Bug 90825 [LinkedResources] Typing external path for folder link can be very slow
3.1M6 (but it's been a problem for a long time, I just haven't reported it until now) Select an existing project. File > New > Folder. Type a folder name, click Advanced, click Link to folder in the file system. Click in the text field to enter the actual path. Start typing \\servername\path\to\whatever. As I type this path on my computer, the Eclipse UI sometimes becomes unresponsive. I may only see a new character come up every few seconds. Some keystrokes may be lost. Windows may draw a white bar across the top of the Eclipse window where the menu used to be. It seems to be trying to figure out if the file exists in the main GUI thread. This can take a while, especially if the server name has a typo or is not found. Often I'm trying to correct the path but am frustrated by this unresponsiveness. I managed to get a Ctrl+Break traceback of the main thread when it was sluggish: "main" prio=7 tid=0x00035d00 nid=0x5a8 runnable [0x0007e000..0x0007fc3c] at java.io.WinNTFileSystem.getBooleanAttributes(Native Method) at java.io.File.exists(Unknown Source) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.dialogs.CreateLinkedResourceGroup.validat eLinkLocation(CreateLinkedResourceGroup.java:427) at org.eclipse.ui.dialogs.WizardNewFolderMainPage.validateLinkedResource (WizardNewFolderMainPage.java:438) at org.eclipse.ui.dialogs.WizardNewFolderMainPage.validatePage(WizardNew FolderMainPage.java:476) at org.eclipse.ui.dialogs.WizardNewFolderMainPage$2.handleEvent(WizardNe wFolderMainPage.java:149) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.dialogs.CreateLinkedResourceGroup$2.modif yText(CreateLinkedResourceGroup.java:172) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TypedListener.handleEvent(TypedListener.java: 187) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:82) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:842) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:866) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:847) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Text.wmCommandChild(Text.java:2019) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Control.WM_COMMAND(Control.java:3155) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Control.windowProc(Control.java:3032) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.windowProc(Display.java:3466) at org.eclipse.swt.internal.win32.OS.CallWindowProcW(Native Method) at org.eclipse.swt.internal.win32.OS.CallWindowProc(OS.java:1549) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Text.callWindowProc(Text.java:127) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Control.windowProc(Control.java:3114) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Text.windowProc(Text.java:1742) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.windowProc(Display.java:3466) at org.eclipse.swt.internal.win32.OS.DispatchMessageW(Native Method) at org.eclipse.swt.internal.win32.OS.DispatchMessage(OS.java:1625) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:2525) at org.eclipse.jface.window.Window.runEventLoop(Window.java:803) at org.eclipse.jface.window.Window.open(Window.java:781) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.actions.NewWizardShortcutAction.run(NewWizard ShortcutAction.java:102) at org.eclipse.jface.action.Action.runWithEvent(Action.java:996) at org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem.handleWidgetSelection (ActionContributionItem.java:538) at org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem.access$2(ActionContri butionItem.java:488) at org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem$5.handleEvent(ActionC ontributionItem.java:400) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:82) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:842) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Display.java:2894) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:2527) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runEventLoop(Workbench.java:1570) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runUI(Workbench.java:1534) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.jav a:306) at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:143) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.IDEApplication.run(IDEApplication.java:10 3) at org.eclipse.core.internal.runtime.PlatformActivator$1.run(PlatformAct ivator.java:228) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.ja va:344) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.ja va:156) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:315) at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:268) at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:942) at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:926)
bundles/org.eclipse.ui.ide/src/org/eclipse/ui/internal/ide/IDEWorkbenchMessages.java
public static String WizardNewProjectCreationPage_projectExistsMessage;
	public static String WizardNewProjectCreationPage_projectLocationExistsMessage;
	public static String WizardNewProjectCreationPage_projectContentsLabel;
	public static String WizardNewProjectCreationPage_projectContentsGroupLabel;
	public static String WizardNewProjectCreationPage_useDefaultLabel;
	public static String WizardNewProjectCreationPage_nameLabel;
	public static String WizardNewProjectCreationPage_directoryLabel;
	public static String WizardNewProjectCreationPage_locationLabel;
	public static String WizardNewProjectCreationPage_browseLabel;
	public static String WizardNewProjectReferences_title;
	
	public static String WizardNewFolderMainPage_folderName;
	public static String WizardNewFolderMainPage_folderLabel;
	public static String WizardNewFolderMainPage_description;
	public static String WizardNewFolderCreationPage_progress;
	public static String WizardNewFolderCreationPage_errorTitle;
	public static String WizardNewFolderCreationPage_internalErrorTitle;
	public static String WizardNewFolder_internalError;
	
	public static String WizardNewFileCreationPage_progress;
	public static String WizardNewFileCreationPage_errorTitle;
	public static String WizardNewFileCreationPage_fileLabel;
	public static String WizardNewFileCreationPage_file;
	public static String WizardNewFileCreationPage_internalErrorTitle;
	public static String WizardNewFileCreationPage_internalErrorMessage;
	
	public static String WizardNewLinkPage_linkFileButton;
	public static String WizardNewLinkPage_linkFolderButton;
	public static String WizardNewLinkPage_browseButton;
	public static String WizardNewLinkPage_variablesButton;