Create Launch Group from selected launch configurations in Launch Config View

debug/org.eclipse.debug.core/core/org/eclipse/debug/internal/core/groups/GroupMemberChangeListener.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- *  Copyright (c) 2016, 2017 SSI Schaefer IT Solutions GmbH and others.
+ *  Copyright (c) 2016, 2026 SSI Schaefer IT Solutions GmbH and others.
  *
  *  This program and the accompanying materials
  *  are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
  */
 public class GroupMemberChangeListener implements ILaunchConfigurationListener {
 
-	private static final String GROUP_TYPE_ID = "org.eclipse.debug.core.groups.GroupLaunchConfigurationType"; //$NON-NLS-1$
+	public static final String GROUP_TYPE_ID = "org.eclipse.debug.core.groups.GroupLaunchConfigurationType"; //$NON-NLS-1$
 
 	@Override
 	public void launchConfigurationAdded(ILaunchConfiguration configuration) {

debug/org.eclipse.debug.ui/ui/org/eclipse/debug/internal/ui/launchConfigurations/LaunchConfigurationView.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2000, 2025 IBM Corporation and others.
+ * Copyright (c) 2000, 2026 IBM Corporation and others.
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials
  * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ public class LaunchConfigurationView extends AbstractDebugView implements ILaunc
 	private UnlinkPrototypeAction fUnlinkPrototypeAction;
 	private ResetWithPrototypeValuesAction fResetWithPrototypeValuesAction;
 	private ImportLaunchConfigurationAction fImportAction;
-
+	private QuickGroupLaunch quickGroupLaunchAction;
 	/**
 	 * Action for providing filtering to the Launch Configuration Dialog
 	 * @since 3.2
@@ -233,6 +233,10 @@ protected void createActions() {
 
 		fResetWithPrototypeValuesAction = new ResetWithPrototypeValuesAction(getViewer(), getLaunchGroup().getMode());
 		setAction(ResetWithPrototypeValuesAction.ID_RESET_WITH_PROTOTYPE_VALUES_ACTION, fResetWithPrototypeValuesAction);
+
+		quickGroupLaunchAction = new QuickGroupLaunch(getViewer(), getLaunchGroup().getMode());
+		setAction(QuickGroupLaunch.ID_QUICK_GROUP_LAUNCH_ACTION, quickGroupLaunchAction);
+
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -253,6 +257,7 @@ protected void fillContextMenu(IMenuManager menu) {
 		menu.add(fExportAction);
 		menu.add(fDuplicateAction);
 		menu.add(fDeleteAction);
+		menu.add(quickGroupLaunchAction);
 		menu.add(new Separator());
 		menu.add(fLinkPrototypeAction);
 		menu.add(fUnlinkPrototypeAction);
@@ -290,6 +295,7 @@ public void dispose() {
 		fLinkPrototypeAction.dispose();
 		fUnlinkPrototypeAction.dispose();
 		fResetWithPrototypeValuesAction.dispose();
+		quickGroupLaunchAction.dispose();
 		getLaunchManager().removeLaunchConfigurationListener(this);
 	}
 

debug/org.eclipse.debug.ui/ui/org/eclipse/debug/internal/ui/launchConfigurations/LaunchConfigurationsDialog.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- *  Copyright (c) 2000, 2025 IBM Corporation and others.
+ *  Copyright (c) 2000, 2026 IBM Corporation and others.
  *
  *  This program and the accompanying materials
  *  are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
@@ -863,6 +863,17 @@ protected AbstractLaunchConfigurationAction getNewAction() {
 		return (AbstractLaunchConfigurationAction)fLaunchConfigurationView.getAction(CreateLaunchConfigurationAction.ID_CREATE_ACTION);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Gets the quick group launch menu action
+	 *
+	 * @return the quick group launch menu action
+	 *
+	 * @since 3.13
+	 */
+	protected AbstractLaunchConfigurationAction getQuickGroupLaunchAction() {
+		return (AbstractLaunchConfigurationAction) fLaunchConfigurationView
+				.getAction(QuickGroupLaunch.ID_QUICK_GROUP_LAUNCH_ACTION);
+	}
 	/**
 	 * Gets the new prototype menu action
 	 *

debug/org.eclipse.debug.ui/ui/org/eclipse/debug/internal/ui/launchConfigurations/LaunchConfigurationsMessages.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- *  Copyright (c) 2000, 2025 IBM Corporation and others.
+ *  Copyright (c) 2000, 2026 IBM Corporation and others.
  *
  *  This program and the accompanying materials
  *  are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
@@ -315,4 +315,8 @@ public class LaunchConfigurationsMessages extends NLS {
 
 	public static String LaunchConfigurationTabGroupViewer_19;
 
+	public static String QuickGroupLaunchActionLabel;
+
+	public static String QuickGroupLaunchActionToolTip;
+
 }

debug/org.eclipse.debug.ui/ui/org/eclipse/debug/internal/ui/launchConfigurations/LaunchConfigurationsMessages.properties

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ###############################################################################
-#  Copyright (c) 2000, 2025 IBM Corporation and others.
+#  Copyright (c) 2000, 2026 IBM Corporation and others.
 #
 #  This program and the accompanying materials
 #  are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
@@ -198,6 +198,8 @@ LinkPrototypeAction_Link_prototype_1=&Link Prototype...
 UnlinkPrototypeAction_Unlink_prototype_1=&Unlink Prototype
 ResetWithPrototypeValuesAction_Reset_with_prototype_values_1=&Reset with Prototype Values
 ImportLaunchConfigurationAction=Import
+QuickGroupLaunchActionLabel=Quick Group Launch
+QuickGroupLaunchActionToolTip=Create a new launch group with the selected launches
 
