Edit/"Select All" Menu item disabled with single project selected in Project Explorer

[dnapoletanoexp]

The "Select All" action in Project Explorer does not work when only a project is clicked; it works only after clicking another.
Steps for reproducing the problem:

• Open Eclipse on a workspace with two or more projects
• In Project Explorer, click on a project
• Click on "Edit" menu: the "Select All" item is disabled (it should be enabled), and CTRL+A has no effect (it should select all projects)
• In Project Explorer, click on another project (or click again on the same project)
• Click again on the "Edit" menu: the "Select All" item is enabled, and CTRL+A works as expected

[AddRain1]

I'm working on this

[HannesWell]

Great. You are one of the students from CodeDays, aren't you?

Much success on this task and don't hesitate to ask for help if you need any.

[AddRain1]

Great. You are one of the students from CodeDays, aren't you?

Much success on this task and don't hesitate to ask for help if you need any.

Yes, thank you very much.

[Xiaotian-Lyu]

Hi, I am also working on this issue. I am in the same team with adrian.
I installed the latest version and cannot repro this issue.

Some operations I have tried so far:

• Open Eclipse workspace and directly click "Select All"
• Open Eclipse workspace, click on one project and then click "Select All"
• Open Eclipse workspace and "Ctrl+A"
• Open Eclipse workspace, click on one project and then click "Ctrl+A"

It seems to work fine.
This is the version I tried:
Version: 2024-12 (4.34)
Build id: I20241014-1810
Java 23

I am wondering if this issue only exists on a specific version?
Also, cc @AddRain1

[dnapoletanoexp]

Hi, I am also working on this issue. I am in the same team with adrian. I installed the latest version and cannot repro this issue.

Some operations I have tried so far:

• Open Eclipse workspace and directly click "Select All"
• Open Eclipse workspace, click on one project and then click "Select All"
• Open Eclipse workspace and "Ctrl+A"
• Open Eclipse workspace, click on one project and then click "Ctrl+A"

It seems to work fine. This is the version I tried: Version: 2024-12 (4.34) Build id: I20241014-1810 Java 23

I am wondering if this issue only exists on a specific version? Also, cc @AddRain1

Version I'm using is 2024-09, the latest available from https://eclipseide.org/ . Perhaps the problem has disappeared in upcoming 2024-12 as a side effect of some other development?

[AddRain1]

@dnapoletanoexp @Xiaotian-Lyu
I believe the issue has already been resolved in the upcoming 2024-12 version. My teammate and I were able to reproduce the issue on 2024-09, but were unable to in 2024-12. I wasn't able to find any duplicate issues. @dnapoletanoexp Would you mind looking at the 2024-12 version?

[dnapoletanoexp]

@dnapoletanoexp @Xiaotian-Lyu I believe the issue has already been resolved in the upcoming 2024-12 version. My teammate and I were able to reproduce the issue on 2024-09, but were unable to in 2024-12. I wasn't able to find any duplicate issues. @dnapoletanoexp Would you mind looking at the 2024-12 version?

I've tried with 2024-12 M2, "Eclipse IDE for Java Developers" (Windows x86_64) downloaded from here:

https://www.eclipse.org/downloads/packages/release/2024-12/m2

creating a new workspace and 3 Java projects, but the problem persists. Further specs:

• OS: Windows 10 x64
• Java: "21" 2023-09-19 LTS

[dnapoletanoexp]

Update: I've tried with 2024-12 M3, Eclipse IDE for Java Developers:

https://www.eclipse.org/downloads/packages/release/2024-12/m3

Selection works well in Package Explorer; the problem still occurs in Project Explorer.

[dnapoletanoexp]

Further update: I've downloaded the "Eclipse IDE for Enterprise Java and Web Developers" 2024-12 release version from:

https://www.eclipse.org/downloads/packages/

The problem still occurs.

[srikanth-sankaran]

@jarthana - should this be forwarded to platform UI ?? Or JDT UI ??

[jarthana]

I believe this belongs in Platform. But I don't think we can transfer issues outside JDT. We will have to create a new one.
@HannesWell Do you know which repo that would be?

[HannesWell]

I believe this belongs in Platform. But I don't think we can transfer issues outside JDT. We will have to create a new one.

Unfortunately yes. IIRC the EF-infra team is working on some bots to help with that, but that's not yet available.

@HannesWell Do you know which repo that would be?

From the description I think it's https://github.com/eclipse-platform/eclipse.platform.ui .