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Bug 461661

Summary: Package Explorer hides empty working sets
Product: [Eclipse Project] JDT Reporter: Rüdiger Herrmann <ruediger.herrmann>
Component: UIAssignee: JDT-UI-Inbox <jdt-ui-inbox>
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX QA Contact:
Severity: normal    
Priority: P3    
Version: 4.5   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: PC   
OS: Windows 7   
Whiteboard: stalebug

Description Rüdiger Herrmann CLA 2015-03-08 12:02:23 EDT 
I contribute a working set extension whose content changes dynamically. All projects whose name match a pattern specified for the working set are included.

While this works mostly well there is an issue when showing the working set in the Package Explorer: When in 'Working Sets' mode, the Package Explorer hides empty working sets with types other than 'Java' and 'Resource'. If, however, the working set contains elements it is shown.

To add more confusion, a working set that once contained elements and now is empty remains visible.

Why are 'Java' and 'Resource' working sets treated specially and why are other, empty working sets hidden? 

I find this behavior inconsistent and would welcome if the Package Explorer would treat all working set types equally.
Comment 1 Eclipse Genie CLA 2020-01-30 14:54:51 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. 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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