Bug 155395 - [JFace] Filename input control
Summary: [JFace] Filename input control
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: UI (show other bugs)
Version: 3.2   Edit
Hardware: Other Linux
: P5 enhancement (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: Platform UI Triaged CLA
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Keywords: helpwanted
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Blocks: 154123
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Reported: 2006-08-28 10:42 EDT by Vladimir Prus CLA
Modified: 2019-09-06 16:06 EDT (History)
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Description Vladimir Prus CLA 2006-08-28 10:42:30 EDT 
In several place of Eclipse, filenames or directory names are specified using a combination of text entry field (org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Text) and a button called "Browse", that invokes FileDialog.

Examples of such UI are: 
1. <properties for any Java project> -> "Javadoc location" -> "Javadoc location path"
2. <properties for any Java project> -> "Java build path" -> "Source" -> "Default output folder"
3. The Debugger->Main tab of Debug configuration for any CDT project has
"GDB debugger" and "GDB command file" fields.

SWT lacks a control that implements such text edit together with a button,
which requires manual work on each case. It would be nice if there were a stock control implementing file selection.
Comment 1 Tod Creasey CLA 2006-08-29 07:39:03 EDT 
A nice idea for another of the 3.3 enhancements. Should you have a suggested implementation please feel free to attach it.
Comment 2 Vladimir Prus CLA 2006-08-29 09:57:53 EDT 
I should clarify that after reporting this RFE, I was pointed at org.eclipse.jface.preference.FileFieldEditor. From the description, it's very close to what I'm after, but is only good for editing preferences values. It would be better to have separate UI element that just edits a filename, and have FileFieldEditor be a wrapper that handles storing to properties.
Comment 3 Susan McCourt CLA 2006-08-29 14:14:41 EDT 
I agree that this is a nice idea, and also that it has a greater chance of getting into 3.3 if someone takes a stab at implementing it (and reimplementing FileFieldEditor to use it)...
Comment 4 Tod Creasey CLA 2006-10-10 12:53:34 EDT 
Adding the helpwanted tag as we don't have anyone here currently looking at this request
Comment 5 Susan McCourt CLA 2009-07-09 18:32:15 EDT 
As per http://wiki.eclipse.org/Platform_UI/Bug_Triage_Change_2009
Comment 6 Eclipse Webmaster CLA 2019-09-06 16:06:15 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.