Eclipse Platform Build Notes
Workbench

Eclipse Integration Build 20020814

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API changes

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Known deficiencies

Problem reports fixed

Click here to see PRs which have been marked as RESOLVED, VERIFIED or CLOSED between 2002/08/13 and 2002/08/14.

 


Eclipse Platform Build Notes
Workbench

Eclipse Integration Build 20020814

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API changes

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Known deficiencies

Problem reports fixed

Click here to see PRs which have been marked as RESOLVED, VERIFIED or CLOSED between 2002/06/27 and 2002/08/13.

 


Eclipse Platform Build Notes
Workbench

Eclipse Integration Build 20020627

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Eclipse Platform Build Notes
Workbench

Eclipse Integration Build 20020626

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Eclipse Platform Build Notes
Workbench

Eclipse Integration Build 20020625

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20256 - Why switch to resource persp when opening Welcome editor?


Eclipse Platform Build Notes
Workbench

Eclipse Integration Build 20020624

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Known deficiencies

Problem reports fixed

18692 - [External Tools] Including XML files in ANT does not work an
20599 - [ExternalTools] F3 behaves differently than F2 with variable
20635 - [External Tools] Unable to run Ant build-files which include
20796 - org.eclipse.ui still has icons\basic directory


Eclipse Platform Build Notes
Workbench

Eclipse Integration Build 20020621

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Known deficiencies

Problem reports fixed

1938 - [JFace] ICellModifier.modify() is passed Item, not element (
9082 - Debug action set contributed items not "filled"; accerlerato
18469 - Welcome text for workbench should link to Welcome... dialog
18470 - Welcome dialog list should be multi-select
19267 - Types view show types of wrong package
20088 - Placement of "Reset Toolbar Layout"
20336 - [External Tools] Need variable to identify build kind
20403 - [External Tool Builders - names truncated
20404 - [External Tools] NPE in External Tool Builders property page
20405 - Stack overflow
20471 - WWinKeyBindingService property listener using == instead of
20600 - TVT2:'About...' page:garbled char in "System info" page
20609 - External Tools: NPE if target has no name
20617 - Missing help context IDs for Keyboard Shortcuts actions
20625 - 'Save all' not always enabled appropriately
20720 - TVT2: Wrong F1 help contents


Eclipse Platform Build Notes
Workbench

Eclipse Integration Build 20020619

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Known deficiencies

Problem reports fixed

12752 - Delete action factories
14046 - Make drag and drop adapters public
15950 - Doc: editorActions doc doesn't adequately describe meaning o
17477 - Coolbar doesn't wrap to multiple lines
17722 - Creating TaskList is slow
18047 - Internal Error copying a file in the navigator.
18481 - TVT: corrupt quote character in new plugin wizard
18682 - [External Tools] "tool's file does not exist"/"could not fin
19106 - Unable to restore MRU list message sent to log
19935 - Leaking jface.text.source.CompositeRuler$CompositeRulerCanva
20065 - About Features dialog displays plugin name, not Feature name
20073 - TVT2:Preference-perspective panel: buttons Delete and Reset
20084 - AssertionFailed in WelcomeEditor.dispose()
20093 - Double entries on Java project properties
20162 - edit menu entries show up 3 times
20166 - NPE in ClassFileEditorActionContributor while restoring work
20178 - Lack of a product welcome.xml specification breaks Welcome..
20193 - NPE after importing Editor page preferences
20245 - line numbering does not obey regional settings
20266 - Pin button looks pressed.
20347 - IllegalArgumentException pressing Ctrl+F6
20380 - Single click mode does not give focus to editor
20505 - Multiple hover threads are running.
20506 - TVT2: possible problems with keys in UI
20542 - [External Tools] Need to pull out support for external tool


Eclipse Platform Build Notes
Workbench

Eclipse Integration Build 20020612

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Known deficiencies

Problem reports fixed

10025 - Resizing views should not use height ratios
10774 - Shortcut for deleting current line
13367 - Ctrl+Up and Ctrl+Down don't match emacs behaviour
16907 - Moving or copying a file to a different folder containing a
16962 - Fastview thumbtack Icon/pressed state confusing
17071 - Emacs: Ctrl+Z should Scroll Up
17086 - Emacs: problems with mark
17342 - R1.0 workspace: Task view settings lost
17429 - Ctrl+X U in emacs is UNDO.
18232 - Performance: Replace All very slow
18525 - Calls to IWorkbenchPart.dispose() should be wrapped in an IS
18579 - Selection event not fired
18597 - Missing a seperator in the Run menu
18692 - [External Tools] Including XML files in ANT does not work an
18732 - Tooltip wrong on start up for label retarget toolitem from a
18821 - Warning should be thrown if an Ant classpath entry does not
19150 - Leaking RetargetAction and LabelRetargetAction etc on editor
19267 - Types view show types of wrong package
19302 - DefaultEncodingSupport#initialize() should take ITextEditor
19321 - Need help context IDs everywhere
19372 - Dropping folder into a container with a folder of the same n
19415 - Emacs: File->New->Other accelerator not cleared
19426 - Editor name in tab changes
19490 - Emacs: Keybindings not getting Alt+R
19672 - MSWord in-place loses scroll bars
19707 - Duplicate CoolBar Contribution Items
19742 - System info does not indicate 4th version number field
19753 - [external tools] *_loc are limited by leading slash
19832 - Editor switcher should use Ctrl+E
19842 - Ctrl+D is associated with 2 action in emacs.
19848 - Action multiple set contributions lost when one action set r
19872 - Go to Line should use ".." instead of "..."
19900 - Emacs: Alt+< bindings


Eclipse Platform Build Notes
Workbench

Eclipse Integration Build 20020611

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API changes

API additions

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Known deficiencies

Problem reports fixed

2229 - Usability: Progress Dialog on Save is distracting (1GEAR0D)
11731 - Modal dialog does not appear
16180 - Why is the Ant graphic used for external tools
16639 - Ant Preference Page need mnemonics
17024 - Emacs key bindings for find actions are non-standard
18372 - get rid of all fragment.properties in UI fragments
18393 - Persistent hover help
18407 - Run External - Command variables not working?
18499 - [External Tools] Locations with spaces cause some tools to f
18630 - Name in task tray does not include perspective
18668 - Deprecated RuleBasedPartitioner is broken
18682 - [External Tools] "tool's file does not exist"
18734 - Problem with new preference import feature
18738 - Typo in preference import: "Preferences importeded..."
18754 - System info plugin registry information contains extra tabs
18819 -  About dialog does not close after showing system info
18919 - Out of handles when closing project
19101 - View tab contains title text
19152 - Import and Export on Preference page causes numerous mnemoni
19165 - Poor hit-testing during DND in Navigator View
19191 - NPE in EditorManager when closing workbench
19204 - Missing mnemonics for Workbench preference page
19206 - Editor is "Revert"-ed when pressing apply in Workbench->edit
19223 - Label in upper case instead of lower for Workbench > Decorat
19295 - System Summary format hard to read for change log
19340 - Export preferences overwrites files without warning
19343 - Export preferences doesn't append file extension
19358 - NPE in WorkbenchPage.busyResetPerspective
19368 - Task View: Autofix caused bad dialog
19511 - NPE zooming on stale editor
19517 - External tool uses focused resource instead of selected reso
19555 - ConcurrentModificationException in AbstractMarkerAnnotationM
19612 - F2- NullPointer using Find/Replace dialog
19786 - multiple status items when opening editors
19790 - "Lock the ToolBars" option uses capital "B"
19798 - When all perspectives are closed, we should exclude the "- "


Eclipse Platform Build Notes
Workbench

Eclipse Integration Build 20020608

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Known deficiencies

Problem reports fixed

16666 - NullPointerException in preferences dialog with hover-select
16780 - New file wizard doesn't give focus to 'File name' field
18641 - IllegalArg exception while deleting projects/closing editors
18725 - Create name field does not have focus in new project wizard
18748 - External Tools Configuration dialog Details field is too sho
18774 - External tools NPE
18899 - Error activating view/walkback log
18925 - Editor coolbar contributions not disabled
18929 - Switching view to fast view leaves a "zumbi" view around
19207 - [External Tools] Shell script cannot be cancelled and can ha
19238 - Widget is disposed and null pointer exceptions changing pers
19337 - Group box labels should use consistent capitalization
19498 - Severe: workbench crash after deleting project with open edi
19516 - Wrong file separator for External Tools Variables
19540 - XMLMemento.createReadRoot can return null


Eclipse Platform Build Notes
Workbench

Eclipse Integration Build 20020607

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Known deficiencies

Problem reports fixed

Bug 16944 need default hpux fonts to be defined
Bug 18654 NPE in GotoActionGroup
Bug 18714 Dialog opens up off the screen
Bug 18717 NullPointerException in ApplicationWindow when no menubar added
Bug 19247 StringFieldEditor: width != UNLIMITED is ignored
Bug 19300 ObjectContributions call toString()


Eclipse Platform Build Notes
Workbench

Eclipse Integration Build 20020601

What's new in this drop

API changes

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Known deficiencies

Problem reports fixed

Click here to see PRs which have been marked as RESOLVED, VERIFIED or CLOSED between 2002/05/30 and 2002/06/01.


