Bug 194075

Summary:	Combine Empty Folders In File Listing Views
Product:	[Eclipse Project] Platform	Reporter:	Nick T <nickt31>
Component:	UI	Assignee:	Boris Bokowski <bokowski>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	P5	CC:	Kevin_McGuire
Version:	3.2.2
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows XP
Whiteboard:

Description Nick T

2007-06-22 19:06:28 EDT

Combine empty folders in search and navigator (and any other view that lists files) like empty packages are in the JDT Package Explorer.  Instead of using dots use slashes.

e.g.
Instead of this:
- a
  - b
    - c
      |- file1.java
      |- file2.java

Do this:
- a\b\c
  |- file1.java
  |- file2.java

Comment 1 Kevin McGuire

2007-06-25 15:07:50 EDT

The suggestion does have the benefit of compacting the trees for cases where there is a deep tree with files just at the edges.  However, this doesn't work as well if there are files through different levels of the tree: since each level requires its own path entry, the "treeness" is lost, eg:

- a
  |- file1.txt
- a\b
  |- file2.txt
- a\b\c
  |- file3.txt
  |- file4.txt

I'm not sure that's applicable for all types of trees.

Comment 2 Nick T

2007-06-28 13:52:19 EDT

(In reply to comment #1)

I apologize; I wasn't clear with what I meant.

The idea would be to collapse the tree as far as possible, wherever possible, while not duplicating information (tree paths); it should mimic the way packages are handled in the JDT Package Explorer.

- a
  - b1\c1
    |- file2
    |- file3

  - b2\c2\d2\e2 (empty)

  - b3
    - c3\d3
      - e3
      |- file5
    - c31
    |- file4

 |- file1

Comment 3 Eclipse Webmaster

2019-09-06 16:12:19 EDT

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