I've gotten org.eclipse.ui.navigator.CommonNavigator to work on my
workspace (backed by regular filesystem) following a couple of exmamples
online (http://www.cpuidle.de/blog/?attachment_id=50, link down as of
writing).
However I'm observing some quirks with this navigator; one of them is
regarding starting it with a blank workspace... note that the workspace is
blank in the sense that it's a purely blank folder without .metadata (this
should be the initial status when the rcp app start for the first time);
now the issue is that whatever change I did to the workspace is not
reflected in the navigator (while "Project Explorer" works because it's
not based on CommonNavigator). But once I shut down the app and restart
it, everything works fine. I've tried a couple of times and now I have
verified that as long as you have a .metadata folder created, all the
changes will be reflected in the navigator; even if the workspace contains
no projects at all(just a ".metadata" folder with data created
automatically).
Has anyone observed the same behavior? Or am I missing something?