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Asked: 2026-05-13T19:18:57+00:00

One of the most annoying things about the new eclipse version is that it

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One of the most annoying things about the new eclipse version is that it makes moving files rather hard.

By default on the left of your screen you will see the file system explorer (where it lists your workspace projects). I used to be able to drag folders/files around – but now each time I do that it pops up a window and asks me to select the destination folder. This is a problem because I already dropped the file to where I wanted it (often several levels away) and having to re-navigate in the pop-up to that same folder is a pain.

Can I disable the “Move Resources” confirm window somehow?

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  1. Editorial Team

    I did not reproduced the issue either with the:

    • Package Explorer
    • Project Explorer

    with a fresh Eclipse installation:

    http://web.archive.org/web/20130113130425/http://img697.i_mageshack.us/img697/5006/eclipsedragndrop.png

    Do you have any plugin installed? Do you reproduce the problem with a clean installation?
    Can you move some type of files (like .txt instead of .java) without any confirmation message popping up?
    Are your files read-only? (which could prompt a confirmation message, as illustrated below)

    http://web.archive.org/web/20130113130425/http://img714.i_mageshack.us/img714/4746/eclipsedragndrop2.png

    Note: regarding PDT2.1 (and even the upcoming PDT 2.2 next July), the drag and drop or the move of resources still has a lot of bugs, including bug 256278 which concerns an odd message on a drag and drop:

    http://web.archive.org/web/20130113130426/http://img62.i_mageshack.us/img62/7362/eclipsepdtdnd.png

    I confirm this is PDT related (it would not happen with JDT)

    http://web.archive.org/web/20130113130425/http://img696.i_mageshack.us/img696/783/eclipsepdtmove.png

    org.eclipse.ltk.internal.ui.refactoring.RefactoringWizardDialog2 is being called here. Every time a drag&drop is performed. And no preference seems to be there to cancel that behavior.

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