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Bug 114960

Summary:	Run/Debug configurations should be disabled for closed projects
Product:	[Eclipse Project] JDT	Reporter:	Geert Poels <Geert.Poels>
Component:	Debug	Assignee:	JDT-Debug-Inbox <jdt-debug-inbox>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:
Severity:	minor
Priority:	P3	CC:	Geert.Poels
Version:	3.1.1
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	All
Whiteboard:

Description Geert Poels

2005-11-03 13:27:32 EST

From an ergonomic/user point of view, it's strange behaviour to allow a user
to launch a run/debug session of a closed project.  Only to immediately show
an error dialog stating "Launch configuration X references closed project
Y".

It would be better to disable it right away in the run/debug configuration
comboboxes.
(or to at least feature an icon besides its name).

As a user might want to access its information, this would still be possible
by clicking the general 'Run.../Debug...'.

PS : If the Eclipse UI team would decide to nevertheless keep this way of
working, than maybe the 'details' button of this error dialog should be
enabled => upon a click, that particular run/debug configuration should be
opened to allow a user to switch projects.  Maybe a third button could be
added : "Open project".

Comment 1 Darin Wright

2005-11-03 13:57:43 EST


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 19521 ***