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Bug 360693

Summary:	the ToggleLinkingAction just manage link from editor to outline
Product:	[Technology] DLTK	Reporter:	Simon Bernard <sbernard>
Component:	Common	Assignee:	dltk.common-inbox <dltk.common-inbox>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3	CC:	contact
Version:	3.0
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows XP
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Description Simon Bernard

2011-10-12 12:13:53 EDT

The ToggleLinkingAction changes the value of  PreferenceConstants.EDITOR_SYNC_OUTLINE_ON_CURSOR_MOVEEDITOR_SYNC_OUTLINE_ON_CURSOR_MOVE.

This preference is only used to activate or deactive the link from editor to outline.
see : org.eclipse.dltk.internal.ui.editor.ScriptEditor.selectionChanged()

The link from outline to editor is always activated.
see : org.eclipse.dltk.internal.ui.editor.ScriptEditor.OutlineSelectionChangedListener

I think this preference should be used for the link in the both side (like JDT).

If you agree with this behaviour, a solution could be to add a check in : org.eclipse.dltk.internal.ui.editor.ScriptEditor.OutlineSelectionChangedListener.selectionChanged(SelectionChangedEvent)