Bug 264063 - [IDE] Add "New Folder" tool to org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.misc.ResourceAndContainerGroup
Summary: [IDE] Add "New Folder" tool to org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.misc.ResourceAndCo...
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: UI (show other bugs)
Version: 3.5   Edit
Hardware: PC Windows XP
: P3 enhancement (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: Platform UI Triaged CLA
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Keywords: helpwanted
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Blocks: 254969
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Reported: 2009-02-07 23:09 EST by Simon Archer CLA
Modified: 2019-09-06 15:38 EDT (History)
4 users (show)

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2009-02-07 23:11 EST, Simon Archer CLA 		no flags Details
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Description Simon Archer CLA 2009-02-07 23:09:10 EST 
The org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.misc.ResourceAndContainerGroup class is used in a lot of wizards. In many cases it would be useful to be able to create a new folder, yet this is not supported. Please consider adding a "New Folder" tool; see the attached mock-up.  Thanks.
Comment 1 Simon Archer CLA 2009-02-07 23:11:07 EST 
Created attachment 125063 [details]
Screenshot/mock-up
Comment 2 Chris Aniszczyk CLA 2009-02-08 12:54:47 EST 
This would be a very cool enhancement :D
Comment 3 Benjamin Cabé CLA 2009-02-08 13:05:38 EST 
Simon, new folder creation is in fact already supported :o
In your mockup, if you'd typed org.equinoxosgi.toast.backend.controlcenter/src/org/equinoxosgi/foo/bar it would have actually created the file typed in the "File Name:" field into the foo/bar folder...!
Anyways, I totally agree that a new folder icon would be cool :)
Comment 4 Simon Archer CLA 2009-02-08 15:38:47 EST 
That's a great tip. The ability to add folders is really not visible enough, especially since neither I nor Chris had spotted it!  So yeah, the addition of a New Folder tool would be perfect, and hopefully simple to do! Thanks, Benjamin.

Can we expect this in time for 3.5?
Comment 5 Remy Suen CLA 2009-02-08 15:59:07 EST 
(In reply to comment #1)
> Created an attachment (id=125063) [details]
> Screenshot/mock-up

For the record, that toolbar is created by a DrillDownComposite.
Comment 6 Simon Archer CLA 2009-02-08 16:46:29 EST 
Right, DrillDownComposite does contain the current tools, I noticed that too.  But, I was not convinced that a "New Folder" should be considered a "drill down" tool like "Home", "Back" and "Go Into".  Possibly the answer is to rename DrillDownComposite as we add the "New Folder" tool.
Comment 7 Remy Suen CLA 2009-02-08 16:51:26 EST 
(In reply to comment #6)
> Possibly the answer is to rename
> DrillDownComposite as we add the "New Folder" tool.

The DDC class is public API. You don't _literally_ mean "rename", right?
Comment 8 Simon Archer CLA 2009-02-08 17:01:00 EST 
Sorry, I'm going from memory, so clearly renaming API is not my intention. Nevertheless, adding "New Folder" to the composite sounds like a mismatch, but let's leave that to the committer to decide.  :-)
Comment 9 Boris Bokowski CLA 2009-02-11 10:51:00 EST 
(In reply to comment #4)
> Can we expect this in time for 3.5?

http://wiki.eclipse.org/Platform_UI/How_to_Contribute
Comment 10 Eclipse Webmaster CLA 2019-09-06 15:38:06 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.