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Bug 32573

Summary: Add properties item at the end of the context menu for all text editors
Product: [Eclipse Project] Platform Reporter: Ed Burnette <ed.burnette>
Component: TextAssignee: Platform-Text-Inbox <platform-text-inbox>
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX QA Contact:
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: P3 CC: erich_gamma
Version: 2.1   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
Whiteboard: stalebug

Description Ed Burnette CLA 2003-02-22 19:02:51 EST 
This is a request to add a "Properties" item at the end of the context menu 
for all text editors (plain text, java comp unit, etc.). Especially now that 
back-linking is disabled by default, it's harder to get the properties of the 
current file (for example to see the full path, modified date, cvs status, and 
size).
Comment 1 Erich Gamma CLA 2003-02-28 11:02:35 EST 
Back linking is enabled again and it is easy to get at the editor input object. 
Just adding Properties... would be inconsistent, why not add the team actions 
that operate on the editor input as well, etc.
Comment 2 Dani Megert CLA 2004-09-28 06:22:39 EDT 
No context menu yet but, File > Properties is enabled and Alt+Enter works too.
Comment 3 Lars Vogel CLA 2019-09-04 01:55:09 EDT 
This bug hasn't had any activity in quite some time. Maybe the problem got resolved, was a duplicate of something else, or became less pressing for some reason - or maybe it's still relevant but just hasn't been looked at yet.

If you have further information on the current state of the bug, please add it and remove the stalebug whiteboard tag. The information can be, for example, that the problem still occurs, that you still want the feature, that more information is needed, or that the bug is (for whatever reason) no longer relevant.

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