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Re: [platform-dev] Should closed project behave like folders?
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On 27-Jun-2013, at 11:43 AM, Mickael Istria <mistria@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 06/27/2013 05:37 PM, Brian de Alwis wrote:
>> So you could open the file outside of a project (File > Open Fileā¦).
> It could work, but it's not the most natural IMO.
> The use-case I have in mind is a big Maven repos with some Java projects, and I sometimes just want to tweak a pom or a message file in a project I already have (closed) in my workspace.
You could add a menu item targeted to closed projects to select a file for Open With.
>> A slightly different approach would be to make the project natures toggleable. So you mark this project as no longer being a Java project. These overrides should be stored as a workspace preference rather than a project preference.
> That's interesting. But if we have this, doesn't it make the concept of closed projects useless from a end-user perspective?
Temporarily removing a nature just changes the abilities provided on that project (e.g., removing PDE nature turns the project into a normal Java project), whereas closing a project removes it from consideration.
You can delete a project without removing the content to remove it from your project list. Does that mean closed-projects are useless?
Brian.