Description Luca D\'Onofrio 2019-10-10 07:51:55 EDT

With the new Eclipse, I've noticed that the ProjectExplorer implements an EmptyWorkspaceHelper that provides a feedback to the user on "how to start".
That is a really nice feature, however, it breaks the extensibility of the ProjectExplorer.

My project had a DND associated to the ProjectExplorer View to allow users to Drag and Drop projects, thus the IDE will automatically import them:

   <extension
         point="org.eclipse.ui.navigator.navigatorContent">
      <navigatorContent
      		priority="high"
      		providesSaveables="false"
            activeByDefault="true"
            contentProvider="xxx.MyEmptyProvider"
            icon="my_icon.gif"
            id="xxx.projectDNDAssistant"
            labelProvider="xxx.MyEmptyLabelProvider"
            name="Project DND Importer Assistant">
            
         <triggerPoints/>
         <possibleChildren/>
         
         <dropAssistant
               id="xxx.dropAssistant"
               class="xxx.ProjectDNDImporter">
            <possibleDropTargets/>
         </dropAssistant>     
 		 
      </navigatorContent>
   </extension>

With current implementation of the ProjectExplorer, this listener is not called because of the EmptyWorkspaceHelper.

It would be helpful if the Helper inherits ProjectExplorer listener, or alternatively, if the EmptyWorkspaceHelper provides extension points for this (or similar) purpose.

Thanks, regards.
Luca