I think we can address this a couple of ways:
1) Leaving a Navigator view (that is based on the CNF but that does not
have any of the Java CNF extensions so it looks like the resource
navigator).
2) Allowing multiple instances of these navigator views, so that you
can make your own project explorer and you can remove the Java CNF
extensions using the view menu.
Both of these issues are independent of the end of life process for the
RN, and I recommend that an enhancement request be filed against the
Common Navigator for this functionality so that we can track it.
Francis
Markus Keller wrote:
I fully agree with Johan. I have
exactly
the same use case, and I often do Navigate > Show In > Navigator
from the Package Explorer to see the "Resource" view and context
of the selected item.
Markus
> applications out there that use it (or at least used to). My
suggestion
for
> an orderly death would be:
>
> - Deprecate all APIs immediately but leave everything in place.
> - Make sure none of the SDK perspectives contain the Navigator in
their
> default layout.
> - Advertise that it is deprecated and encourage people to move to
CNF
> - Immediately after the 3.5 release, split the navigator view and
APIs out
> of org.eclipse.ui.ide into a separate plug-in.
> - At some point remove this plug-in from the platform feature
(perhaps
in
> 3.6, or else in 4.0). org.eclipse.ui.ide version would need to
bump
to 4.0
> at this point.
>
> This way the view is still available for people who still need it
for
> whatever reason. And, with the slightly higher bar of having it in
a
> separate bundle outside the platform, there will be strong
incentive
for
> people to move to the Project Explorer.
>
> Note there are likely bits and pieces of API outside the navigator
API
> package that will also need deprecating. IPageLayout.ID_RES_NAV
comes
to
> mind, for example.
>
> Next step: orderly death of the package explorer :)
>
>
hmm now i have a Navigator and a Package explorer side by side in
almost
all my perspectives
Will this mean that when you kill both that i have to use a single view
(because you cant have multiply copies of the project explorer in 1
perspective)
to do the same thing?
For example Package explorer does filter quite a lot of files that i
sometimes just have to go to. Or i dont want that packages type of
viewing for a certain file
Now i just take 1 of the 2.
So to have this behavior in 1 View, the project explorer, we should
really have a very very quick way of switching
between packages view and just resource view in side that Project
explorer and then not what i have to do now, through menu's and dialogs
and checkboxes and ok buttons...
johan
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