OpenLiberty / OpenLiberty/liberty-tools-eclipse

Provide user the "Show In" menu in LT dashboard so that from project selection they can open Terminal, System Explorer, etc.

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enhancement
Dominant language
Java
Stars
16
Forks
20
Avg merge
2d 9h
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Description

Since a Liberty user is already used to interacting with their project from the dashboard, and since it may be occasionally useful to open the project location via terminal/shell or System Explorer, it could be helpful to provide this from a sub-menu in the DB proj. selection.

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Research direction

Start by locating the Liberty dashboard project-selection UI and any existing project actions or menus. The work is done when project selection provides a "Show In" submenu with options such as Terminal or System Explorer for opening the project location.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java
Domain
desktop, developer-experience
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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