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Bug 325360 - [Workbench] Provide a preference controlled display of build-id in status bar
Summary: [Workbench] Provide a preference controlled display of build-id in status bar
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: UI (show other bugs)
Version: 3.7   Edit
Hardware: PC Windows XP
: P5 enhancement (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: Platform UI Triaged CLA
QA Contact: Paul Webster CLA
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Keywords: helpwanted
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Reported: 2010-09-15 10:48 EDT by Ankur Sharma CLA
Modified: 2010-11-09 08:26 EST (History)
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Description Ankur Sharma CLA 2010-09-15 10:48:04 EDT 
This usually happens during test pass where I have several eclipse instances open - each a different build. And it gets tough to identify which one is which as they have similar stuff open as am verifying the bugs before and after.

I am requesting a way to display the build-is in the status bar. It can be turned on-off from a preference like we have for Heap Status. It will also help if the self-hosted instance show an extra icon or something to distinguish them from the host.
Comment 1 Paul Webster CLA 2010-09-15 11:21:25 EDT 
just FYI: You can use Preferences>General>Workspace to assign a name to each workspace that will be shown in the title bar.  There's also a command "Copy Build Id" (CTRL+3 cbi) that will copy the build id of the current build.

PW
Comment 2 Paul Webster CLA 2010-11-09 08:26:45 EST 
We won't add this in workbench itself.  You can write a plugin, use org.eclipse.ui.menus, and add a <control/> element to the status bar with an appropriate Label.

See org.eclipse.ui.internal.ConfigurationInfo.getBuildId() for how to get the build id.

PW