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"Open Type" and "Open Resource" dialogs usually used widely for exploring the code. Sometimes there could be no source for some class you can see in dialog, but you may need just to see "Hierarchy" view or open it with not default editor. "Open With..." even more important for "Open Resource" dialog to help choose the right editor for particular resource. My suggestion is to add popup menu in "Matchin Types" and "Qualifier" lists of those dialogs where will be possible to choose editor or hierarhy view.
This is not an issue for Java. If there isn't any source attached to a class file then it will not help to open it with a different editor. If you want to opene a hierarchy on a class you can use Navigate->Open Type in Hierarchy. Moving to platform regarding Open Resource dialog.
Actually I disagree about Java. Probably it is fine for the default behavior, but if there are multiple plugins for .class files available it is make sence. Opening additional unneeded editor is not really convenient because in most likely it will close one of the editors used for development. So you will end up with additional 5..7 seconds wasted on opening editor, selecting Navigate -> Open Type hierarchy and closing editor which you not needed. With the popup menu I've proposed it will be possible to eliminate such waste.
Moving to Platform UI for consideration
Any luck to get this implemented in Eclipse 3.1 ?
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 40632 ***
I wonder why are you are marking earlier bug as duplicate as the late ones?
I thought the other one had a better description and some more useful notes on how to approach a solution. I guess I could have just changed this one too though. :)
