Bug 208238

Summary:	[GlobalActions] Unnecessary disabling of functions when side windows have focus
Product:	[Eclipse Project] Platform	Reporter:	Chaise <chaisehocking>
Component:	UI	Assignee:	Platform UI Triaged <platform-ui-triaged>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	minor
Priority:	P3
Version:	3.3
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows XP
Whiteboard:

Description Chaise

2007-10-31 10:58:48 EDT

Build ID: 3.3

Steps To Reproduce:
1. Open any project or source file.
2. Click on any visible sub-window other than the source window, such as the 'Project Explorer', 'Outline', or 'Problems' windows.
3. Note how certain toolbar buttons (along with their menu counterparts) become disabled unnecessarily, i.e. the 'Save', 'Print', 'Build', etc. functions are disabled when the window has focus.

More information:
There seems to be no discernible reasoning for why some functions are disabled when particular windows have focus. This is compounded by the fact that not all windows work uniformly, i.e. You can build the project when the 'Project Explorer' window has focus but not when the 'Make' window does.

This erratic behaviour is only confusing and can cause issues if someone attempts to save using the (Ctrl + S) shortcut when the 'Project Explorer' has focus and doesn’t realise the file has failed to save due to the function being temporarily disabled.

Comment 1 Eclipse Webmaster

2019-09-06 16:09:11 EDT

This bug hasn't had any activity in quite some time. Maybe the problem got resolved, was a duplicate of something else, or became less pressing for some reason - or maybe it's still relevant but just hasn't been looked at yet.

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