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Bug 248068 fixed "Text editor should not prompt if auto-refresh is enabled" 5.5 years ago in 3.7 already. This works great, except in one case: For text files opened directly from the file system, not in a project in the workspace, Eclipse even in Version: Neon.1a Release (4.6.1) Build id: 20161007-1200 still prompts the user with the annoying old friend "File Changed: The file '...0 has been changed on the file system. Do you want to replace the editor contents with these changes?" - even with [X] Refresh using native hooks or polling and [X] Refresh on access enabled. This isn't as consistent as it could be (why different behaviour for files in-workspace and external files?), and ... annoying (as it was for files in the workspace, which was fixed with Bug 248068). A workaround is to just create a .project where I'd like to open something like e.g. a simple todo.txt (which also frequently externally modified, e.g. by http://todotxt.com ..) and open that project - but having to go through this hoop just to get auto-refresh seems dumb.
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. -- The automated Eclipse Genie.
