Description Christian Hartmann 2012-05-08 10:09:47 EDT

Build Identifier: Version: 4.2.0 Build id: I20120315-1300

I found a strange scrolling-behaviour and difference between Eclipse 3.7.1/3.8 and 4.2 while opening the first editor view by using the type browser. Further details see below under "Steps to reproduce".

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
(you need at least one Java project in your workspace)

1. Open Java perspective
2. Rearrange views, so that the package explorer "steals" width of the editor view (~50% of the workspace) and the editor probably needs to scroll horizontaly
3. Open Type-Browser and open a type, for example java.lang.Object

Now the first editor view opens, selects the type name AND scrolls to the right!

The problem occurs only in the first editor view. Opening a second editor view afterwards (java.lang.String) in the same way works correctly (not scrolling to the right)

It does not depend on the type you are opening (i.e. you can switch first and second type in the example) but the editor needs to scroll.

Opening a type via package explorer works correctly, probably because the type name is not selected (?).