[jira] [Created] (NETBEANS-1089) Can only paste into buttommost folders in resources folder

["Karl Richter (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Karl Richter created NETBEANS-1089:
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             Summary: Can only paste into buttommost folders in resources folder
                 Key: NETBEANS-1089
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NETBEANS-1089
             Project: NetBeans
          Issue Type: Improvement
          Components: projects - Maven
    Affects Versions: 9.0
            Reporter: Karl Richter


Creating nested directories in `src/main/resources` of a Maven project, e.g. `archetype-resources/src/test/java` like it's common during the development of an archetype project, allows to create new files and folders with arbitrary parents by changing the "Parent Folder" in the creation dialog. However, it's not possible to paste files from another project in another directories than the buttommost folders (those with no child folders), which is a frequent use case during archetype project development.

Thinking this through, I'd make the displaying of the hierarchy of empty folders in subtrees in one tree node with subfolder names concatenated with `.` optional and display everything (including empty folders) as a tree by default so that we can assume that users who once changed the view to collapse a subtree of empty folders into one node remember this or find the to be added switch in the tree node context menu to change back to the hierarchy allowing them to paste where they want with one click.

The latter proposal should probably be separated, but I don't see the point given my 50 improvement suggestions on Bugzilla and some here without any feedback :(



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