Bug 240346 - [build path] Variable Extension dialog should only render known archives as archives
Summary: [build path] Variable Extension dialog should only render known archives as a...
Status: ASSIGNED
Alias: None
Product: JDT
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: UI (show other bugs)
Version: 3.4   Edit
Hardware: PC Windows XP
: P3 normal (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: JDT-UI-Inbox CLA
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Depends on: 229036
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Reported: 2008-07-10 11:06 EDT by Markus Keller CLA
Modified: 2023-02-26 19:31 EST (History)
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Description Markus Keller CLA 2008-07-10 11:06:45 EDT 
I20080617-2000

The 'Variable Extension' dialog (e.g. build path dialog > Add Variable... > Extends...) should only render known archives as archives. Currently, it also renders e.g. *.pdf and *.txt files with the 'Jar-of-binaries' icon.
Comment 1 Markus Keller CLA 2008-07-10 11:14:14 EDT 
See also bug 229038 and bug 229042.
Comment 2 Dani Megert CLA 2008-07-10 12:03:00 EDT 
Looks ugly but not critical for 3.4.x. Most users won't even see this because they won't alter the filter.

Time permitting for 3.5. Should be fixed together with the other two mentioned bugs.
Comment 3 Markus Keller CLA 2008-07-10 12:18:32 EDT 
I think we should remove the filtered tree from the 'Add Jars', ... dialogs
again, and instead add a link in the relevant dialogs to allow the user to
configure a global pattern (bug 229036) for valid archives (default:
'*.jar,*.zip').

Then, the dialog could again render all matching files with a Jar icon.

Not sure yet where to put the preference (e.g. on Preferences > Java Build
Path?).
Comment 4 Eclipse Genie CLA 2019-02-11 14:10:32 EST 
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.

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Comment 5 Eclipse Genie CLA 2021-02-02 06:59:41 EST 
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.

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Comment 6 Eclipse Genie CLA 2023-02-26 19:31:55 EST 
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.

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