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Bug 354133

Summary: [Import/Export] "Import existing projects": On gtk the browse dialog will come up with an unusable OK button
Product: [Eclipse Project] Platform Reporter: Helmut J. Haigermoser <helmut.haigermoser>
Component: UIAssignee: Platform-UI-Inbox <Platform-UI-Inbox>
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX QA Contact:
Severity: normal    
Priority: P3 CC: robert.roth.off
Version: 3.7   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: PC   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard: stalebug
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Pic showing the "browse for directory to import from" dialog none

Description Helmut J. Haigermoser CLA 2011-08-08 09:50:09 EDT 
Build Identifier: 3.7

See attached picture: 
When importing projects works once the next use of the dialog will default to the previously successful location: good! :)
However, on linux this leads to gtk showing a directory-browse dialog that is not usable as-is. The OK button does not work, the user has to select something in the "Name" field to continue. This will lead to the user selecting a specific project rather than selecting a general location to start searching.

The desired behavior here would have been to:
- open the browse dialog one directory up the tree (rome_rb), and
- have "plugins" selected  in the Name field.

That way the user can simply press "OK" and gets the exact same directory (s)he got last time..

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Use "Import existing projects wizard" once successfully
2. Reuse the wizard: Browse: It will try to open the previous location, but incorrectly
3. Manually go one directory up, select plugins, acknowledge the dialog
Comment 1 Helmut J. Haigermoser CLA 2011-08-08 09:50:57 EDT 
Created attachment 201081 [details]
Pic showing the "browse for directory to import from" dialog
Comment 2 Helmut J. Haigermoser CLA 2011-08-08 09:51:28 EDT 
CQ:WIND00131551

*setting Eclipse version to 3.7*
Comment 3 Robert Roth CLA 2016-04-20 17:58:18 EDT 
On Eclipse 4.6M6 this is not an issue anymore, the dialog is usable by default, without changing anything, OK works, so I think this could be closed. Can you try this with a more recent eclipse+gtk and see if this is still an issue for you?
Comment 4 Eclipse Genie CLA 2020-08-18 01:01:52 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.

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