Project: Eclipse_Platform_UI
Bug 19113 [Navigator] F2 for Rename in Navigator conflicts with Java Editor
Reported: 2002-06-04 11:59:14 | Status: resolved fixed

The Navigator uses F2 for Rename, while the Java Editor defines F2 as "Show Tooltip Description". One of them needs to go. It's confusing because F2 does a Rename in the Navigator unless you have a Java Editor open, *even though* the Navigator view has focus. If you're used to using F2 to rename a resource in the Navigator, it will appear that the function is broken unless you know that the reason it's not working is because you have a Java Editor open. I know that accelerator keys are an unresolved issue in general, but at least the base Eclipse components should not conflict with each other.

Files changed in fix:
bundles/org.eclipse.ui.views/src/org/eclipse/ui/views/navigator/MainActionGroup.java bundles/org.eclipse.ui.views/src/org/eclipse/ui/views/navigator/RefactorActionGroup.java bundles/org.eclipse.ui.views/src/org/eclipse/ui/views/navigator/ResourceNavigator.java bundles/org.eclipse.ui.views/src/org/eclipse/ui/views/navigator/ResourceNavigatorActionGroup.java bundles/org.eclipse.ui.views/src/org/eclipse/ui/views/navigator/WorkspaceActionGroup.java bundles/org.eclipse.ui.workbench/Eclipse UI/org/eclipse/ui/internal/WorkbenchActionBuilder.java