[jdt-ui-dev] Experimental Feature: Compress package names in Packages vi

[Daniel_Megert@xxxxxxx]

The most significant information of a package name is on its right side and hence it is often not visible in the Packages view. We are therefore investigating how the usage of horizontal space could be improved in the Packages view and have released an experimental feature which allows to compress the package names in the Packages view: all parts except the most significant one are replaced by the first letter plus a '*', e.g.: org.eclipse.jdt.ui --> o*.e*.j*.ui

The feature can be activated once you have the current code (HEAD) in your Java UI plug-in by checking
Workspace -> Preferences -> Java -> Work In Progress -> Compress package names in Packages view

Comments and suggestions for improvement are welcome.

Dani