39807 – Run As and Debug As has gotten worse

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Bug 39807 - Run As and Debug As has gotten worse

Summary: Run As and Debug As has gotten worse

Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 18338

Alias:	None

Product:	Platform
Classification:	Eclipse Project
Component:	Debug (show other bugs)
Version:	2.1
Hardware:	PC Windows 2000

Importance:	P3 enhancement (vote)
Target Milestone:	---
Assignee:	Platform-Debug-Inbox
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Duplicates (1):	40564 (view as bug list)
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Reported:	2003-07-09 10:33 EDT by Jacob Robertson
Modified:	2004-03-09 10:20 EST (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Description Jacob Robertson

2003-07-09 10:33:34 EDT

In the previous version, the Run As and Debug As had "Java Application" as the 
first option.  Now, applet is the first option.  That's annoying.  Maybe in 
some cases it's most often run as applet, but for me application is 100% of the 
time.  How hard would it be to either

1) Allow this to be customized (from the Run.. wizard for example)
or
2) Do like Windows does with hiding menu items that aren't ever used

Comment 1 Darin Wright

2003-07-21 12:39:54 EDT

*** Bug 40564 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2 Jared Burns

2003-08-13 14:15:47 EDT

This is related to Bug 41448, which requests that the entries be sorted 
alphabetically.

I'd recommend adding a way to remove items from the list - a checkbox table in 
the preferences.

Comment 3 Darin Wright

2003-08-13 14:24:37 EDT

This is also related to context sensitive launching, which would be a better 
solution to the problem. I.e. a context/run menu that infers what type of 
launch configurations are applicable to the selection/active editor.

Comment 4 Darin Wright

2004-03-09 10:20:22 EST

I'm going to mark this as a duplicagte. Context menu launching and activity 
filtering are intended to solve this problem. See bug 36495 for activity 
filtering, and bug 18338 for context menu launching.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 18338 ***