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Bug 361626

Summary: Package Explorer appears on a different perspective unexpectedly
Product: [Eclipse Project] Platform Reporter: Tomasz Zarna <tomasz.zarna>
Component: UIAssignee: Platform UI Triaged <platform-ui-triaged>
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX QA Contact:
Severity: normal    
Priority: P3 CC: emoffatt, pwebster, remy.suen
Version: 4.2   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: PC   
OS: Windows XP   
Whiteboard: stalebug
Attachments:
Description Flags
Dandling view
none
deltas.xml from the workspace I'm trying to open under 4.2 none

Description Tomasz Zarna CLA 2011-10-21 05:19:39 EDT 
4.1.0 I20111018-2000

It's a follow up to bug 361624.

1. Open an old workspace in 4.1.
2. Reset "Java" perspective, open the Package Explorer manually (bug 361624), dock it on the right
3. Open "Planning" perspective (Mylyn)
=> the Package Explorer is still there
4. Reset the "Planning" perspective
=> Nothing happens
5. Close the Package Explorer
6. Switch back to "Java" perspective
=> the Package Exploreris gone
Comment 1 Remy Suen CLA 2011-10-21 08:32:46 EDT 
(In reply to comment #0)
> 2. Reset "Java" perspective, open the Package Explorer manually (bug 361624),
> dock it on the right

Did you mean dock it on the left (default position)? When you reopened it manually, did it automatically show up there or did you move it there?
Comment 2 Tomasz Zarna CLA 2011-10-21 09:33:30 EDT 
Created attachment 205719 [details]
Dandling view

(In reply to comment #1)
> Did you mean dock it on the left (default position)? 

I meant on the right (non default), this is where I'm used to have it. I don't use Outline view anymore.

> When you reopened it
> manually, did it automatically show up there or did you move it there?

When I reopened it manually it showed up on the left, on the default position.

BTW, I admit the Eclipse I was running was not a fresh installation, it was an upgrade of an older 4.1.x instance (updated by p2agent). Anyway, reinstalling didn't help, I still all the things reported in comment 0. Moreover, after playing around, trying to set up the workspace to be similar to what I have in 3.x I ended up with a dandling view which I'm not able to close (see the attachment).
Comment 3 Tomasz Zarna CLA 2011-10-21 09:50:41 EDT 
Created attachment 205721 [details]
deltas.xml from the workspace I'm trying to open under 4.2
Comment 4 Lars Vogel CLA 2019-11-27 07:48:49 EST 
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.
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still want the feature, that more information is needed, or that the bug is
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If the bug is still relevant, please remove the stalebug whiteboard tag.