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/browsing/JavaBrowsingPart.java
return je;
		return findInputForJavaElement(je.getParent());
	}
	
	final protected IJavaElement findElementToSelect(Object obj) {
		if (obj instanceof IJavaElement)
			return findElementToSelect((IJavaElement)obj);
		return null;
	}
	
	/**
	 * Finds the element which has to be selected in this part.
	 * 
	 * @param je	the Java element which has the focus
	 */
	abstract protected IJavaElement findElementToSelect(IJavaElement je);
	
	protected final Object getSingleElementFromSelection(ISelection selection) {
		if (!(selection instanceof StructuredSelection) || selection.isEmpty())
			return null;
		
		Iterator iter= ((StructuredSelection)selection).iterator();
		Object firstElement= iter.next();
		if (!(firstElement instanceof IJavaElement)) {
			if (firstElement instanceof ISearchResultViewEntry) {
				IJavaElement je= SearchUtil.getJavaElement((ISearchResultViewEntry)firstElement);
				if (je != null)
					return je;
				firstElement= ((ISearchResultViewEntry)firstElement).getResource();
			}