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Build Identifier: I20100608-0911 In the Project Explorer, the Select All action only appears to work for Java-projects. For non-Java projects (e.g. a general project - created using the General > Project wizard) the keystroke Ctrl+A does nothing, and the action is disabled in the Edit menu on the menubar Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Open the Project Explorer 2. Create a java project with some random files (e.g. file1.txt, file2.txt, etc. in the root dir) 3. Create a non java project with the same files (copied and pasted) 4. Try Ctrl+A when a file in the non-java project is selected. It doesn't work. The action in the Edit menu is disabled. When a file in the java project is selected, the Select All action works as expected.
Our clients are also experiencing this, as our model projects result in the same behavior. Note: unselecting the project (CTRL + click) allows CTRL+A to work again, as does moving the selection to some element nested under the project. But it is disabled when a project is selected. This is an annoyance for users which can be seen fairly frequently.
We experience this in our product as well (on 4.6.1). It's a recurring annoyance. CTRL+A still doesn't work when folders or files within the project are selected. It only works when nothing is selected.
Observation: In org.eclipse.ui.actions.TextActionHandler.updateActionBars() the selectAll command is bound to to the org.eclipse.ui.actions.TextActionHandler$SelectAllActionHandler handler. This is the same command as for the org.eclipse.ui.internal.handlers.SelectAllHandler. When commenting out actionBars.setGlobalActionHandler(ActionFactory.SELECT_ALL.getId(), textSelectAllAction); in updateActionBars() the selection would work. But obviously the global command should not be removed. Question is how to get it working.
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. As such, we're closing this bug. If you have further information on the current state of the bug, please add it and reopen this bug. 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. -- The automated Eclipse Genie.
Reopened. This problem still persists in Eclipse 2020-03 (4.15) As mentioned, selecting a file in a non-Java project disables Ctrl+A. The problem is even bigger: selecting a non-Java project itself, or any of its descendants, disables Ctrl+A. I don't observe this problem in the Package Explorer view.
I can also confirm that the problem still exists and would be nice if it could get fixed. I uploaded a screencast that represents the problem.
Created attachment 283314 [details] screencast representing the problem
