Bug 215159 [PropertiesView] description of last selected item stays in status line after deselection
Build ID: M20071023-1652 Steps To Reproduce: 1. use a standard java project 2. make sure the package explorer and properties view are open 3. select the "src" folder in the package explorer -> status line shows "project - src" 4. select a random property in the properties view (e.g. "path") -> status line shows "path" 5. select the "JRE System Library" in the package explorer -> status line shows "JRE System Library ... - project" 6. set focus on the (now empty) properties view -> status line shows "path" (should be empty, shouldn't it?) More information: I found this one developing a RCP using PropertyDescriptors and its setDescription(String) method. It's a cosmetic bug, but I think it won't be much work clearing the status line when the properties view looses all content.
bundles/org.eclipse.ui.views/src/org/eclipse/ui/views/properties/PropertySheetViewer.java
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Tree;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TreeColumn;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TreeItem;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget;
import org.eclipse.ui.internal.views.properties.PropertiesMessages;
/**
 * The PropertySheetViewer displays the properties of objects. The model for the
 * viewer consists of a hierarchy of <code>IPropertySheetEntry</code>.
 * <p>
 * This viewer also supports the optional catogorization of the first level
 * <code>IPropertySheetEntry</code> s by using instances of
 * <code>PropertySheetCategory</code>.
 *  
 */
class PropertySheetViewer extends Viewer {
    
    private Object[] input;
    
    private IPropertySheetEntry rootEntry;
    
    private PropertySheetCategory[] categories;
    
    private Tree tree;
    /**
     * Maintain a map from the PropertySheet entry to its
     * corresponding TreeItem. This is used in 'findItem' to
     * greatly increase the performance.
     */
    private HashMap entryToItemMap = new HashMap();