Eclipse Platform Build Notes
Workbench

Eclipse Integration Build 20020530

What's new in this drop

API changes

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Known deficiencies

Problem reports fixed

Click here to see PRs which have been marked as RESOLVED, VERIFIED or CLOSED between 2002/05/29 and 2002/05/30.


Eclipse Platform Build Notes
Workbench

Eclipse Integration Build 20020529

What's new in this drop

API changes

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Known deficiencies

Problem reports fixed

Click here to see PRs which have been marked as RESOLVED, VERIFIED or CLOSED between 2002/05/17 and 2002/05/29.


Eclipse Platform Build Notes
Workbench

Eclipse Integration Build 20020517

What's new in this drop

API changes

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Known deficiencies

Problem reports fixed

Click here to see PRs which have been marked as RESOLVED, VERIFIED or CLOSED between 2002/05/13 and 2002/05/17.


Eclipse Platform Build Notes
Workbench

Eclipse Integration Build 20020513

What's new in this drop

API changes

API additions

icon - new attribute to workingSet element of org.eclipse.ui.workingSets extension point. The image specified here will be used in the working set type list on the first page of the working set creation wizard. It will also be used in the working set selection dialog to indicate the type of existing working sets.

- Added new global action: Add Task (under Edit menu). Added IWorkbenchActionConstants.ADD_TASK

Other highlights

In order to improve startup time, editors are being lazily created. The API IWorkbenchPage.getEditors() was deprecated and the APIs getEditorReferences(), getDirtyEditors (convenience API) and findEditor(input) were added to IWorkbenchPage. To keep backward compatibility, getEditors() was changed to initialize/instanciate all editors before returning them. So getEditors() should be avoided otherwise the first caller will pay the time saved from the startup.

The API IWorkbenchPage.getViews() was deprecated as well. The intention is to lazy create views so that views hidden on a tab folder are not going to be instanciated until they are made visible. The API getViewReferences was added to IWorkbenchPage but the implementation has not changed yet.

Known deficiencies

Problem reports fixed

Click here to see PRs which have been marked as RESOLVED, VERIFIED or CLOSED between 2002/05/07 and 2002/05/13.


Eclipse Platform Build Notes
Workbench

Eclipse Integration Build 20020507

What's new in this drop

API changes

API additions

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Known deficiencies

Problem reports fixed

Click here to see PRs which have been marked as RESOLVED, VERIFIED or CLOSED between 2002/04/30 and 2002/05/07.


Eclipse Platform Build Notes
Workbench

Eclipse Integration Build 20020430

What's new in this drop

API changes

IWorkbenchPage.addPropertyChangeListener/removePropertyChangeListener - Deprecated methods. Views should register a property change listener with the IWorkingSetManager to receive notification when a working set is removed.

IWorkbenchPage.getWorkingSet - Deprecated method. Working sets are now view specific and are no longer stored in the page. If your view uses a working set it should provide means to select a working set.

IWorkingSet.CHANGE_WORKING_SET_CONTENT_CHANGE/CHANGE_WORKING_SET_NAME_CHANGE - Deprecated constants. Use the constants in IWorkingSetManager instead.

IWorkingSet.addPropertyChangeListener/removePropertyChangeListener - Deprecated methods. Use IWorkingSetManager.addPropertyChangeListener/removePropertyChangeListener instead to receive notification when a working set has changed.
 

API additions

org.eclipse.ui.views.framelist - has been promoted to API from org.eclipse.ui.views.internal.framelist.
org.eclipse.ui.views.internal.framelist has been deleted.

org.eclipse.ui.XMLMemento - has been promoted to API from org.eclipse.ui.internal. Internal implementation has been deleted.

IWorkingSetManager.addRecentWorkingSet/getRecentWorkingSets - Provides access to the most recently used working set list. The MRU list is a global list of working sets that have recently been selected by the user. It is the responsibility of the working set selection UI to add the selected working set using the addRecentWorkingSet API.

IResourceNavigatorPart.getWorkingSet/setWorkingSet - Used to access the resource navigator view working set.

Other highlights

Working sets have been changed from being set in a workbench page to being view specific. A working set for the resource navigator view may be selected in the view's filter dialog.

Added a preference for Text File Encoding (on the Work In Progress preference page). Any clients, such as text editors and builders, which read text files from the workspace should use the workspace encoding preference. This preference is actually stored in the preferences for org.eclipse.core.resources, rather than org.eclipse.ui, so that builders and other headless clients can access it. See PREF_ENCODING and getEncoding() in org.eclipse.core.resources.ResourcesPlugin.

The following is one recommended way of reading text files:
IFile file = ...;
InputStreamReader reader = null;
try {
 reader = new InputStreamReader(file.getContents(), ResourcesPlugin.getEncoding());
 // use the reader
}
catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
 // The encoding preference is not supported.
 // Handle it here.
}
catch (IOException e) {
 // Some other IO exception has occurred.
 // Handle it here.
}
finally {
 if (reader != null) {
  try {
   reader.close();
  }
  catch (IOException e) {
   // ignore
  }
 }
}

Known deficiencies

Problem reports fixed

Click here to see PRs which have been marked as RESOLVED, VERIFIED or CLOSED between 2002/04/23 and 2002/04/30.


Eclipse Platform Build Notes
Workbench

Eclipse Integration Build 20020423

What's new in this drop

API changes

API additions

fastViewWidthRatio - new optional attribute to view element of org.eclipse.ui.views extension point. This attribute can be used to specify the width of views (as a percentage of the width of the workbench) when they appear as fast views. If it is not specified, a default width ratio will be used.

relationship - attribute to view element of org.eclipse.ui.perspectiveExtensions extension point may now have a value of "fast", indicating the contributed view is a fast view.

ratio - attribute to view element of org.eclipse.ui.perspectiveExtensions extension point may now be used to specify the width ratio of the views contributed as fast views.

visible - new optional attribute to view element of org.eclipse.ui.perspectiveExtensions extension point. This attribute should have a value of either "true" or "false". If the value of this attribute is "false", the view will not appear immediately upon perspective opening. If it is not specified, contributed views will be visible by default.

Other highlights

Known deficiencies

Problem reports fixed

Click here to see PRs which have been marked as RESOLVED, VERIFIED or CLOSED between 2002/04/18 and 2002/04/23.


Eclipse Platform Build Notes
Workbench

Eclipse Integration Build 20020418

What's new in this drop

API changes

API additions

ElementListSelectionDialog, MultiElementListSelectionDialog, TwoPaneElementSelector, ElementTreeSelectionDialog, CheckedTreeSelectionDialog, SelectionStatusDialog, AbstractElementListSelectionDialog, and FilteredList
- In org.eclipse.ui.dialogs, several selection dialog classes have been pushed down from JDT.
For more details, see bug 10852 (http://dev.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=10852).

Other highlights

Known deficiencies

Problem reports fixed

Click here to see PRs which have been marked as RESOLVED, VERIFIED or CLOSED between 2002/04/11 and 2002/04/18.


Eclipse Platform Build Notes
Workbench

Eclipse Integration Build 20020411

What's new in this drop

API changes

API additions

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Known deficiencies

Problem reports fixed

Click here to see PRs which have been marked as RESOLVED, VERIFIED or CLOSED between 2002/04/09 and 2002/04/11.


Eclipse Platform Build Notes
Workbench

Eclipse Integration Build 20020409

What's new in this drop

API changes

ICapabilityWizard - this experimental interface is deprecated and will be removed prior to M6. Use ICapabilityInstallWizard instead.

