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
updateHistoryEntries();
		}
		return (IJavaElement[]) fInputHistory.toArray(new IJavaElement[fInputHistory.size()]);
	}
	
	/**
	 * Sets the history entries
	 */
	public void setHistoryEntries(IJavaElement[] elems) {
		fInputHistory.clear();
		for (int i= 0; i < elems.length; i++) {
			fInputHistory.add(elems[i]);
		}
		updateHistoryEntries();
	}
	
	/**
	 * Selects an member in the methods list or in the current hierarchy.
	 */	
	public void selectMember(IMember member) {
		ICompilationUnit cu= member.getCompilationUnit();
		if (cu != null && cu.isWorkingCopy()) {
			member= (IMember) cu.getOriginal(member);
			if (member == null) {
				return;
			}
		}
		if (member.getElementType() != IJavaElement.TYPE) {
			if (fHierarchyLifeCycle.isReconciled() && cu != null) {
				try {