Bug 579630

Summary:	Make a view that shows folders, not projects
Product:	[Eclipse Project] JDT	Reporter:	Thomas M??der <t.s.maeder>
Component:	UI	Assignee:	JDT-UI-Inbox <jdt-ui-inbox>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3
Version:	4.23
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows 11
Whiteboard:	stalebug

Description Thomas M??der

2022-04-08 04:33:20 EDT

The API to handle code in Eclipse is the IWorkspace and it's associated IResource management API. It contains a flat list of projects that Eclipse is aware of. The problem with this approach is that you always have to set up Eclipse metadata (.project) in the folder even if you just want to view a folder.

My idea would be to create a view that you can add root folders to (akin to what IDE's like VS Code do). Any folders containing a .project file would be added to the IWorkspace and would be visible as projects through their icon annotations. For other folders, the user might get a UI that prompts to create Eclipse projects from the folder where appropriate (for example, those containing pom.xml or package.json).

Many project build systems (maven, npm) use folders containment on disk as an organizing principle. The "folders" view would support that kind of organisation better.

Comment 1 Eclipse Genie

2024-04-01 13:09:53 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.

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