ResourceNavigator.setLabelDecorator() - This experimental and deprecated method has been removed. Callers should use the decoration extension point instead.

org.eclipse.ui.views.internal.framelist - all types in this package have been deprecated and will be removed prior to M6.

Single Click - The API addOpenListener(IOpenListener listener) was added to StructuredViewer. The listeners will be notified of open events which dependent on the user preference (default is double-click). Views that are implemented on top of SWT (not JFace) can use the classes OpenStrategy and IOpenEventListener. Views like the Navigator should change the code that listen for DoubleClickEvent to listen for OpenEvent instead/as well. E.g. Navigator opens editors on open event but expands trees on double click.

IWorkbenchPage.isEditorPinned(IEditorPart) - added back the tool bar button to pin editors. And added the API isEditorPinned(IEditorPart editor) to IWorkbenchPage. Any kind of editor managment code must use isEditorPinned.

API additions

ICapabilityInstallWizard and ICapabilityUninstallWizard - capability now support both an install and uninstall wizard. See the documentation for the capabilities extension point for more details

org.eclipse.ui.views.framelist - contains all the types previously contained in org.eclipse.ui.views.internal.framelist package

IWorkbenchActionConstants - New constants for the new menus, global actions and groups (see Menu Reorganization below)

IWindowListener - support listeners for window lifecycle events

IWorkbench.addWindowListener(IWindowListener) and IWorkbench.removeWindowListener(IWindowListener) - support listeners for window lifecycle events

OpenInNewWindowAction - The action was made public so that views such as Navigator can have the "Open In New Window" option.

Other highlights

Retarget Actions in Action Sets - The action set extension point now supports the retarget and allowLabelUpdate attributes. The readme example has been modified to demonstrate the use of these attributes. Parts can supply handlers for these actions using the standard API on their site. As with global actions, the enablement is determined by the handler.

Menu Reorganization - There has been a major reorganization of the Workbench menus. The overall intent of the change is to provide all actions on the main menus, reserving the context menus for frequently used actions. This is the recommended direction for the Workbench and other plugins.

The File menu has new items for Revert (used by editors), Refresh (used by the Navigator and similar views), and Properties (used by the Navigator and Task List).

The Edit menu has new items for Move and Rename.

The Perspective menu has been removed.  The perspective actions have been moved to the Window menu and renamed.

The Workbench menu has been replaced by the Project menu, and has new actions for opening, closing, and building individual projects.

There is a new menu, Navigate, which contains Go Into and the Go To submenu, used by the Navigator and similar views (e.g. the Packages view in JDT UI). It also has reserved groups for Open On... and Show in... items, although the Workbench itself does not add any actions to these groups. See the JDT UI plugin for a good example of how these should be used.

All the new actions are provided as retargetable global actions. There are no default implementations of these actions provided by the Workbench proper (the standard views and editors provide handlers though). Use IActionBars.setGlobalActionHandler to hook handlers in views and editors.

Note that this approach may still change between now and M6 for the more resource-oriented actions. We are considering providing these as a separate action set, however this would require changing any existing perspectives which want these actions available.  The additions to the File and Edit menus will likely remain as retargetable global actions.

groupMarker - was added to ActionSets menus allowing menus to have a marker without a visible separator.

Known deficiencies

- Contributions from other plugins, via action sets or editor action contributions, to the old menus (Perspective and Workbench) are lost. We are planning on adding support to forward such contributions to the new menus (Window and Project).

Problem reports fixed

Click here to see PRs which have been marked as RESOLVED, VERIFIED or CLOSED between 2002/04/02 and 2002/04/09.


Eclipse Platform Build Notes
Workbench

Eclipse Integration Build 20020402

What's new in this drop

API changes

- ActionFactory and subclasses deprecated in org.eclipse.ui.views.navigator.  These will be deleted in M6.
- Changed ResourceNavigator to use ActionGroups instead of ActionFactories.

API additions

ICombinedLabelDecorator and ICombinedLabelProvider
- It is now possible to decorate both the text and the image for an element in the same method call. ICombinedLabelDecorator  is a subclass of ILabelDecorator and specifies a method decorateLabel(Object, CombinedLabel). A CombinedLabel is a type that contains a text and an image for decoration. ICombinedLabelProvider extends ILabelProvider and implements a method getCombinedLabel(Object). The DecoratorManager now handles both the ILabelDecorator and ICombinedLabelDecorator.

ActionGroup and ActionContext in org.eclipse.ui.actions

RadioGroupFieldEditor
- Added constructor to RadioGroupFieldEditor to specify whether a Group control should be used (false by default for backwards compatibility). Preference pages are encouraged to use Group controls for groups of related radio buttons or toggle buttons, since they provide more context to accessibility aids like JAWS.

Other highlights

LabelProviderChangedEvent
It is now possible to create a LabelProviderChangedEvent with multiple elements rather than sending an seperate event for each change. The StructuredViewer now updates based on an array of elements. The previous API has not changed, now LabelProviderChangedEvent .getElement() returns the first element in the elements of the event.

Known deficiencies

Problem reports fixed

Click here to see PRs which have been marked as RESOLVED, VERIFIED or CLOSED between 2002/03/28 and 2002/04/02.


Eclipse Platform Build Notes
Workbench

Eclipse Integration Build 20020328

What's new in this drop

API changes

API additions

Other highlights

Known deficiencies

Problem reports fixed

Click here to see PRs which have been marked as RESOLVED, VERIFIED or CLOSED between 2002/03/26 and 2002/03/28.


Eclipse Platform Build Notes
Workbench

Eclipse Integration Build 20020326

What's new in this drop

API changes

API additions

AbstractTreeViewer
A new method has been added to AbstractTreeViewer. AbstractTreeViewer.getVisibleExpandedElements() will only return the expanded elements that are currently visible to the user. This is meant as a possible alternative to getExpandedElements() which returns all expanded elements whether they are currently visible or not. getVisibleExpandedElements()  is now being used by the ResourceNavigator to determine the expansions to be stored in the Momento. This could be of use for the PackagesView as well.

Other highlights

Deleted Editors
Editors deleted via the Workbench>File Editors preference page will now be remembered after workbench shutdown.
Note that only the editor should be deleted. If the file type is deleted, the file type and editor will reappear the next time the workbench is started.

Known deficiencies

Problem reports fixed

Click here to see PRs which have been marked as RESOLVED, VERIFIED or CLOSED between 2002/03/21 and 2002/03/26.


Eclipse Platform Build Notes
Workbench

Eclipse Integration Build 20020321

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API changes

API additions

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Project Capabilities

Plug-ins developing capabilities will want to turn on the option in the workbench preference to enable the use of the configurable new project wizard.

Known deficiencies

Problem reports fixed

Click here to see PRs which have been marked as RESOLVED, VERIFIED or CLOSED between 2002/03/18 and 2002/03/21.


Eclipse Platform Build Notes
Workbench

Eclipse Integration Build 20020318

What's new in this drop

API changes

IWorkbenchPartSite.getDecoratorManager()
- As the DecoratorManager has proven to be required for more than just IWorkbenchPartSites we have moved getDecoratorManager() to IWorkbench and deprecated the getDecoratorManager() in IWorkbenchPartSite. The one in IWorkbenchPartSite will be removed after the other Eclipse components have had a chance to switch to the new API.

BasicNewProjectResourceWizard, WizardNewProjectCreationPage, WizardNewProjectReferencePage, and NewProjectAction
- These classes have been deprecated. Multiple project type creation wizards are no longer recommended. The workbench provides one wizard to the user to create a project resource. Plug-ins should now use the org.eclipse.ui.capabilities extension point. See also CreateProjectAction if the plug-in needs to launch the new project wizard.

org.eclipse.ui.projectNatureImages
- this extension point is no longer applicable with the new project capability feature

org.eclipse.ui.newWizards attributes "project" and "final perspective"
- these attributes are no longer applicable with the new project capability feature

API additions

IWorkbench.getDecoratorManager()

RetargetAction and LabelRetargetAction
- See notes on Editor Action Contributions below

org.eclipse.ui.actionSetPartAssociations
- new extension point, see Action Set - Part Associations below

CreateProjectAction
- action to launch new project creation wizard with option to add capabilities

org.eclipse.ui.capabilities
- new extension point to add capabilities to a new/existing project. See the documentation on this extension point and also the e-mail sent to the dev-ui mailing list with further instructions on how to migrate.

