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RC2 1. create a new project (any kind) 2. on the project location page, de-select "Use Default" 3. select "Browse" 4. in the resulting prompter, pick the D: drive and select "Make New Folder" => Observe 1: when the folder appears in the directory tree (as "New Folder") it will be highlighted so that you can just start typing to change its name 5. Select this folder and again pick "Make New Folder" => Observer 2: unlike above, the folder is not highlighted so you cannot change its name just by typing (bug #1). => Observe 3: if you create a folder name that sorts outside the visible area of the tree, the widget is not scrolled to make that item visible (bug #2) Now the confusing part is the purpose of the text field where the selected folder name appears. Changing the contents of this field seems to have no effect (bug #3). For example, it does not rename the selected directory by either hitting return, "OK", or "Make New Folder". It also does not make a directory by that name by hitting "Make New Folder". As a workaround, to create a directory tree with the names you want, you must rename the folders by poping up the context menu in the directory tree and picking "Rename".
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Simpler workaround? Just type the name of the intended subsirectory into the edit box, rather than proceeding via the Browse button.
Any thoughts on when this might be targeted? thanks, Rob
The first and third bugs mentioned are still problems, the second one is not. These are all issues with SWT's DirectoryDialog. Moving to SWT.
We just use the platform directory dialog and are subject to the behavior is provides, warts and all.
Please reopen if I am missing something.
this is fixed with eclipse-4.5.1 at least