Bug 531346

Summary:	New> submenu should have option to create package-info and module-info Java files
Product:	[Eclipse Project] JDT	Reporter:	Bence Sipka <sipkab>
Component:	UI	Assignee:	JDT-UI-Inbox <jdt-ui-inbox>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	P3	CC:	hyagomvale, mistria, rgrunber, stephan.herrmann
Version:	4.7.1a	Keywords:	usability
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
See Also:	https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=488748
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Description Bence Sipka

2018-02-19 10:26:33 EST

Title is pretty self explanatory.

Right clicking on a Java project should have the option to create a module-info.java file under the New > submenu instead of Configure >.
As the developer is creating a new file it is very counter-intuitive to have it under Configure >.

Right clicking on a package or the project should have an option to create a package-info.java.

Comment 1 Mickael Istria

2018-02-19 10:29:43 EST

I perceive this as a major usability issue. I would also expect all files could be created from the "New" wizard, even the module-info.java.
The configure menu is a mess when you have many plugins installed, it's not browseable, the sorting seems chaotic... It's really one of the worst places to drive users.

Comment 2 Stephan Herrmann

2019-10-05 13:55:59 EDT

*** Bug 551811 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***