ICapabilityWizard
- new interface for wizards that add a capability to a new/existing project.

Other highlights

Editor Action Contributions

Editor contributions remain visible but disabled when the editor is the "last active editor" but is not the active part. This is now true for menubar and toolbar contributions (in 1.0 it only applied to toolbar contributions).

There is however an exception to this. The classes RetargetAction and LabelRetargetAction have been moved to the API package org.eclipse.ui.actions. These classes implement the "Global Action" behavior in the workbench. An editor action contributor may  contribute one of these actions (and supply an action handler for it). If an active view supplies a handler for the action, the action will be enabled.

The readme example has been modified to demostrate this behavior. The editor contributes global actions and the content outline supplies a handler for these actions.

Action Set - Part Associations

An org.eclipse.ui.actionSetPartAssociations extension point has been added to associate action sets with particular views and editors. In the case of an editor, the action set will remain visible while the editor is the current editor. In the case of a view, the action set will be visible when the view is the active part.

The user may override these associations using the customize perspective dialog. Regardless of these associations, action sets which the user turns off will never appear and action sets which the user turns on will always be visible.

If an older workspace is used with this drop, perspectives should be closed then reopend in order to get the correct behavior.

Marker Help and Resolutions

Doc has been added for the org.eclipse.ui.markerResolutions and org.eclipse.ui.markerHelp extension points.

Project Capabilities

Support is now available for plug-in to provide capabilities to projects. The workbench provides one wizard now to create a new project. Users can then add/remove capabilities to a new/existing project. See the documentation for the org.eclipse.ui.capabilities extension point. And the e-mail in dev-ui mailing list for further instructions on how to migrate.

Known deficiencies

Problem reports fixed

Click here to see PRs which have been marked as RESOLVED, VERIFIED or CLOSED between 2002/03/12 and 2002/03/18.


Eclipse Platform Build Notes
Workbench

Eclipse Integration Build 20020312

What's new in this drop

API changes

API additions

Other highlights

D&D and Fast Views
Added drag and drop support for fast view buttons. Dragging a file over a fast view button will activate the fast view. Dragging a file back over the shortcut bar will reactivate the previously activate view.

Task View
Added a properties dialog for task creation, and for viewing or editing task properties. This also addresses the accessibility issues with task editing.

Known deficiencies

Problem reports fixed

Click here to see PRs which have been marked as RESOLVED, VERIFIED or CLOSED between 2002/03/07 and 2002/03/12.


Eclipse Platform Build Notes
Workbench

Eclipse Integration Build 20020307

What's new in this drop

API changes

IContextComputer, DialogPageContextComputer, and ViewContextComputer
These classes have been deprecated. See "Help Framework" below for more details

IWorkbench
    public IWorkbenchPage clonePage(IWorkbenchPage page);
    public IWorkbenchPage openPage(IAdaptable input);
    public IWorkbenchPage openPage(String perspId, IAdaptable input, int keyState);
IWorkbenchPreferenceConstants
    public static final String OPEN_NEW_PERSPECTIVE;
    public static final String ALTERNATE_OPEN_NEW_PERSPECTIVE;
    public static final String SHIFT_OPEN_NEW_PERSPECTIVE;
    public static final String PROJECT_OPEN_NEW_PERSPECTIVE;
    public static final String OPEN_PERSPECTIVE_WINDOW;
    public static final String OPEN_PERSPECTIVE_PAGE;
    public static final String OPEN_PERSPECTIVE_REPLACE;
    public static final String NO_NEW_PERSPECTIVE;
OpenNewPageMenu, OpenNewWindowMenu, and OpenPerspectiveMenu
These IWorkbench methods, IWorkbenchPreferenceConstants constants, and 3 classes have all been deprecated. Clients should use the new showPerspective methods on IWorkbench. See the ui mailing list for a more details about this new API and how clients are expected to use them.

API additions

IMemento
    public String getTextData()
    public void putTextData(String)
This new API is to allow clients to save text containing tabs, spaces, newline, etc characters without these characters being changed. See problem report #4378.

ISelectionService
    public void addSelectionListener(String partId, ISelectionListener listener);
    public void removeSelectionListener(String partId, ISelectionListener listener);
    public ISelection getSelection(String partId);
This new API allows client to track selection on a specific part. See problem report #2668

IWorkbench
    public IWorkbenchPage showPerspective(String perspectiveId, IWorkbenchWindow window, IAdaptable input);
    public IWorkbenchPage showPerspective(String perspectiveId, IWorkbenchWindow window);
This new API is to support a more consistent and predictable opening of perspective for the user. See the ui mailing list for a more details about this new API and how clients are expected to use them.

Other highlights

Help framework
The API of WorkbenchHelp has been updated to reflect changes to the API of the help support system. Specifically, nested contexts are no longer supported. Thus the WorkbenchHelp API now only accepts a single help context id (the old API is deprecated and in the case of an array of contexts only the first element is used).

The types IContextComputer, DialogPageContextComputer, and ViewContextComputer have been deprecated. Clients who wish to dynamically compute a help context should hook their own help listener then call WorkbenchHelp.displayHelp with a context id or IContext.

Marker resolution
The org.eclipse.ui.markerResolution extension point has been modified to accept an IMarkerResolutionGenerator. The generator is passed a marker and may return 0..n resolutions for the marker. It is important that the generator be targetted as specifically as possible in the xml in order to avoid unneeded plug-in loading. Full documentation of this extension point and org.eclipse.ui.markerHelp should be available shortly. See the readme example for a demostation or thier use.
 

Known deficiencies

Problem reports fixed

Click here to see PRs which have been marked as RESOLVED, VERIFIED or CLOSED between 2002/03/05 and 2002/03/07.


Eclipse Platform Build Notes
Workbench

Eclipse Integration Build 20020305

What's new in this drop

API changes

IContextComputer, DialogPageContextComputer, and ViewContextComputer
These classes have been deprecated. See "Help Framework" below for more details

IWorkbench
    public IWorkbenchPage clonePage(IWorkbenchPage page);
    public IWorkbenchPage openPage(IAdaptable input);
    public IWorkbenchPage openPage(String perspId, IAdaptable input, int keyState);
IWorkbenchPreferenceConstants
    public static final String OPEN_NEW_PERSPECTIVE;
    public static final String ALTERNATE_OPEN_NEW_PERSPECTIVE;
    public static final String SHIFT_OPEN_NEW_PERSPECTIVE;
    public static final String PROJECT_OPEN_NEW_PERSPECTIVE;
    public static final String OPEN_PERSPECTIVE_WINDOW;
    public static final String OPEN_PERSPECTIVE_PAGE;
    public static final String OPEN_PERSPECTIVE_REPLACE;
    public static final String NO_NEW_PERSPECTIVE;
OpenNewPageMenu, OpenNewWindowMenu, and OpenPerspectiveMenu
These IWorkbench methods, IWorkbenchPreferenceConstants constants, and 3 classes have all been deprecated. Clients should use the new showPerspective methods on IWorkbench. See the ui mailing list for a more details about this new API and how clients are expected to use them.

API additions

IMemento
    public String getTextData()
    public void putTextData(String)
This new API is to allow clients to save text containing tabs, spaces, newline, etc characters without these characters being changed. See problem report #4378.

ISelectionService
    public void addSelectionListener(String partId, ISelectionListener listener);
    public void removeSelectionListener(String partId, ISelectionListener listener);
    public ISelection getSelection(String partId);
This new API allows client to track selection on a specific part. See problem report #2668

IWorkbench
    public IWorkbenchPage showPerspective(String perspectiveId, IWorkbenchWindow window, IAdaptable input);
    public IWorkbenchPage showPerspective(String perspectiveId, IWorkbenchWindow window);
This new API is to support a more consistent and predictable opening of perspective for the user. See the ui mailing list for a more details about this new API and how clients are expected to use them.

Other highlights

Help framework
The API of WorkbenchHelp has been updated to reflect changes to the API of the help support system. Specifically, nested contexts are no longer supported. Thus the WorkbenchHelp API now only accepts a single help context id (the old API is deprecated and in the case of an array of contexts only the first element is used).

The types IContextComputer, DialogPageContextComputer, and ViewContextComputer have been deprecated. Clients who wish to dynamically compute a help context should hook their own help listener then call WorkbenchHelp.displayHelp with a context id or IContext.

