Bug 23942

Summary: [EditorMgmt] Navigator context menu missing "Open With" when multiple files are selected.
Product: [Eclipse Project] Platform Reporter: Gary Gregory <ggregory>
Component: UIAssignee: Platform UI Triaged <platform-ui-triaged>
Status: NEW --- QA Contact:
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: P3 CC: markus.kell.r, paul.stanton
Version: 2.0.1   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: PC   
OS: Windows 2000   
Whiteboard:

Description Gary Gregory CLA 2002-09-20 17:20:21 EDT 
[I am filling this as a bug instead of a feature request as it seems to me to 
an overzealous case of disabling an existing feature.]

In the Navigator, I can open one file with a given editor of my choice with 
right-click/Open With ->/... but I cannot do so when multiple files are 
selected. In my example I have a bunch of files with different extensions that 
are selected and I want to open them all in e's text editor. I do not want to 
just do an "Open" because that will start different editors (XML Spy, IE AND 
Notepad) due to the way I have e set up right now.

Thank you,
Gary
Comment 1 Thomas Whitmore CLA 2004-02-09 17:35:42 EST 
Nick and Eclipse people, editor mgmt is a usability major with the product. I'd 
like this issue bumped up to group level and high priority for product release.

My only other comparable issue, in the refactoring area, has already been 
largely addressed. Regards,


Thomas
Comment 2 Michael Van Meekeren CLA 2006-04-21 13:58:32 EDT 
Moving Dougs bugs
Comment 3 Markus Keller CLA 2006-07-14 10:13:49 EDT 
Bug 146998 looks like a dup of this one.
Comment 4 paul stanton CLA 2006-07-16 18:17:36 EDT 
*** Bug 146998 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 5 paul stanton CLA 2006-07-16 18:18:37 EDT 
from bug 149668:
"currently if i want to open a whole bunch of files with the 'non-default'
editor for a file format, i have to click each individually and select open
with>editor.

if i have 20 files this totals 60 clicks as opposed to a possible 4 if this
enhancement was implemented.

i would expect this to work when all selected files are of the same file type
or
editors not registered to the whole range of selected file types were removed
from the open with list."

This should be for package explorer and navigator.

Thanks.
Comment 6 Susan McCourt CLA 2009-07-09 19:02:11 EDT 
As per http://wiki.eclipse.org/Platform_UI/Bug_Triage_Change_2009
Comment 7 Boris Bokowski CLA 2009-11-17 13:06:38 EST 
Remy is now responsible for watching the [EditorMgmt] component area.
Comment 8 Eclipse Webmaster CLA 2019-09-06 16:16:59 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.

If you have further information on the current state of the bug, please add it. The information can be, for example, that the problem still occurs, that you still want the feature, that more information is needed, or that the bug is (for whatever reason) no longer relevant.