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 null;
			}
		}
		if (!(element instanceof IResource) || ((IResource)element).isPhantom()) {
			return null;
		}
		return (IResource)element;
	}
	private void setSelection(ISelection selection, boolean reveal) {
		if (selection != null && selection.equals(fViewer.getSelection()))
			return;
		fProcessSelectionEvents= false;
		fViewer.setSelection(selection, reveal);
		fProcessSelectionEvents= true;
	}
	/**
	 * Tries to find the given element in a workingcopy.
	 */
	protected static IJavaElement getWorkingCopy(IJavaElement input) {
		try {
			if (input instanceof ICompilationUnit)
				return ((ICompilationUnit)input).findSharedWorkingCopy(JavaUI.getBufferFactory());
			else
				return EditorUtility.getWorkingCopy(input, false);
		} catch (JavaModelException ex) {
		}
		return null;
	}
	/**
	 * Returns the original element from which the specified working copy