Marker resolution
The org.eclipse.ui.markerResolution extension point has been modified to accept an IMarkerResolutionGenerator. The generator is passed a marker and may return 0..n resolutions for the marker. It is important that the generator be targetted as specifically as possible in the xml in order to avoid unneeded plug-in loading. Full documentation of this extension point and org.eclipse.ui.markerHelp should be available shortly. See the readme example for a demostation or thier use.
 

Known deficiencies

Save All action remains disabled when there are known editors that need saving.

Problem reports fixed

Click here to see PRs which have been marked as RESOLVED, VERIFIED or CLOSED between 2002/02/12 and 2002/03/05.


Eclipse Platform Build Notes
Workbench

Eclipse Integration Build 20020212

What's new in this drop

Clipboard copy support
Copy in the navigator is now implemented as a clipboard based action.
Project, Folder and File copy is accomplished by:
1) Selecting the resources to copy
2) Invoking the Copy menu action (or pressing Ctrl-C)
3) Selecting the destination
4) Invoking the Paste menu action (or pressing Ctrl-V)

Resources can also be copied to and "imported" from the file system (ex. MS File Explorer) in this manner.

API changes

API additions

Other highlights

Known deficiencies

Problem reports fixed

Click here to see PRs which have been marked as RESOLVED, VERIFIED or CLOSED between 2002/02/05 and 2002/02/12.


Eclipse Platform Build Notes
Workbench

Eclipse Integration Build 20020205

What's new in this drop

Detached/Floating Views Disabled
In this build, all support for views in detached/floating windows has been disabled. When restoring the workbench state that includes views as detached windows, these views will be ignored and will need to be manually opened again by the user using Perspective > Show View sub-menu. Drag and drop of a view to a detached window is also disabled.
Import/Export Wizard Pages
The import and export pages have an out-of-date and up-to-date version. In order to remove confusion about these, the following classes have been deprecated:

WizardExportPage
WizardFileSystemExportPage1
WizardZipFileExportPage1

WizardImportPage
WizardFileSystemImportPage1
WizardZipFileImportPage1

The up-to-date supported versions of these classes are

WizardExportResourcesPage
WizardFileSystemResourceExportPage1
WizardZipFileResourceExportPage1

WizardResourceImportPage
WizardFileSystemResourceImportPage1
WizardZipFileResourceImportPage1

API changes

API additions

Other highlights

Known deficiencies

Problem reports fixed

Click here to see PRs which have been marked as RESOLVED, VERIFIED or CLOSED between 2002/01/22 and 2002/01/29.


Eclipse Platform Build Notes
Workbench

Eclipse Integration Build 20020129

What's new in this drop

API changes

- Deprecated CheckboxTableViewer(Composite) and CheckboxTableViewer(Composite, int) -- use newCheckList or CheckboxTableViewer(Table) instead

API additions

- Added CheckboxTableViewer.newCheckList(Composite, int)

Other highlights

Known deficiencies

Problem reports fixed

Click here to see PRs which have been marked as RESOLVED, VERIFIED or CLOSED between 2002/01/22 and 2002/02/05.


Eclipse Platform Build Notes
Workbench

Eclipse Integration Build 20020122

What's new in this drop

- Added patch by Cagatay Kavukcuoglu <cagatayk@acm.org> for Task List filtering by same project.

API changes

API additions

Other highlights

Known deficiencies

Problem reports fixed

Click here to see PRs which have been marked as RESOLVED, VERIFIED or CLOSED between 2002/01/15 and 2002/01/22.


Eclipse Platform Build Notes
Workbench

Eclipse Integration Build 20020115

What's new in this drop

Marker F1 Help - Experimental
This drop contains preliminary work for marker F1 help and resolutions.
Two new extension points have been added:
- org.eclipse.ui.markerHelp
- org.eclipse.ui.markerResolution
These extension points target specific kinds of markers using a marker type and attributes

The marker help registry is available from the Workbench.

The task list has been modified to show the F1 help for its selected marker and an "Autofix..." menu item has
been added to its context menu to display the resolutions registered for the marker.

The readme example has been modified to demonstrate these extension points.
Use the editor context "Add" menu to add markers for which F1 help and resolutions have been registered.

NOTE: Any of this API and implementation is subject to change. More extensive documentation will follow once
the API has stabilzed.

API changes

API additions

Other highlights

Known deficiencies

Problem reports fixed

Click here to see PRs which have been marked as RESOLVED, VERIFIED or CLOSED between 2002/01/08 and 2002/01/15.


Eclipse Platform Build Notes
Workbench

Eclipse Integration Build 20020108

What's new in this drop

Changes to plugin action support

There have been two changes to plugin action support in the workbench.   The xml grammar for action enablement and visibility has been extended.  In addition, the IStructuredSelection limitations for plugin action enablement have been removed.  Now, the workbench can enable actions which work with non-IStructuredSelection objects.

Action Enablement

In version 1 of Eclipse the enablement and visibility of window, view, editor and popup menu action extensions was defined using a limited set of elements in xml.  The existing tags cannot adequately describe the conditions when an action should be enabled or visible.  To resolve these issues, the following approach has been implemented:

- a refreshPluginActions() has been added to AbstractUIPlugin. The AbtractUIPlugin.startup method will call this to trigger the creation of the action delegates for the plugin.
- a new enablement element has been added to the action markup for action sets, views, editors, and popup menus.  This can be used to define the enablement criteria for any action, and is a sub element of the action element.
- a new visibility element has been added to popup menu extension action markup.  This can be used to define the visibility criteria for the action, and is a sub element of the object contribution element.

The new xml extends the existing markup, and do not replace it.

The xml format for visibility and enablement criteria is defined in actionExpressions.html, in the org.eclipse.ui doc directory.  This doc is referenced from the popup menu, view, editor, and action set documents.

IStructuredSelection Limitations

In the past, the workbench plugin action enablement code could only handle IStructuredSelection objects.  If a non-IStructuredSelection object was selected, the workbench would disable most of the plugin actions (in the view, editor, or action set) and drop the selection on the floor.  This limitation has been removed.  Regardless of selection type, the workbench plugin action enablement code will now forward the selection to the action delegate (once it has been instantiated).

The action enablement code has also been modified to support non IStructuredSelections.  According to one dictionary, a selection is "one that is selected" or "a collection of selected things".  In reflection of this definition, the workbench will treat an IStructuredSelection as a collection of selected things, and any other selection type as one thing.

For instance, suppose you add an action to the window (via an action set), and it should be enabled if some text is selected in an editor.  You can use the following declaration to enable the action.

        <action id="org.eclipse.ui.tests.internal.as_1"
            label="anyText"
            menubarPath="org.eclipse.ui.tests.internal.TextSelectionMenu/group1"
            class="org.eclipse.ui.tests.api.MockActionDelegate"
  enablesFor="1">
            <selection class="org.eclipse.jface.text.ITextSelection"/>
        </action>

If you want to add an action to the window which is enabled when an IFile with extension .txt is selected, you can use the following declaration (shown with the new enablement block).  In this case, the IFile will be exposed in an IStructuredSelection, but there is no need to mention the IStructuredSelection in the action declaration.  The workbench treats IStructuredSelection as a container for the important data inside.

        <action id="org.eclipse.ui.tests.internal.as_2"
            label="anyTextFile"
            menubarPath="org.eclipse.ui.tests.internal.TextSelectionMenu/group1"
            class="org.eclipse.ui.tests.api.MockActionDelegate">
            <enablement>
             <objectClass name="org.eclipse.core.IFile"/>
             <objectState name="extension" value="txt"/>
            </enablement>
        </action>

API changes

API additions

Other highlights

Known deficiencies

Problem reports fixed

Click here to see PRs which have been marked as RESOLVED, VERIFIED or CLOSED between 2001/12/18 and 2002/01/08.


Eclipse Platform Build Notes
Workbench

Eclipse Integration Build 20011218

What's new in this drop

Changes to perspectives

In order to address a number of common problems encountered by novice users, the default behavior of some perspective actions has been modified.

1) The default behavior for "Open Perspective" has been changed from "open in current window" to "open in new window".  This was done to clarify the separation between state in one perspective and another.

