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 ResourceInfo_location;
	public static String ResourceInfo_resolvedLocation;
	public static String ResourceInfo_size;
	public static String ResourceInfo_bytes;
	public static String ResourceInfo_file;
	public static String ResourceInfo_fileTypeFormat;
	public static String ResourceInfo_folder;
	public static String ResourceInfo_project;
	public static String ResourceInfo_linkedFile;
	public static String ResourceInfo_linkedFolder;
	public static String ResourceInfo_unknown;
	public static String ResourceInfo_notLocal;
	public static String ResourceInfo_undefinedPathVariable;
	public static String ResourceInfo_notExist;
	public static String ResourceInfo_fileNotExist;
	public static String ResourceInfo_path;
	public static String ResourceInfo_lastModified;
	public static String ResourceInfo_fileEncodingTitle;
	public static String ResourceInfo_fileContentEncodingFormat;
	public static String ResourceInfo_fileContainerEncodingFormat;
	public static String ResourceInfo_containerEncodingFormat;
	
	public static String ProjectReferencesPage_label;
	
	public static String ProjectCapabilityPropertyPage_chooseCapabilities;
	public static String ProjectCapabilityPropertyPage_noCapabilities;
	public static String ProjectCapabilityPropertyPage_errorTitle;
	public static String ProjectCapabilityPropertyPage_internalError;
	public static String ProjectCapabilityPropertyPage_invalidSelection;
	public static String ProjectCapabilityEditingPropertyPage_add;