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The Navigator View no longer shows an Open and Close Project options in context menu (i.e. menu that appears when right-cliking on a project folder). Up until M4 both menu options were there. I just installed M5 and the options are no longer available. This is a big usability booster, please put it back. :- )
*** Bug 31413 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 31469 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
We should be consistent with the Package Explorer. They went through a menu reorganization for 2.0 and we should adopt their decisions where applicable. I thought they had removed Open/Close Project, but it turns out that these still show up on the context menu. They only show the actions that are applicable to the selection though: only open projects -> Close Project only closed projects -> Open Project mix of open and closed projects -> Open Project and Close Project Some other differences: - They only show Build Project, not Rebuild Project, and only for project elements, not children. - Build, Open/Close and Refresh are grouped together.
JDT must have just changed this. M4 has no open/close menu item in the context menu. I also got an (unrelated) PR about our workbench menu items a few weeks ago. Note that the build menu item only shows up when auto build is disabled. Are we sure then that this is what we want? Erich, do you plan any other changes to these menu items for 2.1?
As a consequence of opening the package explorer for non-Java projects we can now also show closed projects (they have no nature and hence were considered as non-java projects and did not appear). Since closed projects are selectable again we made the actions available in the context menu (to be consistent with the Navigator's handling of open/close projects <g>). We are not planning further changes to this context menu.
I've been trying to follow the discussion and just for clarification... Erich Gamma wrote, "We are not planning further changes to this context menu." Erich was referring to the Package Explorer menu and NOT the Navigator menu, right? I believe the context menus for these two views need NOT be necessarily the same. I would hope the original request to re-enable Open/Close Project in the Navigator View context menu (as it was up to M4) is still under consideration.
David, Erich was only talking about the Package Explorer. We should make the Navigator consistent with the Package Explorer, for Open/Close Project, Build, Refresh, and their grouping. I don't think anyone will miss the disabled Open Project action when selecting already open projects, as long as Close Project is available.
Ack. Erich, please make sure nobody on your team looks at the Navigator context menu for the next week or two <g>
Brought build, refresh, open project, close project actions in sync with Package Explorer with one exception. Our refresh action is not enabled/visible when a closed project is selected. I think this is correct and the Package Explorer context menu should reflect this. Entered bug 31962. The following conditions apply: build-only projects selected, auto build disabled, at least one builder present refresh-no closed project selected open project-only projects selected, at least one closed project close project-only projects selected, at least one open project