2) A perspective reuse strategy has been implemented in the workbench, and is "on" by default.  If an object is opened once (using Open Perspective in the Navigator), you get a new page (in implementation terms).  If the object is opened again, and a page is already open for the same object, the old page will be activated and the active perspective type will be changed.   This was done to avoid the creation of duplicate perspectives, unless the user explicitly asks for it.  If two pages are needed on the same object, you can now invoke Perspective > Clone to create a second page with the same input and perspective type as where the action is invoked.   The "reuse perspective" option can be turned off in the Workbench Preferences page.

3) The contents of the Perspective > Open submenu are now determined using a global "most recently used" list.  As you switch from one perspective to another, the list is updated with the new perspective (and clipped at 7 items).  This was done to avoid the frustration which occurs when you switch from one perspective to another, then can't get back to the first.  In order to avoid menu reordering, the items are sorted by perspective name.

4) A drop down combo box has been added to the window toolbar, to change the "perspective type" in a page.  For instance, if you switch from a "resource perspective" to a "java perspective", the existing views and editors in the page will be re-arranged to suit the new perspective.  This makes it easy to switch between perspective types without losing the open editors.

New behaviour for view opening

If a view is opened within a perspective for the first time, it will open as a fast view, floating view, or embedded view, depending on the user preference (Workbench > Appearance).  If a view is moved, closed, and reopened, it will appear in the last position defined by the user.  The default value for this preference is "fast view" on all platforms.  On platforms which do not support floating views, the floating preference is not visible.

View Drag and Drop changes

In Eclipse, the size and position of a view may be changed by grabbing the view title with the mouse, and dragging.
This feature  has led to a number of problems.

1) If you click on the title bar of a view, and then move your mouse to access the main toolbar or menubar, sometimes you don't release the mouse button fast enough.  In this situation a d&d is started and a detached window is created.  The detached window looks a lot like a view within a folder, so you may not notice it until much later, after you do some other actions, and the floating window manifests itself.

2) If you click on a view and then drag it, there is no obvious way to cancel the drag just by putting the view back where it came from.  This creates a floating window, which you have to redrag to regain the original layout.  This also occurs with view folders.

To resolve problem 1, the hysteresis for view movement has been bumped from 8 to 10 pixels, so a (slightly) more deliberate effort is required to begin the drag.

To resolve problem 2, the behavior of drag and drop has been changed.  If you drag a view or folder out, then back over itself, the "reject cursor" appears.  If you release the mouse button at that point, the drag is cancelled.  In all other scenarios, the behavior is unchanged.

New API for opening pages

An openPage method has been added to IWorkbench.  If this method is called, a page will be opened in a new window, or in the current page, depending on the user preference as stated in the Workbench Preferences page.  If the active window is empty, the new page will be opened in the active window, regardless of the user preference.
The existing methods to open a page or window have been deprecated (see API changes below).  For backwards compatability, the behavior of these methods will remain the same.
From this point on, developers are expected to call the new method.  Existing code will continue to work without change.

New API for refreshing viewers

There is a new API to refresh a structured viewer without having to update labels for unaffected elements.  See refresh(boolean updateLabels) and refresh(Object element, boolean updateLabels) in org.eclipse.jface.viewers.StructuredViewer.  TableViewer has been changed to take advantage of this.

API changes

API additions

Other highlights

Known deficiencies

Problem reports fixed

Click here to see PRs which have been marked as RESOLVED, VERIFIED or CLOSED between 2001/12/11 and 2001/12/18.


Eclipse Platform Build Notes
Workbench

Eclipse Integration Build 20011211

What's new in this drop

Project menu renamed to Workbench

The Project menubar menu has been renamed to Workbench to better reflect the scope of the actions it contains.
The menu id for this menu has not changed (in fact it is "workbench" see IWorkbenchActionConstants.M_WORKBENCH).
The Preferences menu item has been moved form the Window menu to the Workbench menu.

Changed UI for project deletion

When prompted whether to delete a project, it now uses radio buttons to choose whether to delete the project's contents as well.
This makes the Yes and No buttons work more consistently with the non-project case.
The default has been changed to not delete the contents.

Adapters added for Task List and Resource Contribution adaption

Two new interfaces IContributorResourceAdapter and ITaskListResourceAdapter have been added.
ITaskListResourceAdapter has been added for objects that wish to define an IResource that they are related to for updating purposes for the task view.
IContributorResourceAdapter has been added for objects that wish to define an equivalent IResource for inclusion in object contributions, decorators and properties pages.
The current default adapters use the IAdaptable mechanism to get the resource via adaptable.getAdapter(IResource.class) and so there will be no change in the current behavior should these adapters not be defined.
Please take care that menubarPath attributes used in the plugin.xml for objectContributions are still valid for objects that will not be adaptable to IContributorResourceAdapter.

API changes

API additions

Other highlights

Decorator manager clarification

If an ILabelDecorator is defined using the org.eclipse.ui.decorator extension the decorator manager will be added to it using addListener(ILabelProviderListener) when the decorator is enabled and removed via removeListener(ILabelProviderListener) when the decorator is disabled. Implementors of an org.eclipse.ui.decorator extension should use the ILabelProviderListener passed to them to update any views that are using the decorator manager mechanism.

Known deficiencies

Problem reports fixed

Click here to see PRs which have been marked as RESOLVED, VERIFIED or CLOSED between 2001/12/04 and 2001/12/11.


Eclipse Platform Build Notes
Workbench

Eclipse Integration Build 20011127

What's new in this drop

Contributing to Outline Context Menus

The workbench has added support to allow outline context menus to be registered with the platform. Plug-ins will thus be able to contribute actions to these menu's via the org.eclipse.ui.popupMenus extension point.

The interface IPageBookViewPage has been introduced as an extension of IPage. It defines the methods init(IPageSite) and getSite(). The method init(IPageSite) is called before createControl in the page's lifecycle. The IPageSite api includes the method registerContextMenu(String, MenuManager, ISelectionProvider) to allow the context menus to be registered. The class org.eclipse.ui.part.Page now implements IPageBookViewPage.

Pages (e.g. content outline pages and property sheet pages) which extend org.eclipse.ui.part.Page will simply need to perform the menu registration (typically in their createControl method). Pages which implement IContentOutlinePage or IPropertySheetPage (but do not extend org.eclipse.ui.part.Page) will need to explicitly implement IPageBookViewPage. Typically this would involve implementing the init(IPageSite) method to store a reference to the site and then performing the menu registration in their createControl method.

The org.eclipse.ui.examples.propertysheet and org.eclipse.ui.examples.readmetool examples have been updated to demonstrate context menu registration and contributing actions to such menus.

Demo of Perspective changes

In the Loss of Context RFC document we proposed a number of changes to the perspective feature.  This build includes a demonstration of these changes.  To try them out, check "Try Version 2 Perspectives" in the Workbench preferences.  When you check this the following behavioral changes will come into effect.

1. If you select Perspective > Open > X, the active perspective in the page is changed.  The old behavior, to create a new page, does not occur.
2. If you select an object in the Navigator, then invoke Open Perspective > X, we search the workbench.  If a window already exists within input == selected object, that window is activated and the perspective is changed in it.  Otherwise, a new window is created.
3. The drop down list box is visible in the tool bar.  You can use it to change the active perspective in the active page.
4. The contents of any perspective menu are determined using an MRU algorithm, and are consistent in every perspective.
5. From any window, you can always get back to the root of the workspace by invoking Window > Open Workbench.  This is like the old VAJ behavior.

API changes

API additions

Other highlights

Known deficiencies

Problem reports fixed

Click here to see PRs which have been marked as RESOLVED, VERIFIED or CLOSED between 2001/11/20 and 2001/11/27.


Eclipse Platform Build Notes
Workbench

Eclipse Integration Build 20011120

What's new in this drop

Accelerator Tag added to Action Definitions

As the names of the modifier keys (Ctrl, Alt) are not localized in Eclipse, defining an action accelerator using a translated label will not work (see bug 5216).
In order that accelerators can be used across all Locales the accelerator tag has been added to the definition for an action so that the accelerator can be defined via a keycode.

The current method of specifying accelerators via the labels will continue to work in locales where the labels use the English words for the control keys (like Japanese).

The accelerator is an integer or String  that is used to specify the keycode of the accelerator for the action. The integer value used is the one resulting from a bitwise OR of zero or more SWT key modifier masks (i.e. SWT.CTRL or SWT.ALT) and a character code. For example, for Ctrl+Z use SWT.CTRL | 'Z' = (1<<18)|'Z' = 262234.

