Bug 53649 [Workbench] Minimized views should yield real estate
Consider opening Java perspective with: 1. package explorer on the left (as usual) 2. an editor and the problems view stacked on top of each other on the right (as usual) If you 'minimize' the problems view, the editor gets the real estate previously occupied by it. If you 'minimize' the package explorer, it collapses into its title bar but the editor or problems view does not get anything out of it. All you see is a gray panel on the left. It's only beneficial to minimize views if there is another view below it. It would be good if views always yield its previously occupied space to the rest of the workbench on minimize. It could give priority to open views vertically above/below it so that current behaviour is not lost :)
bundles/org.eclipse.jface/src/org/eclipse/jface/util/Geometry.java
rectangle.width = newSize.x;
        rectangle.height = newSize.y;
    }
    /**
     * Returns the x,y position of the given rectangle. For normalized rectangles
     * (rectangles with positive width and height), this is the upper-left
     * corner of the rectangle.
     * 
     * @param toQuery rectangle to query
     * @return a Point containing the x,y position of the rectangle
     * 
     * @since 3.0
     */
    public static Point getLocation(Rectangle toQuery) {
        return new Point(toQuery.x, toQuery.y);
    }
    /**
     * Returns a new rectangle with the given position and dimensions, expressed
     * as points.
     * 
     * @param position the (x,y) position of the rectangle
     * @param size the size of the new rectangle, where (x,y) -> (width, height)
     * @return a new Rectangle with the given position and size
     * 
     * @since 3.0
     */
    public static Rectangle createRectangle(Point position, Point size) {
        return new Rectangle(position.x, position.y, size.x, size.y);
    }
}