Bug 248300

Summary:	Add 'Browse for workspace resource' to the 'compare with resource' dialog
Product:	[Eclipse Project] Platform	Reporter:	Benno Baumgartner <benno.baumgartner>
Component:	Compare	Assignee:	Platform-Compare-Inbox <platform-compare-inbox>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3
Version:	3.5
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows XP
Whiteboard:

Description Benno Baumgartner

2008-09-23 12:20:01 EDT

3.5M2

The new compare with resource dialog allows to drag and drop a file from the workspace into the dialog, this is an interesting idea, but has some problems:

1. DnD is not good for keyboard users (power users and users which need accessibility)
Solution: Add a Browse button to the workspace option. The browse button opens the 'Open Resource' dialog.
2. I can not DnD an external file/folder into the dialog, why? This is inconsistent.
Solution: Allow to DnD external resources as well.

Comment 1 Tomasz Zarna

2008-10-01 04:57:44 EDT

(In reply to comment #0)
> The new compare with resource dialog allows to drag and drop a file from the
> workspace into the dialog, this is an interesting idea, but has some problems:
> 
> 1. DnD is not good for keyboard users (power users and users which need
> accessibility)
> Solution: Add a Browse button to the workspace option. The browse button opens
> the 'Open Resource' dialog.

See bug 243744

> 2. I can not DnD an external file/folder into the dialog, why? This is
> inconsistent.
> Solution: Allow to DnD external resources as well.

See bug 246599

Thanks for your feedback!

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 243744 ***