If you wish to use the string directly use it as you would have for the label (i.e. Ctrl+Z from the above example).
Such strings should go directly in the plugin.xml, and should not be translated in the plugin.properties file, since the strings for the modifier keys are not localized.
Note that this will require care to ensure that the translated, human-readable accelerator text in the label (in the .properties file) corresponds to the assigned accelerator (in the plugin.xml).

Two of the actions we ship should use this tag:

org.eclipse.jdt.ui
 OpenTypeAction.label=Open &Type...@Ctrl+Shift+T

<action id="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.actions.OpenType"
   menubarPath="workbench/wbEnd"
   toolbarPath="Normal/Java"
   label="%OpenTypeAction.label"
   tooltip="%OpenTypeAction.tooltip"
   icon="icons/full/ctool16/opentype.gif"
   accelerator="Ctrl+Shift+T"
   class="org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.actions.OpenTypeAction"/>

org.eclipse.search
 OpenSearchDialogAction.label = &Search...@Ctrl+H

<action id="org.eclipse.search.ui.OpenSearchDialogAction"
   menubarPath="edit/find"
   toolbarPath="Normal/Search"
   label="%OpenSearchDialogAction.label"
   tooltip="%OpenSearchDialogAction.tooltip"
   icon="icons/full/ctool16/search.gif"
   accelerator="Ctrl+H "
   class="org.eclipse.search.internal.ui.OpenSearchDialogAction"/>

API changes

API additions

Other highlights

Known deficiencies

Problem reports fixed



Eclipse Platform Build Notes
Workbench

Eclipse Integration Build 20011120

What's new in this drop

Object contributions on resources show up in browsers that show objects that adapt to IResource.
The ObjectContribution mechanism has been changed such that the actions defined on IResource will also be applied to objects that adapt to IResource (like IJavaElement) thereby eliminating the need to specify the same actions in multiple plug-ins due to a wrappered type being displayed in different views.
As a result, there will be some duplication for certain compare and vcm functions using the current plug-in definitions. These will eventually have to be removed.
Although this does not change any existing APIs or extension points, it does change the behavior of object contributions which contribute to IResource.
This may cause duplication if a contribution applies to both IResource and to a class which wrappers IResource via the IAdaptable mechanism.

API changes

API additions

Other highlights

Known deficiencies

Problem reports fixed

The following PRs were fixed by the UI team (includes PRs fixed since build 207):

Bug 1824  [JFace Text] 50 reconciling threads for 4 editors opened (1GFXMV8)
Bug 1847  Work with help team for example integration (1G5T6A8)
Bug 1850  EditableTable (1G5T6MC)
Bug 1851  WALBAKCK - Long Operation (1G5T6TP)
Bug 1974  5 line file takes 7 seconds to open (1GD0KY4)
Bug 2074  PropertySheet should expand categories by default (1GE36VQ)
Bug 2569  [JFace Text] Content assist list truncated (1GG1W9B)
Bug 2577  [Standard Components] Property sheet: up/down arrow causes a
Bug 2904  [JFace Text] PropagatingFontFieldEditor has moved (1GKKL13)
Bug 4975  Status area too short
Bug 5456  Esc doesn't cancel code assist anymore
Bug 5462  Can't cancel code assist anymore
Bug 5560  ESC on rename dialog renames the file
Bug 5586  problem with PageBookView code changes
Bug 5721  Welcome not disabled
Bug 5922  Property page ordering broken because of info page
Bug 5993  Widget has the wrong parent
Bug 6030  Need to allow filenames with no extensions when registering

The following PRs were closed with no action by the UI team (includes PRs closed since build 207):

Bug 1839  No support for 640x480 resolution (1GELIAS)
Bug 2042  SEVERE: Perspective lost (1GDSH6F)
Bug 5753  Make dialogs modal on with respect to a single perspective
Bug 5788  EC: Build on save preference text unclear...
Bug 5869  eclipse.exe throwing and exception


Eclipse Platform Build Notes
Workbench

Eclipse Integration Build 20011113

What's new in this drop

Dialog to switch between editors

You can now open a dialog which allows you to switch between editors by choosing Window / Switch to Editor..., or by pressing CTRL+ALT+S.
It also supports saving modified editors, and closing editors.

Accelerator support for switching between views and editors

You can now use CTRL+F6 to switch between editors, and CTRL+F7 to switch between views (includes the editor area).
The list is shown in most recently used order.  The list stays up while CTRL is held down, then switches to the selected item when CTRL is released.
Pressing the function key again goes to the next item.  Holding SHIFT down goes the other way.  You can also use the arrow keys.
The editor switcher replaces the previous CTRL+F6 support for cycling between editors (released in build 207).

Known problems:

Accelerator to activate editor

F12 now activates the editor.  This is useful when using the view switcher above, to quickly get back to the editor from another view.
We had to back out of using ESC to activate the editor, because it broke other uses of ESC, e.g. rename in Navigator, task editing, code assist.

Accelerators to activate specific views

You can now use accelerators to activate specific views.  Eclipse UI defines the following view accelerators:
 
View Accelerator
Navigator CTRL+ALT+N
Bookmarks CTRL+ALT+B
Outline CTRL+ALT+O
Properties CTRL+ALT+P
Tasks CTRL+ALT+K

Note: The view accelerator support is experimental.  The assigned accelerators may change, or this feature may be removed completely.

Known problems:

PreferenceConverter expanded to provide support for FontData arrays

The PreferenceConverter now supports the setting and getting of FontData arrays as well as single instances of FontDatas in order to be consistent with the way FontDatas are specified in the font resources for the FontRegistry.  See below for API additions.
 

API changes

API additions

Other highlights

Added navigation accelerators:

Known deficiencies

Problem reports fixed

The following PRs were fixed by the UI team:


Eclipse Platform Build Notes
Workbench

Eclipse SDK Build 207 - November 1, 2001

What's new in this drop

API changes

API additions

Other highlights

Added navigation accelerators:

Known deficiencies

Problem reports fixed

The following PRs were fixed by the UI team (includes PRs from builds 202 - 206):