 EnvironmentTab_Variable_1=Variable
 EnvironmentTab_Value_2=Value

debug/org.eclipse.debug.ui/ui/org/eclipse/debug/internal/ui/launchConfigurations/QuickGroupLaunch.java

@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2026 IBM Corporation.
+ *
+ * This program and the accompanying materials
+ * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
+ * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+ * https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
+ *
+ * Contributors:
+ *     Obeo - initial API and implementation
+ *******************************************************************************/
+package org.eclipse.debug.internal.ui.launchConfigurations;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException;
+import org.eclipse.debug.core.DebugPlugin;
+import org.eclipse.debug.core.ILaunchConfiguration;
+import org.eclipse.debug.core.ILaunchConfigurationType;
+import org.eclipse.debug.core.ILaunchConfigurationWorkingCopy;
+import org.eclipse.debug.core.ILaunchManager;
+import org.eclipse.debug.internal.core.groups.GroupLaunchConfigurationDelegate;
+import org.eclipse.debug.internal.core.groups.GroupLaunchElement;
+import org.eclipse.debug.internal.core.groups.GroupLaunchElement.GroupElementPostLaunchAction;
+import org.eclipse.debug.internal.core.groups.GroupMemberChangeListener;
+import org.eclipse.debug.internal.ui.DebugUIPlugin;
+import org.eclipse.debug.internal.ui.IInternalDebugUIConstants;
+import org.eclipse.debug.ui.DebugUITools;
+import org.eclipse.debug.ui.IDebugUIConstants;
+import org.eclipse.jface.resource.ImageDescriptor;
+import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.IStructuredSelection;
+import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.StructuredSelection;
+import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.Viewer;
+import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display;
+
+/**
+ * Quickly create a group launch configuration with launch configuration
+ * selections
+ *
+ * @since 3.13
+ */
+public class QuickGroupLaunch extends AbstractLaunchConfigurationAction {
+
+	/**
+	 * Action identifier for IDebugView#getAction(String)
+	 */
+	public static final String ID_QUICK_GROUP_LAUNCH_ACTION = DebugUIPlugin.getUniqueIdentifier()
+			+ ".ID_QUICK_GROUP_LAUNCH_ACTION"; //$NON-NLS-1$
+
+	/**
+	 * Constructs an action to apply a prototype to a launch configuration
+	 *
+	 * @param viewer the viewer
+	 * @param mode the mode the action applies to
+	 */
+	public QuickGroupLaunch(Viewer viewer, String mode) {
+		super(LaunchConfigurationsMessages.QuickGroupLaunchActionLabel, viewer, mode);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @see AbstractLaunchConfigurationAction#performAction()
+	 */
+	@Override
+	protected void performAction() {
+		String mode = getMode();
+		ILaunchManager manager = DebugPlugin.getDefault().getLaunchManager();
+
+		try {
+			ILaunchConfigurationType groupType = manager
+					.getLaunchConfigurationType(GroupMemberChangeListener.GROUP_TYPE_ID);
+
+			ILaunchConfigurationWorkingCopy wc = groupType.newInstance(
+					null,
+					manager.generateLaunchConfigurationName(
+							LaunchConfigurationsMessages.CreateLaunchConfigurationAction_New_configuration_2));
+
+			List<GroupLaunchElement> input = new ArrayList<>();
+
+			IStructuredSelection selection = getStructuredSelection();
+
+			for (Object selected : selection) {
+				if (selected instanceof ILaunchConfiguration launchConfig) {
+					GroupLaunchElement element = new GroupLaunchElement();
+					element.index = input.size();
+					element.enabled = true;
+					element.name = launchConfig.getName();
+					element.data = launchConfig;
+					element.mode = mode;
+					element.action = GroupElementPostLaunchAction.NONE;
+					element.adoptIfRunning = false;
+					element.actionParam = GroupElementPostLaunchAction.NONE;
+
+					input.add(element);
+				}
+			}
+
+			GroupLaunchConfigurationDelegate.storeLaunchElements(wc, input);
+
+			ILaunchConfiguration config = wc.doSave();
+
+			String launchGroupId = ILaunchManager.DEBUG_MODE.equals(mode) ? IDebugUIConstants.ID_DEBUG_LAUNCH_GROUP
+					: IDebugUIConstants.ID_RUN_LAUNCH_GROUP;
+
+			DebugUITools.openLaunchConfigurationDialogOnGroup(Display.getDefault().getActiveShell(),
+					new StructuredSelection(config), launchGroupId);
+
+		} catch (CoreException e) {
+			DebugPlugin.log(e);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @see org.eclipse.ui.actions.SelectionListenerAction#updateSelection(org.eclipse.jface.viewers.IStructuredSelection)
+	 */
+	@Override
+	protected boolean updateSelection(IStructuredSelection selection) {
+		return selection.size() > 1;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public ImageDescriptor getImageDescriptor() {
+		return DebugUITools.getImageDescriptor(IInternalDebugUIConstants.IMG_OBJS_LAUNCH_GROUP);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String getToolTipText() {
+		return LaunchConfigurationsMessages.QuickGroupLaunchActionToolTip;
+	}
+}