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Bug 75091 - Add Project (libraries) should list open projects as well as presenting file chooser
Summary: Add Project (libraries) should list open projects as well as presenting file ...
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: projects
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Ant Project (show other bugs)
Version: 5.x
Hardware: All All
: P3 blocker (vote)
Assignee: Tomas Stupka
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Reported: 2006-04-15 03:04 UTC by _ tboudreau
Modified: 2016-07-07 08:39 UTC (History)
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Description _ tboudreau 2006-04-15 03:04:49 UTC 
Most of the time when someone wants to add a project as a compilation resource 
to a project, they actually already have it open.  The UI for this should 
first offer a choice of all open projects, and then second offer the file 
chooser if the project is not actually open.  Currently the user has to go 
fishing for a project that is already displayed in Explorer - that can't be 
right.
Comment 1 Jesse Glick 2006-04-15 19:41:37 UTC 
To the contrary the current UI was designed this way intentionally, with the
guess that in the majority of cases the new dependency would not already be
open. Probably an empirical matter to investigate.
Comment 2 Jesse Glick 2011-10-11 21:59:24 UTC 
Already the case for Maven projects.
Comment 3 Martin Balin 2016-07-07 08:39:26 UTC 
This old bug may not be relevant anymore. If you can still reproduce it in 8.2 development builds please reopen this issue.

Thanks for your cooperation,
NetBeans IDE 8.2 Release Boss