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
IType primaryType= cu.findPrimaryType();
		if (primaryType != null)
			return primaryType;
		
		try {
			IType[] types= cu.getTypes();
			if (types.length > 0)
				return types[0];
			else
				return null;
		} catch (JavaModelException ex) {
			return null;
		}
	}	
	void setProcessSelectionEvents(boolean state) {
		fProcessSelectionEvents= state;
	}
	
	/* (non-Javadoc)
	 * @see org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.viewsupport.IViewPartInputProvider#getViewPartInput()
	 */
	public Object getViewPartInput() {
		if (fViewer != null) {
			return fViewer.getInput();
		}
		return null;
	}
}