Creating a new task Mylyn minimizes Navigator and Project Explorer in Eclipse Helios CDT

Question

I am new to Mylyn, but have been using the Eclipse CDT for the last 3 years or so. Since our projects have many thousands of files and up to 50 or so inside the directory, I like the context switching provided by each of my Mylyn tasks. This allows me to scroll my directory structure a lot to get to my files.

My problem is that every time I create a new Mylyn task, my Navigator and Project Explorer trees crash and I need to click my path down to the directories I need. this may include 10 or more branches of the tree to get where I want to go. I use the task → context → copy to install, when I create new tasks to fill my new task with context, but this is too inconvenient for such a great tool.

Since many of my tasks are related to files in directories that are close to each other, it would be nice to work on one task, decide what I need new, and create it with easy access to the directories next to which I am currently working.

I can’t wait to start using the JIRA repository feature to work with my CRs. I hope that this works in real life, as in my imagination.

Thank,

Rob

Answer 1

Have you tried disabling the auto-focus setting for the Eclipse task ? Go to Preferences / Tasks / Context:

This will cause Eclipse to hide files that are not in the current task context when switching between tasks. Which for a new (empty) task means that it will not hide everything.

You can focus on the task context later by clicking the focus button in the project explorer: