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
* @param delta direction vector to move the rectangle by
     * @since 3.0
     */
    public static void moveRectangle(Rectangle rect, Point delta) {
        rect.x += delta.x;
        rect.y += delta.y;
    }
    /**
     * Normalizes the given rectangle. That is, any rectangle with
     * negative width or height becomes a rectangle with positive
     * width or height that extends to the upper-left of the original
     * rectangle. 
     * 
     * @param rect rectangle to modify
     * @since 3.0
     */
    public static void normalize(Rectangle rect) {
        if (rect.width < 0) {
            rect.width = -rect.width;
            rect.x -= rect.width;
        }
        if (rect.height < 0) {
            rect.height = -rect.height;
            rect.y -= rect.height;
        }
    }
    /**
     * Converts the given rectangle from display coordinates to the local coordinate system 
     * of the given object into display coordinates.
     *