[jbosstools-issues] [JBoss JIRA] (JBIDE-18400) Show In > Forge Console option not always visible

[Koen Aers (JIRA)]

    [ https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-18400?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=13006571#comment-13006571 ] 

Koen Aers commented on JBIDE-18400:
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I have identified the problem and I'm afraid that there is not a lot that we can do about this. 

Selecting 'Show In->Forge Console' will make the Forge Console View the active part. The reason that no applicable views appear in the list upon the second time the 'Show In->Forge Console' is selected, is because the Forge Console View is not listed as a IShowInSource. But making the Forge Console View implement the IShowInSource and IShowInTargetList interfaces (as well as ISelectionListener to keep track of the current selection) does not solve the problem and even makes it more confusing because apparently right clicking on an object does not change the selected object in Eclipse. So in that case, the menu appears but when executing it, Forge will just go to the originally selected object and not to the new one. 

This confusing behavior is also reproduceable in the earlier example of 'Show In->Properties View': if you select a file and do 'Show In->Properties View' the file will appear in the Properties View as expected, but then right clicking on a second file and again selecting 'Show In->Properties View' will put the focus again in the Properties View but without changing the contents of it to the second file.

Simply selecting the desired object (or the viewer of the object) with a left click and then bringing up the 'Show In...' menu with a right click does work as expected however. 

I will resolve this issue as "Won't Fix". 

> Show In > Forge Console option not always visible
> -------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: JBIDE-18400
>                 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-18400
>             Project: Tools (JBoss Tools)
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: forge
>    Affects Versions: 4.2.0.CR1
>            Reporter: Michelle Murray
>
> Show In > Forge Console option disappears after first use. To get it back, user needs to click another window (e.g. Chrome) and then come back to JBDS window.
> For example:
> * Have existing project listed in Project Explorer.
> * Forge Console is started.
> * In Project Explorer, expand src/. When right-click items under src/, each shows Show In > Forge Console option.
> * Right-click /src/main/ and click Show In > Forge Console.
> * Then /src/main/java no longer shows Show In > Forge Console option.
> * >> Workaround - go to a different window, like Chrome and then come back to JBDS and now option is once again listed in menu.



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