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Bug 49421

Summary: Be able to collapse jar files (libraries) into a container in the tree [package explorer] [render] [library container]
Product: [Eclipse Project] JDT Reporter: Brian Bonner <brian.bonner>
Component: UIAssignee: JDT-UI-Inbox <jdt-ui-inbox>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE QA Contact:
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: P3    
Version: 3.0   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
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Description Brian Bonner CLA 2003-12-30 11:49:00 EST 
I'd liek to be able to collapse the set of jar files into a single container in
the tree.  Navigating in a web app back and fort over a large set of dependent
JAR files is annoying at best.

The container should have the option of "stuck open" when the "X" collapse all
button is pushed.

e.g.

I have:

commons.beanutils.jar
commons-collections.jar
.
.
.
+ 34 other jar files

I'd like it to look like this:

[src] ([] designates a closed folder)
Vdependent jarsV  (VV designates an open folder)
  commons.beanutils.jar
  commons-collections.jar
  .
  .
  .
  jdom.jar
[config]

or 

[src]
[dependent jars]
[config]
[webapp]

if the folder is closed  (much cleaner).
Comment 1 Brian Bonner CLA 2003-12-30 11:54:51 EST 
P.S.  This is in the PackageExplorer that this functionality is desired.
Comment 2 Dirk Baeumer CLA 2004-01-02 19:24:53 EST 
Two ways to "remove" the libraries:

- you can filter them out
- you can define a library project. This is a normal Java projetc which only
  contains the needed libraries. Your normal project can then reference the
  library project.
Comment 3 Martin Aeschlimann CLA 2006-08-21 07:05:54 EDT 
reopen: dup of bug 83389
Comment 4 Martin Aeschlimann CLA 2006-08-21 07:06:02 EDT 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 83389 ***