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Project->properties->java build path->source->add folder should allow you to add an external folder. When debugging jsps you need the source for the servlet that is running. Weblogic and other appservers generate this source and this source is contained outside of the project.
In the 'Source Folder Selection' dialog press the 'Create new Folder..' and 'Advanced' to create a folder linked to an external location.
That is _not_ very intuitive. Why is there a button to create a new folder? If you keep that button then I would say a more intutive approach would be to pull the advanced button with the link to folder in filesystem out of the "new folder dialog" and put it beside the "create a new folder" button as a "add external folder". But I would never create a new folder this way - except to add an external source folder -, I'd use the navigator so I'd favor changing the name of the button to "add external folder" which would then be the dialog with the advanced part expanded.
Moving to platform to comment on this. We "mimiced" this from the platform and I think we whould stay consistent.
Yes, we could make the linked folder creation more direct/less hidden. For 2.1 the linked resource support was deliberately tucked away to require extra steps to create linked resources. There are limitations and potential compatibility problems that may require disabling linked resources by a plugin or product. Note that the platform file/folder dialog (which has a "New Folder" button) operates on the file system anyway and not on the workspace. It does not distinguish between workspace folder and external folder. Dirk, do you have a different platform UI dialog in mind? Not sure if I like the two button/two dialogs solution. The linked folder creation is too nested anyway, especially in the build settings scenario. Bug 31175 is related and notes that, despite the fact that the correct place to create an external folder can be found, the resulting dialog nesting level is too big. It suggests a solution but I'm not sure I like that solution either. Jim, for 3.0 do we want to expose the linked resource features more?
I was talking about the New->Folder >>Advance dialog part.
Reassigning to Nick since he is taking ownership of this component.
Moving bugs to new Platform/IDE component.
Oleg is now responsible for watching bugs in the [LinkedResources] component area.
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