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shift/control + click on tree views [message #488736]

Tue, 29 September 2009 23:02

Yuriy Malchenko
Messages: 7
Registered: July 2009

Junior Member

Hi!

In the latest release of Eclipse (3.5.1) every time I control-click or shift-click on a tree view I get this tree collapse or expand some of its nodes (usually the first one). The expected behavior is to select a range of items (with shift+click) or select/de-select an item (with control+click). I used to use Eclipse under windows before - this kind of things never happened there; under Linux/GTK I have experienced this behavior from time to time (it was quite annoying, but after a few clicks I was getting it to work). But after updating to SR1 it happens all the time, no matter how or where I click.

Is this an intended behavior or is it a bug and should it be reported?

Thanks!

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Re: shift/control + click on tree views [message #488813 is a reply to message #488736]

Wed, 30 September 2009 06:41

Dani Megert
Messages: 3801
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Yuriy Malchenko wrote:
> Hi!
>
> In the latest release of Eclipse (3.5.1) every time I control-click or
> shift-click on a tree view I get this tree collapse or expand some of
> its nodes (usually the first one). The expected behavior is to select
> a range of items (with shift+click) or select/de-select an item (with
> control+click). I used to use Eclipse under windows before - this kind
> of things never happened there; under Linux/GTK I have experienced
> this behavior from time to time (it was quite annoying, but after a
> few clicks I was getting it to work). But after updating to SR1 it
> happens all the time, no matter how or where I click.
>
> Is this an intended behavior or is it a bug and should it be reported?
Are you sure you don't click twice on the node (this does
expand/collapse). Another cause could be a defective mouse. If that's
not the case then please file a bug report with steps to reproduce.

Dani
>
> Thanks!

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Re: shift/control + click on tree views [message #488823 is a reply to message #488813]

Wed, 30 September 2009 08:26

Stephan Herrmann
Messages: 781
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Hi,

I frequently see this behavior on Linux/GTK too (started maybe around
3.5.0 or around my latest Kubuntu upgrade, not sure).

I have no more details on how to reproduce than:
1. select on element in any tree view
2. ctrl-click or shift-click on any other element in the same tree

However, I have a workaround to avoid that annoying collapsing:
When you do ctrl-click first press ctrl, then move the mouse just
a little (while holding ctrl) and only then click.

Do you still see the collapsing with a little motion in between?

Stephan

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