s are not macro-recordable.

Recorder_Likes_DialogListeners.java

import ij.IJ;
import ij.gui.DialogListener;
import ij.gui.GenericDialog;
import ij.plugin.PlugIn;

import java.awt.AWTEvent;

/**
 * A simple test for the claim that {@link Plugin}s with a
 * {@link DialogListener} are not macro-recordable.
 */
public class Recorder_Likes_DialogListeners implements PlugIn {
	/**
	 * Performs the plugin's functionality.
	 * 
	 * @param arg ignored
	 */
	public void run(final String arg) {
		final GenericDialog gd = new GenericDialog("Let's test this");
		gd.addStringField("Please enter some text", "<change this>");

		/**
		 * Listens for changes in the dialog values.
		 * <p>
		 * Note: any dialog value that is *not* enquired in this
		 * listener will *not* be recorded, either. This is most likely
		 * a bug introduced into
		 * <a href="https://github.com/imagej/ImageJA/commit/a534b8f#diff-3cda9bab45abece23447b8321c867f67R841">version
		 * 1.38u of June 15th 2007</a>: The intention was probably to
		 * set <code>recorderOn = false;</code> <it>before</it> running
		 * the dialog listener, and setting it to <code>true</code>
		 * afterwards. Being in effect for almost 8 years as of time of
		 * writing, it is likely that users now rely on that behavior,
		 * though, so it should not be changed now.
		 */
		final DialogListener listener = new DialogListener() {
			public boolean dialogItemChanged(final GenericDialog gd, final AWTEvent e) {
				IJ.log("dialog item changed: " + gd.getNextString() + " (event: " + e + ")");
				return true;
			}
		};
		gd.addDialogListener(listener);
		gd.showDialog();
		if (gd.wasCanceled())
			return;
		IJ.log("The value is: " + gd.getNextString());
	}
}