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Bug 186812

Summary:	Refactor menu items should grayed (disabled) if they cannot be applied in the current context
Product:	java	Reporter:	dlipin <dlipin>
Component:	Refactoring	Assignee:	Jan Becicka <jbecicka>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX
Severity:	normal	Keywords:	USABILITY
Priority:	P4
Version:	6.x
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Issue Type:	DEFECT	Exception Reporter:

Description dlipin 2010-05-27 13:48:04 UTC

Steps to reproduce:
1) Create Java Application
2) Select project node in the Projects window
3) Click "Refactor" menu
4) I see Rename, Move, Copy, Safely Delete items there active and Undo/Redo disabled
5) Clicking on any of the active items mentioned above results in "The ... refactoring cannot be applied in this context" message

I would expect the appropriate item be grayed (disabled) other than seeing this unfriendly message.

Not sure about the category, can be general refactoring issue, not the java's one.

Comment 1 dlipin 2010-05-27 15:48:11 UTC

The same situation for the case when no projects are opened at all.

Comment 2 Jan Becicka 2010-11-18 11:05:05 UTC

Enable/disable logic was too expensive and responsive was poor. We decided to implement it this way. See issue 173786