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(Using Integration Build: 20020515) Please add a "Properties..." menu item to the Properties menu. This should invoke the same dialog as when right-clicking on a Project in a view and choosing "Properties...".
The first sentence should read: Please add a "Properties..." menu item to the /Project/ menu.
JDT UI can contribute such an action to the menu, but we should coordinate with the workbench. Moving to workbench.
We have no plans to add a Properties menu in the Project menu. File / Properties gives the project properties when the project is selected.
RE: "File / Properties gives the project properties when the project is selected." This is exactly the problem (for me) I would like to see solved: being forced to select a project. Assume that I am working in the Java Browser, I have class path entry selected, a package selected, a class selected and a method selected. In order for me to see or change my current project properties and keep working, I have to: (1) Go find the current project in a tree view. Tree views are quite large in my project (1000+ Java files, many packages), which means that I usually have to scroll around. I have 5 projects of that size loaded in eclipse. (2) Select the project I want to see or modify. This obviously causes my previous selection in the tree to be lost. Furthermore, in a Java Browser, this cause the selected package to be de-selected and the whole package list to be displayed for the project (this the expected behavior of course) but this has the side effect of clearing the class and method panes (also expected) (3) Now I can right click and choose Properties or use the File menu and see/modify my settings. (4) I must now go back and scroll around in the UI to the place I was before and re-create the classPathEntry - package - class - method context. I would like to suggest that instead of this rather cumbersome process, the user be also allowed to bring up the Project property dialog without having to navigate through the UI. Possible UI hooks: In Project menu, add a "Current Project Properties" menu. In the Projects pane context (right-click) menu, have a "Project Properties" menu which is always enabled (unless there are no Projects) no matter what is selected. Since top level nodes in the Projects pane are Projects, the selection is always in the context of a given Project. Exception: When a selection spans multiple projects, disable the menu item (Selection across projects is very nice when you need to compare files from different projects) Thanks for your consideration on this item.
Gary, Sorry but we have many more important issues to look at for 2.0, and I feel it would be confusing to have duplicate Properties menu items even if they are on different menus. If you don't want to lose your context, I suggest doing it in a new window (Window / New Window) then closing the window when you're done.
Reopening to mark for considerations post 2.0.
Defer
*** Bug 20650 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Reopen for investigation
Absolutely! This is one of the issues that really turned me off when I first started using Eclipse. Common operations should be accessible with a single click in the standard menu bar. It is ridiculous that you need to right-click on the name of the project in order to edit its properties. This leads some (like me :-)) to brand Eclipse as "right-click programming." See also bug#10209, which would make Close Project and Rebuild Project enabled for any editor in the project.
*** Bug 23303 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 26643 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 32632 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Nick, can't this bug report be closed now? In 2.1 RC3, there is now a Project > Properties menu item that does exactly what is requested in this bug report.
As per comment #14
