Bug 478117 - Display error markers on parent projects when Project Explorer is in hierarchical mode
Summary: Display error markers on parent projects when Project Explorer is in hierarch...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
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Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: IDE (show other bugs)
Version: 4.5   Edit
Hardware: All All
: P3 enhancement with 3 votes (vote)
Target Milestone: 4.9 M3   Edit
Assignee: Platform-UI-Inbox CLA
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: 501345 (view as bug list)
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Reported: 2015-09-22 18:23 EDT by Jeen Broekstra CLA
Modified: 2018-09-25 05:20 EDT (History)
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Description Jeen Broekstra CLA 2015-09-22 18:23:55 EDT 
This is a feature request to enable propagating error marker upward to parent projects in the Project Explorer view, when in hierarchical mode. 

(see short forum discussion at https://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php?t=rview&goto=1708840#msg_1708840)

The new hierarchical project presentation in the Project Explorer is very useful for large (Maven) projects consisting of many submodules. However, if a child project contains (compilation) errors, the error marker in the Explorer is not propagated upward to the parent project folder. 

This is especially problematic in larger projects where the project hierarchy is partly collapsed: errors in subprojects are hidden behind collapsed parent projects, and are therefore very easily overlooked.
Comment 1 Mickael Istria CLA 2016-09-13 11:42:18 EDT 
*** Bug 501345 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 2 Philip K CLA 2018-07-31 03:50:18 EDT 
I have a similar issue with the Project explorer in Photon:

"Projects presentation" -> "flat" view works fine and errors are shown with a red decorator icon on the projects. Same for Package explorer.

After switching "projects presentation" -> "hierarchical" all the decorators on the projects disappear. Not only from Maven projects with submodules, but also from single projects and the submodules themselves. Now I have to go to the problems view or expand projects where the errors are still shown on the packages.

Installed Oxygen with installer and the problem appeared with the update to Photon (Build id: 20180619-1200). Oracle JDK 1.8u181
Comment 3 Mickael Istria CLA 2018-08-01 04:09:38 EDT 
(In reply to Philip K from comment #2)
> After switching "projects presentation" -> "hierarchical" all the decorators
> on the projects disappear. Not only from Maven projects with submodules, but
> also from single projects and the submodules themselves. Now I have to go to
> the problems view or expand projects where the errors are still shown on the
> packages.

I think this is bug 537543
Comment 4 Philip K CLA 2018-08-02 03:31:44 EDT 
(In reply to Mickael Istria from comment #3)
> I think this is bug 537543

Yes, it is! Thanks for pointing me to this. My comment here can be deleted.
Comment 5 Eclipse Genie CLA 2018-08-03 07:53:54 EDT 
New Gerrit change created: https://git.eclipse.org/r/127022
Comment 7 Eclipse Genie CLA 2018-08-03 12:07:18 EDT 
New Gerrit change created: https://git.eclipse.org/r/127042