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Bug 319040

Summary:	[CommonNavigator] The .* resources filter does not work in Project Explorer
Product:	[Eclipse Project] Platform	Reporter:	Konstantin Komissarchik <konstantin>
Component:	UI	Assignee:	Platform UI Triaged <platform-ui-triaged>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME	QA Contact:	Francis Upton IV <francisu>
Severity:	major
Priority:	P3	CC:	pwebster, remy.suen, thatnitind
Version:	3.5
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows 7
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Description Konstantin Komissarchik

2010-07-06 14:42:45 EDT

The filter that makes it possible hide/show project metadata files does not work in Package Explorer. The .* resources are always hidden regardless of whether the filter is engaged. The filter works correctly in JDT's Package Explorer.

I have verified that this is a problem in Helios and Galileo. Older releases may also be affected. 

Marking this as major as the Project Explorer is becoming the predominant navigational view used by default in many EPP packages. Being unable to turn off this filter makes it more difficult to support users when you need to get them to send you their metadata files.

Comment 1 Francis Upton IV

2010-07-07 10:30:32 EDT

This works for me in Helios I20100608-0911 using the normal Eclipse Platform SDK. I suspect this might be caused by some overriding CNF extensions that are present in your build. Can you provide more details about exactly what build you are using and reopen this?

Comment 2 Konstantin Komissarchik

2010-07-07 12:54:52 EDT

Thanks for looking into this. I didn't realize than an extension can override platform behavior like that. I checked in Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers and I am not seeing this behavior. Will keep trying to narrow it down to a component.

Could you recommend a way to debug this? Is there a trace flag to enable or a break point to set somewhere? The process of elimination has not produced results so far...

Comment 3 Francis Upton IV

2010-07-07 13:26:49 EDT

> Could you recommend a way to debug this? Is there a trace flag to enable or a
> break point to set somewhere? The process of elimination has not produced
> results so far...
There is good tracing in the CNF that may help you with this, though I'm not sure how well it does with filters.  When you run, in the Tracing tab of the launch config look at org.eclipse.ui.navigator and turn on everything. If you don't get good tracing for the filters, please file an enhancement request about this and we will add it.