Bug 5107  Duplicate mnemonic in Perspective menu: Open and Close all
Bug 4938  Deleting Project with Read-only files will cause non-readonly files to be erased if user said to NOT erase them (1GLG2WT)
Bug 2968  TaskListMarker violates API (1GL2XHA)
Bug 2794  [UI] org.eclipse.ui.actionSets doc wrong (1GJNBT8)
Bug 2694  Editor Selection Dialog: UI suggestions (1GI6RPE)
Bug 2682  [UI] EC: Can't contribute submenu items (1GI3XO6)
Bug 2672  [UI] EC: Action delegate's concrete action should have same ID (1GHUJUZ)
Bug 2627  [UI] Dragging view border near scroll bar detaches view (1GHDIIU)
Bug 2601  [UI] Finish button still grayed out even though file name is pasted (1GGYVYG)
Bug 2558  [UI] Unzoom can cause view to move tab folder (1GFOGFE)
Bug 2318  [UI] Type Hierarchy View resize (1GENYR4)
Bug 2304  Action Set Actions appear in reverse order (1GENP9K)
Bug 2240  [UI] Unzoom occurs if you select file in navigator (1GEASOF)
Bug 2178  [JFace] Cannot select root of hierarchy view (1GE92IL)
Bug 1911  [UI] Popup Menu Extension produces duplicate results in static menu (1GC2RTS)
1GL4ZQA: ITPUI:WINNT - Workbench crash
1GKKR4V: ITPUI:ALL - Referencing the wrong perspective icon in plugin.xml
1GKESDP: ITPUI:WIN2000 - WizardDialog comment wrong
1GKEPV7: ITPUI:ALL - English: Missing punctuation
1GKEPJH: ITPUI:WINNT - Outline View should wrap text
1GKDG0C: ITPUI:WINNT - Reset does not work on deleted perspective
1GKD8FV: ITPUI:WIN98 - Japanese - default text font can not display japanese characters
1GKCX6Y: ITPUI:WIN2000 - ActionSetLabelProvider assumes & is first char
1GKCX37: ITPUI:WIN2000 - PerspectiveDescriptor.restoreState should use ATT_SINGLETON
1GKAYD6: ITPUI:WINNT - AboutDialog.createDialogArea is using wrong GridData constant
1GKA7RL: ITPUI:WIN2000 - Compare: last line on right clipped
1GK9IOA: ITPUI:ALL - IEditorActionDelegate is not initialized correctly
1GK7EJV: ITPUI:WINNT - Startup should fail if missing product.ini or platform.ini
1GJZYYB: ITPUI:ALL - Phantom resources
1GJYMG4: ITPUI:WINNT - no context help for some menus/dialogs
1GJWMGJ: ITPUI:WIN98 - Next & Previous perspective labels changed?
1GJWAJ9: ITPUI:WIN2000 - Netscape reference in shipped doc
1GJUNL6: ITPUI:ALL - EC: PropertySheetViewer.setInput() does not save editor value.
1GJUH0A: ITPUI:Linux - Critical: Full Crash on Linux: While Printing
1GJUAO7: ITPUI:WINNT - NPE on shutdown
1GJP153: ITPUI:EC: root property sheet entry does not do a dispose
1GJNB52: ITPUI:ALL - ToolItems in EditorToolBarManager can get out of synch with the state of the IAction
1GJ8HCU: ITPUI:ALL - XML example in org.eclipse.ui.viewActions doc wrong
1GIV8TL: ITPUI:WIN2000 - Can't open files in Notepad or Wordpad
1GITIG6: ITPUI:ALL - H-shell: OK button still grayed out in Save As dialog even though file name is pasted
1GIEH2I: ITPUI:WINNT - TaskListContentProvider should cache markers
1GI7HBZ: ITPUI:ALL - Cancel saving a file causes error
1GI58G1: ITPUI:WINNT - Collator is not a singleton
1GHUA5I: ITPUI:ALL - Error in ProductInfo.readConfigurationPreferences
1GHQHGH: ITPUI:WINNT - Should cache the alternateMask in OpenPerspectiveMenu
1GHOHW6: ITPUI:WINNT - PageBookView not disposing default page
1GHHIO2: ITPUI:ALL - Goto Resource dialog resizing needs rework
1GHC26Y: ITPUI:WINNT - Effeciency issues
1GH2VTG: ITPUI:WIN98 - Properties view: enabling categories collapses list
1GGZ208: ITPUI:WIN2000 - ActionSetLabelProvider trims everything before &
1GFOF1F: ITPUI:WIN2000 - Move by drag-and-drop uses multiple workspace operations
1GFMFIE: ITPUI:WINNT - Replace perspective with no perspective open is a no op
1GFBKRR: ITPUI:WIN2000 - minor: PreferencePage's javadoc comment has a typo error
1GFBJ9K: ITPUI:WIN2000 - Yes to All no longer works for DND import
1GF9LG3: ITPUI:ALL - File->New menu & New Wizard tool button diff...why?
1GF7NAD: ITPUI:ALL - Export to zip has .jar in the list of names
1GF68L0: ITPUI:ALL - Should hide closed project when selecting folder.
1GF66A4: ITPUI:WIN98 - Outline has no help
1GF5VPX: ITPUI:ALL - File MRU List is enabled when no perspectives open.
1GEZB8G: ITPUI:WIN2000 - Menu: delete is enabled with no resource
1GEYPZU: ITPUI:ALL - Perspective windows should remember size of window
1GEV72H: ITPUI:ALL - Goto resource should not be updated when arrow or shift is pressed.
1GEUXQL: ITPUI:WINNT - WorkbenchWindow#getMenuBarManager change comment
1GEUW49: ITPUI:ALL - Last files opened menu items does nothing when perps close
1GET7WN: ITPUI:ALL - Add Bookmark is enabled when nothing is selected
1GEPLQO: ITPUI:WIN98 - Close All enabled when no pages exist
1GEPKMG: ITPUI:WIN98 - Cannot drag editor tab to correct location
1GENVF4: ITPUI:ALL - The tasklist combo cell editor does not work correctly
1GENTWQ: ITPUI:WIN98 - Import dialog should expand top folder
1GENK55: ITPUI:WIN2000 - File Listbox: displays wrong icon for certain file name
1GEIC67: ITPUI:WINNT - Getting a focus callback before part creation
1GE8OSQ: ITPUI:ALL - Inconsistent English in the status for the Task Bar
1GE8OFD: ITPUI:WIN2000 - Message in outline should have margins
1GE6UQC: ITPUI:ALL - Drag out of folder leaves single tab
1GDCVPF: ITPJUI:WINNT - cannot cancel build
1GD7JX5: ITPUI:ALL - Menu items in nav popup New sub menu
1GD0BN5: ITPUI:ALL - Set focus to container name (when empty) in folder wizard
1GCT3F5: ITPUI:WINNT - Poor details when moving fails
1GCROF1: ITPUI:WINNT - Wizard banner misalignment

The following PRs were closed with no action by the UI team (includes PRs from builds 202 - 206):

Bug 5403  NPE on closing embedded netscape
Bug 5259  EC: Project delete removes files on disk even when "no" selected
Bug 2791  [UI] EC - SaveAll does not work right (1GJJG1M)
Bug 2294  Fast View can be resized only once (1GELX93)
Bug 2293  NPE during build (1GELWYX)
Bug 2204  Opening PDF files. (1GEAHMI)
Bug 2061  Usability: "Close All" is rude (1GDY6HE)
Bug 1914  F2 should invoke rename? (1GC2UNE)
1GFDB1N: ITPUI:WINNT - DCR: Print from default text editor
1GEYEH3: ITPUI:WIN2000 - Copy shortcut not responding in Navigator on startup
1GEV2DL: ITPUI:ALL - Open Persp modifier keys different on win32 & linux
1GEUWWH: ITPUI:WIN2000 - Welcome: too tied to CVS?
1GEUW7K: ITPUI:WIN2000 - Welcome: Creating Java project does not show Java perspective
1GETC1F: ITPUI:ALL - View left stranded in folder
1GET01H: ITPUI:ALL - Why is the welcome page an editor?
1GEJN27: ITPJUI:WINNT - new project wizard should have selected "All Projects" if you open it
1GEI1GR: ITPJUI:WINNT - button in import wizzard should not be enabled before selecting a destination project/folder
1GEAOJK: ITPUI:WIN98 - Shift-select doesn't always work in Navigator
1GEAMVM: ITPUI:WIN98 - Wrong view shown when tab order changes
1GEAD4H: ITPUI:ALL - Text font should be set on one preference page
1GDIP42: ITPJUI:WINNT - Smoke 105: Finish isn't default in Create Project wizard
1GD0BXF: ITPUI:ALL - File save as dialog banner area empty
1FW3H9W: ITPUI:ALL - ExternalEditor::open may fail if path includes spaces


Eclipse Platform Build Notes
Workbench

Eclipse SDK Build 201 - September 21, 2001

What's new in this drop

API changes

API additions

Other highlights

Known deficiencies

Problem reports fixed

The following PRs were fixed by the UI team:

1GK7H21: ITPUI:WIN2000 - Default text editor comes up black
1GK0388: ITPJCORE:WIN2000 - replace with local history: selecting (workspace) deletes source


Eclipse Platform Build Notes
Workbench

Eclipse SDK Build 200 - September 19, 2001

What's new in this drop

API changes

API additions

Other highlights

Known deficiencies

Problem reports fixed

The following PRs were fixed by the UI team:

1GIV495: ITPUI:ALL - TextMergeViewer doesn't reveal token diffs horizontally
1GIUS6L: ITPUI:ALL - TextMergeViewer uses deprecated Thread.stop()
1GIIBHM: ITPUI:WIN2000 - Problems when comparing zip files
1GI5DN9: ITPUI:WIN2000 - Conflicting token deletions don't show up in text compare viewer
1GI3KUR: ITPJUI:WIN2000 - Compare: double-click in versions list closes view
1GHBPA1: ITPVCM:WINNT - Compare - next change arrow switches to wrong file
1GGZ8DO: ITPJUI:WIN - MergeViewer invalid selection range
1GGQQH3: ITPJUI:WINNT - Compare hightlights a non-change instead of the change
1GGNX9W: ITPVCM:Linux - Internal error comparing out of sync resource
1GGNKHN: ITPJUI:ALL - No progress during replace with local history
1GG0ELM: ITPVCM:ALL - Local history displayed some of Today's items as Yesterday
1GFMLFB: ITPUI:WIN2000 - files that are out of sync with the file system appear as empty
1GFFR4B: ITPUI:WIN98 - local history is misleading
1GEUX0D: ITPJUI:ALL - not state aware toolbar button in compare
1GBM0IL: ITPUI:WINNT - CompareEditorInput#save should throw CoreException