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
IType type= ((IClassFile)elem).getType();
				if (currentViewer.isElementShown(type)) {
					internalSelectType(type, true);
					updateMethodViewer(type);
				}
			} else if (elem instanceof ICompilationUnit) {
				IType[] allTypes= ((ICompilationUnit)elem).getAllTypes();
				for (int i= 0; i < allTypes.length; i++) {
					if (currentViewer.isElementShown(allTypes[i])) {
						internalSelectType(allTypes[i], true);
						updateMethodViewer(allTypes[i]);
						return;
					}
				}
			}	
		} catch (JavaModelException e) {
			JavaPlugin.log(e.getStatus());
		}
		
	}
	/* (non-Javadoc)
	 * @see org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.viewsupport.IViewPartInputProvider#getViewPartInput()
	 */
	public Object getViewPartInput() {
		return fInputElement;
	}
	
	
	
}