Bug 2614 - [EditorMgmt] No system error msg could be improved? (1GH2NKW)
Summary: [EditorMgmt] No system error msg could be improved? (1GH2NKW)
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: UI (show other bugs)
Version: 2.0   Edit
Hardware: All All
: P5 enhancement (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: Platform UI Triaged CLA
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Keywords: bugday, helpwanted, usability
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Reported: 2001-10-10 22:39 EDT by Simon Arsenault CLA
Modified: 2019-07-09 07:49 EDT (History)
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Description Simon Arsenault CLA 2001-10-10 22:39:57 EDT 
From Soonthorn Ativanichayaphong posting in the eclipse news group.
	Topic title in news group is "How to disable the rightclick menu on FileResource"

	To summarize, when the option "Open With > System Editor" is selected on a file
	resource, the following error message is displayed if there are no system editor
	for the file type.
		"Unable to open external editor for <filename>"
	This seems to be a bit confusing for some people. They would prefer a message
	indicating that there is no application registered for the file type on the system. Or
	do like Windows does, and open a dialog and let the user choose the system editor
	to use (just like when you double click on a file in the file system).

NOTES:
Comment 1 DJ Houghton CLA 2001-10-29 19:04:43 EST 
PRODUCT VERSION:
	R0.9
Comment 2 Simon Arsenault CLA 2002-01-25 09:55:15 EST 
At least improve the message displayed to the user.
Comment 3 Randy Giffen CLA 2002-08-08 14:52:28 EDT 
Reopen to investigate
Comment 4 Michael Van Meekeren CLA 2006-04-21 13:58:34 EDT 
Moving Dougs bugs
Comment 5 Kim Horne CLA 2007-06-20 10:17:53 EDT 
No plans to address this.
Comment 6 Susan McCourt CLA 2009-07-09 19:01:42 EDT 
As per http://wiki.eclipse.org/Platform_UI/Bug_Triage_Change_2009
Comment 7 Boris Bokowski CLA 2009-11-17 13:03:50 EST 
Remy is now responsible for watching the [EditorMgmt] component area.
Comment 8 Mickael Istria CLA 2016-11-10 10:45:18 EST 
Is this still an issue? If so, it could be a good candidate for a hackathon.
Comment 9 Jose Probst CLA 2019-07-09 07:49:10 EDT 
On Windows 10 (1703) Eclipse (20190614-1200) already triggers the dialog, which lets the user choose an application.