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Bug 2431

Summary:	feature: mark either read-only editors or read-only resources (1GF5VIJ)
Product:	[Eclipse Project] Platform	Reporter:	Grant Gayed <grant_gayed>
Component:	UI	Assignee:	Kevin Haaland <Kevin_Haaland>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3	Keywords:	usability
Version:	2.0
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Whiteboard:

Description Grant Gayed

2001-10-10 22:36:15 EDT

I like the current behaviour that occurs when a read-only text file is opened in the workbench
(the editor opens in read-only mode).  However it's easy and common for someone to not realize
that a file being opened is read-only, and hence may think that the editor is broken when it displays
the file but does not allow modification.  Some indicator of read-onlyness would definitely be good
for clarity, either on the editor's tab or on the resource itself in the navigator (not just on its property
page).

NOTES:

Comment 1 DJ Houghton

2001-10-29 18:27:44 EST

PRODUCT VERSION:
0.122

Comment 2 Kevin Haaland

2002-03-15 16:27:31 EST

The way read only files are handled has changed significantly since the time 
that this defect was reported.