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Bug 161834

Summary: [context] opening a file using the Open Resource dialog does not cause the editor to gain interest if external editor is opened
Product: z_Archived Reporter: Raphael Ackermann <raphael.ackermann>
Component: MylynAssignee: Project Inbox <mylyn-triaged>
Status: CLOSED MOVED QA Contact:
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: P3 CC: mauromol, nikop, shawn.minto, wmitsuda
Version: devKeywords: helpwanted
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: PC   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard:

Description Raphael Ackermann CLA 2006-10-21 11:26:08 EDT 
Opening for example a pdf file that is opened with a pdf viewer outside of Eclipse does not result in interest calculated for this file if it is opened using ctrl+shift+r. resource should gain interest so that it is shown in e.g., package explorer and can be opened by double clicking the next time.

I think that it is also not added to context, changes in such a resource are not detected and when doing commit context, the file in question will not be committed.
Comment 1 Mik Kersten CLA 2006-10-21 11:43:20 EDT 
Yes, there is no selection event within Eclipse when this happens so we will require special monitoring for it.
Comment 2 Mik Kersten CLA 2008-05-13 13:58:15 EDT 
Will consider for 3.1.
Comment 3 Mik Kersten CLA 2009-02-26 19:49:36 EST 
No simple approach to this without hacking code into the resource dialog, so we'll have to continue relying on resources getting selections for the time being.
Comment 4 Mik Kersten CLA 2009-02-26 19:53:01 EST 
(In reply to comment #3)
> No simple approach to this without hacking code into the resource dialog, so
> we'll have to continue relying on resources getting selections for the time
> being.

With the limitation that this does not work for external editors, as stated in the description.
Comment 5 Niko Paltzer CLA 2020-02-05 03:19:58 EST 
Is there any chance that someone will hack code into the resource dialog to make this work?
Comment 6 Eclipse Webmaster CLA 2022-11-15 11:45:08 EST 
Mylyn has been restructured, and our issue tracking has moved to GitHub [1].

We are closing ~14K Bugzilla issues to give the new team a fresh start. If you feel that this issue is still relevant, please create a new one on GitHub.

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