Bug 487534 - PathEditor does not support "Show package content" nor drag and drop
Summary: PathEditor does not support "Show package content" nor drag and drop
Status: NEW
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Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: SWT (show other bugs)
Version: 4.6   Edit
Hardware: Macintosh Mac OS X
: P3 enhancement with 2 votes (vote)
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Assignee: Platform-SWT-Inbox CLA
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Reported: 2016-02-09 13:41 EST by jan baeyens CLA
Modified: 2016-02-09 13:41 EST (History)
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Description jan baeyens CLA 2016-02-09 13:41:29 EST 
on Mac: In the Finder, one can right click on a App icon and select "Show package content" form the context menu. This makes it possible to access the sub folders from the application.
The PathEditor does not have this "Show package content" feature which makes it unfit to use when you need to select subfolders of apps.

The workaround I found is to make a symbolic link and use the symbolic link.
http://imagej.1557.x6.nabble.com/How-do-I-add-imageJ-fiji-libraries-to-my-project-build-path-in-Eclipse-tp5003932p5003958.html

The file open dialogs on Mac don't let you access the package contents
as you can do in Finder.
As a workaround, you can Alt-Cmd-Drag any folder (e.g. Fiji.app/jars)
out of the .app package into a normal, accessible folder on your disk.
This will create a symlink/alias that is accessible also via the file
chooser dialogs. 

Note that if the PathEditor would support drag and drop one could drop the files from the finder without the need for support for "Show package content"

Best regards
Jantje