robotframework / robotframework/RIDE

Possibility to remove files from the External Resources

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Description

Originally submitted to Google Code by @mikahanninen on 10 Sep 2012

If something was added by mistake into External Resources it can't be removed without RIDE restart.

Implement 'remove' action which removes file from the RIDE, but leaves it intact in the file system.

The same applies into other parts of tree dialog also. Maybe it would be good to have an option to remove file from the project (ie. having resource/test case files in the directory without them being in the RIDE).

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Research direction

Start with the External Resources entry and the other tree-dialog actions to find how files are added and represented in RIDE. Implement a remove action that removes the file from the project view without deleting it from the file system, then check whether the same behavior should apply to resource and test case files.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
desktop
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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