Bug 22551 Hierarchy pane missing "New..." menu item in context menu [type hierarchy]
(R2.0) I can almost use Eclipse like a Smalltalk Class Hierarchy browser. This is one of two problems. My custom perspective has a Packages pane, a Hierarchy pane (which includes methods of course) and a code editor pane. I cannot create a new class that is a subclass of the selected class in the Hierarchy pane. Note that I can do this in the "Types" pane from the context menu. The workaround is to use the Packages context menu, but this does NOT pick up the superclass that I have selected in the Hierarchy pane.
org.eclipse.jdt.ui/ui/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/ui/typehierarchy/TypeHierarchyViewPart.java
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	/**
	 * Sets the input to a new type
	 * @deprecated 
	 */
	public void setInput(IType type) {
		setInputElement(type);
	}	
	
	/**
	 * Returns the input element of the type hierarchy.
	 * Can be of type <code>IType</code> or <code>IPackageFragment</code>
	 */	
	public IJavaElement getInputElement() {
		return fInputElement;
	}			
		
	/**
	 * Sets the input to a new element.
	 */	
	public void setInputElement(IJavaElement element) {
		if (element != null) {
			if (element instanceof IMember) {
				if (element.getElementType() != IJavaElement.TYPE) {
					element= ((IMember) element).getDeclaringType();
				}				
				ICompilationUnit cu= ((IMember) element).getCompilationUnit();
				if (cu != null && cu.isWorkingCopy()) {
					element= cu.getOriginal(element);