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Bug 46014

Summary:	Open Project dialog absolutizes path
Product:	projects	Reporter:	mslama <mslama>
Component:	Generic Projects UI	Assignee:	Jesse Glick <jglick>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	blocker	CC:	phrebejk
Priority:	P2
Version:	4.x
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Linux
Issue Type:	DEFECT	Exception Reporter:
Bug Depends on:	46459
Bug Blocks:	41535

Description mslama 2004-07-12 09:53:53 UTC

See issue #45793 for more details.

When I have symbolic link in path eg.:
/home/mslama/local/a.java where 'local' is
symbolic link to /mnt/local/mslama. Absolute path
to a.java is /mnt/local/mslama/a.java.
Problem is:
1.When I open given document using Favorites tab
C-S-3 action works fine. (Its path contains
symbolic link as you said.)
2.When I open the same document using Projects tab
C-S-3 action does NOT work. (Its path is
absolute.) I opened project using Open Project
dialog and I went through symbolic link in project
chooser.
Its look like projects somehow absolutize path of
opened project (project files).

Comment 1 Jesse Glick 2004-07-12 21:55:01 UTC

Presumably a JFileChooser problem. I have an action item to make sure
it is filed and handled. I think it depends on the L&F - in particular
I believe the GTK chooser does not have this problem.

Comment 2 Jesse Glick 2004-07-21 21:52:56 UTC

See JDK bug #4906607. I believe I have found an (elaborate) workaround
which I will try to use in NB.

Comment 3 Jesse Glick 2004-07-22 19:39:25 UTC

I think this is P2 from a user perspective; there is no workaround and
it can make things quite uncomfortable. I filed #46459 for an API
method that can be used generally wherever a file chooser should not
canonicalize links.

Comment 4 Jesse Glick 2004-07-30 23:33:47 UTC

committed   * Up-To-Date  1.10       
projects/projectui/nbproject/project.xml
committed   * Up-To-Date  1.21       
projects/projectui/src/org/netbeans/modules/project/ui/ProjectChooserAccessory.java