Allow user to hide menu items in context menus #258
Description
Let's make sure issue is not already fixed in latest builds first.
- [ X] I verified Eclipse 2025-9 (version 144.0.2 64 bit) (https://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/) doesn't provide the feature.
Suggestion
I am working on a laptop with about a 19" screen, and because of poor eyesite I have the display set to 1920x1200 with a scaling factor o 175%. When I right-click on a file in the Java perspective, there are too many items to display them all. Thanks to a bug in Windows 11 it is impossible to scroll up or down in a context menu; for this reason it would be useful to hide unused items in Context menus.
I did not start from a fresh installation but I did create an empty workspace to test this.
From a clean workspace:
- Select "File / New / Java project"
- Create a project with the name "BugDemo"
- In the "Package Explorer", right click on any file (I used module-info,java)
- A context menu should appear but with too many items to display all at once.
There is an up arrow at the top of the menu, presumably to allow scrolling, but clicking on this does nothing. The item "Compare to" is below the bottom of the window but there is no way to reach it without changing Windows the screen scaling setting.
I would like to be able to hide unused context menu items to allow all items to be displayed at once.
Community
- [X ] I understand suggesting an enhancement doesn't mandate anyone to implement it. Other contributors may consider this suggestion, or not, at their own convenience. The most efficient way to get it fixed is that I implement it myself and contribute it back as a good quality patch to the project.