Bug 50181 - [Import/Export] Allow project import by drag and drop from Windows Explorer (or equiv on other platforms)
Summary: [Import/Export] Allow project import by drag and drop from Windows Explorer (...
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: UI (show other bugs)
Version: 3.0   Edit
Hardware: PC Windows XP
: P3 enhancement (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: Platform-UI-Inbox CLA
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Keywords: helpwanted
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Reported: 2004-01-18 11:36 EST by Colin Sampaleanu CLA
Modified: 2013-11-18 12:28 EST (History)
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Description Colin Sampaleanu CLA 2004-01-18 11:36:35 EST 
Right now it is a relatively painful process to import existing projects into an
Eclipse workspace, when this has to be done for more than one or two projects.

It would be much simpler/faster for users if they could select one or more
.project files in their filesystem navigator (Windows Explorer on Windows, and
equivalents on other platforms), and drag and drop them into the Package
Explorer, which would prompt the user if they wanted to import that/those
project(s).
Comment 1 Debbie Wilson CLA 2004-01-19 11:45:02 EST 
Looks like this may involve PDE too.
Comment 2 Tod Creasey CLA 2004-02-11 18:18:51 EST 
This would only work for one type of project import (existing project). I 
suspect this would be pretty challenging to get right.
Comment 3 Colin Sampaleanu CLA 2004-02-11 18:28:58 EST 
Yes, but it would be a big timesaver for importing existing projects after
creating a new workspace, especially if you could select multiple .project files
at a time and drag them in...
Comment 4 Tod Creasey CLA 2006-06-22 08:35:59 EDT 
There are currently no plans to work on this feature
Comment 5 Dani Megert CLA 2013-11-18 12:28:56 EST 
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