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Bug 31939

Summary:	[Capabilities] Change existing project nature(s) interactively
Product:	[Eclipse Project] Platform	Reporter:	eclipse
Component:	UI	Assignee:	Simon Arsenault <simon_arsenault>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	P3	CC:	gunnar, pombredanne
Version:	2.1
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows XP
Whiteboard:

Description eclipse

2003-02-15 09:01:42 EST

Once a project has been created with a particular nature (if any), there does 
not seem to be any way to change/add/delete the nature(s) interactively.

I accidentally created a project without the Java nature, and wanted to add 
this in, but apart from writing a plugin to call the relevant bits of the API, 
it seems the only way to do this at present is to edit (hack) the .project 
file.

It would be useful if project natures were visible and updateable via a 
properties scren of some kind.

If there is a way to do it, I could not find it in the Help ...

Comment 1 Simon Arsenault

2003-02-18 10:44:00 EST

A long time ago, we had put together a design and implementation 
for "capabilities" which allowed the user to edit the "natures" of a project 
via the properties dialog of the project. Unfortunately, it was pulled out of 
the 2.0 release. It is currently on the proposed list of items for 2.2 (see 
http://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/development/eclipse_project_plan_2_2.html)

Comment 2 eclipse

2003-05-29 08:38:30 EDT

2.2 plan has been replaced by 3.0 - see 
http://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/development/eclipse_project_plan_3_0.html

The section "Deferred Items (Eclipse Platform subproject, User Experience 
theme)" refers to bug 36959 which covers the changing of Natures.

Comment 3 Nick Edgar

2005-09-08 12:09:20 EDT

Reopening

Comment 4 Nick Edgar

2005-09-08 12:09:38 EDT

This is a direct dup of bug 36959.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 36959 ***