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Bug 350916

Summary:	[build path] "Build path entry is missing:" -> "Edit" opens in last used directory
Product:	[Eclipse Project] JDT	Reporter:	arne anka <eclipse-bugs>
Component:	UI	Assignee:	JDT-UI-Inbox <jdt-ui-inbox>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	minor
Priority:	P3	CC:	daniel_megert
Version:	3.6.2
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Whiteboard:	stalebug

Description arne anka

2011-07-01 06:16:59 EDT

after exchanging some files my project misses a build path entry.
going to the build path configuration (rmc on project -> properties -> java build path -> libraries), selecting the missing entry and hitting "edit" opens a file chooser dialog.
but the file chooser does not open in the actual directory the missing entry is supposed to be in, not even in the project nor the workspace -- but the my home folder!
this is certainly unexpected and means a lot of cklicking to get back to the folder, where the now missing file was and the replacement isfile is now.

old file lived at
WORKSPACE/PROJECT/FOLDERA/FOLDERB/FOLDERC/foo0.jar
new file lives at
WORKSPACE/PROJECT/FOLDERA/FOLDERB/FOLDERC/foo1.jar

despite file foo0.jar now being gone, WORKSPACE/PROJECT/FOLDERA/FOLDERB/FOLDERC/ still exists -- so i expect the file chooser to open in the rightmost still existing folder of the path (here WORKSPACE/PROJECT/FOLDERA/FOLDERB/FOLDERC/, but even if i removed the parent folder also, there would still be WORKSPACE/PROJECT/FOLDERA/FOLDERB/, or at least WORKSPACE/PROJECT/).

-- Configuration Details --
Product: Eclipse 1.3.2.20110218-0812 (org.eclipse.epp.package.jee.product)
Installed Features:
 org.eclipse.jdt 3.6.2.r362_v20101117-0800-7z8XFW6FLFlmjJcvz03jyeFBLS_F

Comment 1 Dani Megert

2011-07-04 09:45:28 EDT

It uses the last used directory. We could be smarter here. This probably affects all chooser dialogs on the build path page.

Comment 2 Eclipse Genie

2020-04-10 18:54:17 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. As such, we're closing this bug.

If you have further information on the current state of the bug, please add it and reopen this bug. 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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