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Bug 366974

Summary:	ICElement items for files and folders in project explorer should have project nature property for creating context menus
Product:	[Tools] CDT	Reporter:	John Eblen <jdeblen1>
Component:	cdt-core	Assignee:	Project Inbox <cdt-core-inbox>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID	QA Contact:	Doug Schaefer <cdtdoug>
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3	CC:	beth, eclipse.sprigogin, g.watson, jeblen, roland
Version:	8.1.0
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
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Description John Eblen

2011-12-16 15:03:40 EST

For CDT projects, folders in the project explorer are CContainer (ICContainer) objects rather than Folder (IFolder) objects. CContainer objects do not have the
org.eclipse.core.resources.projectNature property. Thus, it is not possible to populate the context menu (right click on the folder) with items that should only appear for certain project types.

For Navigator and other file viewers, this can be done with the org.eclipse.ui.menus extension point using, for example:
(menuContribution) -> (menu) -> (visibleWhen) -> (test)

Specifically, this functionality is needed by PTP synchronized projects to activate the "Synchronization" context menu for folders in a synchronized project.

Comment 1 Sergey Prigogin

2011-12-16 15:24:00 EST

CContainer doesn't have to have the projectNature property itself, it just has to be adaptable to IFolder.

Comment 2 John Eblen

2012-02-07 12:41:29 EST

This bug applies to all ICElement objects representing files and folders. I changed the title accordingly.

Such objects are adaptable to IResource, so it is simple to find the project nature. Specifically, use the "adapt" option for the org.eclipse.ui.menus extension point and adapt it to org.eclipse.core.resources.IResource prior to testing the project nature. You can also use the IAdaptable interface to adapt an element in code.

Since there is a reasonable and simple solution to this problem, I'll mark this bug as "Resolved" and "Invalid".