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Tools like Visual Studio code simply start without prompting the user to select a workspace. I personally like that and use code for simply editor functions due to that reason. I suggest that we also change our WS selection logic to the following: 1.) If no WS have been selected in the past, use a default one and start Eclipse 2.) If only one WS have been selected in the past, use this one and start Eclipse directly 3.) If several have been used in the past, present the user the option to select them 4.) If the preference "Always use this WS" is set, use this WS. WDYT?
It will improve user experiance a lot. "Why do I need to go through workspace selection and project creation to just open a file?" - is the very commmon concern regarding Eclipse.
+1 for that. However, I'm wondering whether this wouldn't make more sense in EPP. Is a change required in Platform to enable through a .product?
(In reply to Mickael Istria from comment #2) > +1 for that. > However, I'm wondering whether this wouldn't make more sense in EPP. Is a > change required in Platform to enable through a .product? Yes, the above logic is AFAIK not yet implemented.
I think just adding `-data @user.home/eclipse-workspace` to the program args in .product file would do the work.
(In reply to Mickael Istria from comment #4) > I think just adding `-data @user.home/eclipse-workspace` to the program args > in .product file would do the work. No, this will never show the ws dialog.
In theory should be OK, but if I remember right, we had this request/discussion already in bugzilla. Whoever will implement this: make sure this feature is configurable and can be disabled.
(In reply to Lars Vogel from comment #0) > Tools like Visual Studio code simply start without prompting the user to > select a workspace. I personally like that and use code for simply editor > functions due to that reason. > > I suggest that we also change our WS selection logic to the following: > 0.) use the one specified by -data > 1.) If no WS have been selected in the past, use a default one and start > Eclipse The problem will be to define what "default" means. Ask 3 Windows users and you get 3 different answers where they would expect the (default) workspace to be put.
