Bug 415240 - The "Open Resource" dialog should indicate which matches are symbolic links
Summary: The "Open Resource" dialog should indicate which matches are symbolic links
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: IDE (show other bugs)
Version: 4.3   Edit
Hardware: All All
: P3 enhancement (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: Platform-UI-Inbox CLA
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Depends on: 209190 460749
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Reported: 2013-08-16 11:39 EDT by Martin Oberhuber CLA
Modified: 2015-06-11 05:04 EDT (History)
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2013-08-16 11:39 EDT, Martin Oberhuber CLA 		no flags Details
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Description Martin Oberhuber CLA 2013-08-16 11:39:23 EDT 
Build ID: Eclipse 4.3 on Linux

With bug 209190, Eclipse has introduced a new overlay icon for symbolic links in the Project Explorer. This can be very helpful for IDE workflows especially in the C/C++ space, where symbolic links are often used to satisfy the "make" based build.

But there are still a couple of workflows where symbolic links are not yet properly visualized: On "Open Resource" for instance, symbolic links are not properly indicated today (see attached screenshot).

Proposed solution:
1. Use the symbolic link overlay from the Project Explorer also in
   "Open Resource"
2. Sort entries such that for identical file names, symbolic links are shown
   AFTER the respective original files.


Another problem area is the Tasks view, which displays "TODO" and "FIXME" tags multiple times for symbolically linked duplicates. I will file a separate bug for that one.
Comment 1 Martin Oberhuber CLA 2013-08-16 11:39:45 EDT 
Created attachment 234495 [details]
Screenshot of "open resource" with symlinks.
Comment 2 Martin Oberhuber CLA 2013-08-16 12:00:19 EDT 
CQ:WIND00419219
Comment 3 Martin Oberhuber CLA 2015-06-11 05:04:04 EDT 
With Eclipse Mars, the "Open Resource" dialog can now filter duplicate resources:
https://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/news/4.5/platform.php

That work was completed through bug 460749, and might address #2 to some extent.
The related request for the Tasks view is bug 415241 .