Bug 559212 - "Existing Projects into Workspace" import wizard has confusion description "Create new projects" (Project Explorer)
Summary: "Existing Projects into Workspace" import wizard has confusion description "C...
Status: NEW
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Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: UI (show other bugs)
Version: 4.14   Edit
Hardware: All Windows 8
: P3 normal (vote)
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Assignee: Platform-UI-Inbox CLA
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Reported: 2020-01-15 11:41 EST by Nobody - feel free to take it CLA
Modified: 2020-01-15 11:42 EST (History)
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Description Nobody - feel free to take it CLA 2020-01-15 11:41:41 EST 
Even though I first used Eclipse more than a decade ago, I still find it very confusing how to add a project to Eclipse.

There is probably a lot to do to help with this basic issue, but the "Existing Projects into Workspace" wizard which can be launched using "Import..."  (which can be invoked either from the Project Explorer view or from the File menu) certainly has an unhelpful description: "Create new projects from an archive file or directory."

At least 2 problems are obvious:
1. The interface is contradictory. The wizard's title says it deals with existing projects, but its description says it creates new projects. I ended up not using this wizard, but to the best of my understanding, I suppose the wizard creates a (new) *copy* of an *existing* project.
2. It is unclear how many projects will be added. The description uses the plural, but the "Working sets" area in the wizard's first step suggests it deals with a single project since the label "Add project to working sets" uses the singular.