Create UI for viewing dependencies

[rwinch]

It would be very helpful to provide a UI (similar to m2e) for viewing the dependencies and dependency tree within Eclipse. This is a key source of frustration for me when working on large projects and trying to sort out classpath issues.

NOTE: I realize that I can use the CLI, but with large number of dependencies this is difficult to use. For example, trying to follow | up 20 dependencies to its parent dependency is difficult. I can use dependencyInsight, but I don't want to run this command a dozen times to sort out classpath issues.

[oehme]

This would certainly be a useful feature, but has low priority at the moment, since build scans provide the same functionality.

[rwinch]

@oehme Thank you for the response. From my perspective build scans are not ideal

• Build scans require addtional setup (required email is not very user friendly for such a simple task)
• Many users are not allowed to publish their builds to the internet. They could use Gradle Enterprise, but they may not be in control of this either.
• Build Scans don't work for users working without internet

I think this should be a higher priority because not being able to easily inspect dependencies is a big disadvantage to Maven.

[oehme]

I understand the value of such a view, but it is just not high priority enough for us to build it ourselves at the moment. We are happy to guide contributions of course.

[ZeeD]

Sorry to ping on this old issue, but it's possible to reconsider the priority?