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
clearInput();
		} else {
			if (changedTypes == null) {
				
				try {
					fHierarchyLifeCycle.ensureRefreshedTypeHierarchy(fInputElement, new BusyIndicatorRunnableContext());
				} catch (JavaModelException e) {
					JavaPlugin.log(e.getStatus());
					clearInput();
					return;
				}
				fMethodsViewer.refresh();
				updateHierarchyViewer();
			} else {
				
				fMethodsViewer.refresh();
				if (getCurrentViewer().isMethodFiltering()) {
					if (changedTypes.length == 1) {
						getCurrentViewer().refresh(changedTypes[0]);
					} else {
						updateHierarchyViewer();
					}
				} else {
					getCurrentViewer().update(changedTypes, new String[] { IBasicPropertyConstants.P_TEXT, IBasicPropertyConstants.P_IMAGE } );
				}
			}
		}
	}