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20050330 On the installed JRE pref page, it should be possible to set all the source attachment and Javadoc locations at once as they are typically the same. I suggest to allow multiple selection. As it is a lot of work to expand all nodes and select all the 'source attachment' an idea could be to replace the 'edit' button with a 'source attachment' and a 'javadoc location' button that are enabled also on the entries (and support multiple selection)
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*** Bug 92804 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
In versions of Eclipse up to 3.1M5a, there used to be an input box for setting Javadoc URL for the installed JRE (Preferences/Java). In 3.1M6, this input box was removed. Why was it removed? It's important for many users to be able to associate local javadoc with an installed JRE. Please bring it back for the 3.1 release.
The field was removed to allow a different javadoc location to be set for individual jars in the JRE. The buildpath allowed it, but the JRE did not which caused an inconsistency and issues with persisting restoring. I agree we should have a way to set a "global" javadoc location for a JRE's archives, or a way to multi-select and set the value. This may not happen in 3.1 due to time constraints/priorities in remaining cycles. I'll re-open the bug such that it gets considered.
Note that you can select multiple "Javadoc location" nodes and edit them at once. However, I agree that the typical user needs too many clicks now.
Thanks Markus, I did not know that multi-selection worked. Somewhat of a workaround.
Work around will have to suffice for 3.1. Will re-address in 3.2.
I think this is a good 3.1.1 candidate. Currently the preference dialog isn't in synch either. See bug 102446.
Generally, we restrict incremental releases to critical bug fixes, rather than feature improvements/enhancments. Will consider for 3.2.
Created attachment 30727 [details] Removes Edit button, adds two new buttons This patch follows the suggestion in Comment #1, by removing the edit button, and replacing it with two new buttons which allow the editing of Javadoc location or Source Attachment location with regards to multiple library selection.
Created attachment 30728 [details] Removes Edit button, adds two new buttons This patch follows the suggestion in Comment #1, by removing the edit button, and replacing it with two new buttons which allow the editing of Javadoc location or Source Attachment location with regards to multiple library selection.
Assigning to Darin for review.
Created attachment 36675 [details] working patch recoded the patch, supports multi selection of all elements
Please verify Darin W
Applied patch with minor changes (NLS strings).
Verified.
