I somehow messed up my perspective then I clicked reset perspective. This gives me back the package manager on the left. problems/javadoc/declarations on the bottom. Task list and outline as 2 separate windows on the right and a big empty space in the middle where the code is supposed to be. When I open up some code it ends up in the bottom window and there's that big hole where the code window used to go. I can drag and drop the code into that empty space, but when I try to drag the code window bigger to fill up the entire space it won't let me past a certain point. I'm left with a gap above the coding window that's bothering me. It seems Eclipse is leaving that space for me to drag other perspectives into, however dragging more perspectives into that empty space doesn't make it go away, it's still the same size. How do I get rid of this space?
Close eclipse if it's open
Navigate to your workspace folder
Further navigate down into .metadata then .plugins (These are hidden files, use terminal or look up how to show hidden files in your OS)
Delete the org.eclipse.e4.workbench folder
Restart Eclipse
If it still doesn't look right click Window > New Window
If it still isn't fixed please let me know in the comments (it might be time to reinstall Eclipse)
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I'm trying out Visual Studio Code. Yesterday, I opened a file outside of the git directory I was working in. I eventually moved and renamed the file and somewhere along the line, I ended up with the empty panel shown in the attached screenshot. I tried clicking every GUI element and every menu item and I could not get rid of it. I could close that file and it would go away, but once I re-opened it, it would come back, so it seemed to be associated specifically with that file.
I could split the view and add more tabs, but there was no way to get rid of it. I selected view > editor layout > single many times and it would not go away. All I could do was make it smaller by dragging the vertical divider.
This morning, I closed it and re-opened it, and it was gone. Unfortunately, despite trying to reproduce the steps that lead to that empty panel, I could not make that panel show up again.
Does anyone know what that panel was, why it was appearing with that file, and how to make it go away if it happens again?
That file basically shows you all the edits you've made since you last saved the file in git. By clicking on the source control button on the activity bar on the left side you can view your changes on the files you're working on. You can't actually edit it, it just shows the changes you've made.
To actually open the file and edit it you can either go back to the top left button called explorer on the activity bar or click on the little file button next to the name of the file (next to the + sign and the arrow).
Checkout this video by vscode which explains it
Recently in VS Code, somewhere around v1.42 or v1.43, we gained the ability to move around the following windows/panels that used to be stuck in the panel:
Terminal
Output
Debug Console
Problems
They could be split into multiple items in the panel itself (side-by-side or top/bottom, depending on whether the panel was at the bottom or left/right), and even dragged into the side-bar.
This was great, but after moving all of these windows to the side-bar while experimenting, I can't find any way to move them back into the panel. The panel is now empty, except for 3 dots (an ellipsis) in the upper left corner. You can still hide/show the panel, and move it left, bottom, or right, but there is nothing in it, and you can't drag anything to it. Dragging the terminal into the panel shows an icon that looks like it will successfully move (it's not the icon with the circle/cross-out you get other places it won't drop), but when releasing the click-drag, nothing happens.
I had just upgraded to v1.45.0 when this happened. It appears to be a defect, unless I'm missing something. Does anyone have a way to put the terminal or one of these other windows back in the panel, or reset their position? I combed the settings, and tried to find default setting's files (system or user) that might hold info on what is in the panel vs. the sidebar, etc., but couldn't find anything via search or on my PC. Any ideas?
Note: This is NOT about moving the panel between the left/right/bottom positions, or selecting the terminal/output/etc. in the panel itself. That's "old news", this is a recent feature.
Here is a view with the Terminal, Output, Debug Console, and Problems put at the top of the sidebar toolbar, and Terminal focused. The Panel is just to the right of the sidebar window, set to the "left" position, completely blank and useless. The "welcome" window on the far right side:
And here are my current settings:
See this issue https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/96117 (Empty panel behaves weird)
Suggested fix:
Run the command View: Reset View Locations in the command palette.
Please see: https://www.technipages.com/visual-studio-reset-window-layout
Menu Window / Reset Window Layout worked for me in VS 2019
my Eclipse Juno SR1 somehow got screwed up. It seems I have a new area, and if I interpret it correctly, it is called the "Shared Area" (only from a tooltip). I cannot get rid of it by conventional means (i.E. closing/hiding). All files I open now are opened in this shared area, not in the area my files were opened before. The area is distinct from the normal editing area in that it will not go to the same place (top right, under the menus).
The area has only maximize and minimize buttons. Maximizing it will maximize it over everything, this would be expected. Minimizing it actually hides it, but opening an existing file will bring it back as kind of a popup over the eclipse file list.
I do not seem to find how I activated this feature, and I cannot seem to find any activation instructions in the Eclipse help (the help looking for "shared" and "area" separately doesn't really help anyway).
I just want this feature/window/perspective to go away and let me open files like I used to. Any tips?
Edit: Maybe this area is not called "Shared area", this could be wrong. If not, it doesn't seem to have any name. It just forces all editors opening new files to open in it, and not in the area that they usually open in. The way I determined it was called "Shared area" is by minimizing it, then opening a file. It opens as kind of a popup (described above), and there's a menu bar attached with 2 icons, "Restore" and "Shared area", which is pre-selected.
This is the are "docked" to the right:
This is the area docked below:
The area is not dockable in the way that it docks to certain areas of Eclipse, but stretches (when dragged) over the whole Eclipse Window and even outside of it.
You should reset the perspective Window -> Reset Perspective...
The shared area is the default location to open files. The files remain open in the shared area across different perspectives such as Java and Debug so that you can switch between them while working on the same files. You'd generally drag a file outside the shared area to work on it without it appearing in other perspectives.
It's hard to position the shard area view by dragging it, but you can drag the surrounding views in place around it to get it where you want.
I click on the bottom corner of the offending tile and dragged in till it closed! The "reset perspective" did not work for me but the draggin to a smaller size as if it were a picture did. Hope this helps.
If nothing works out for you, simply go to window -> new Window. Opens up a fresh copy of eclipse with everything loaded up. Even on a restart,loads up like normally it would.
I think I know what you mean. If you drag any view to that "Shared Area" but not to the body but to the header (where the title is supposed to be) the dragged view will occupy completely that "Shared Aread".
Hope that helps.
Here's what worked for me:
Menu > Window > Perspective > Open Perspective > Other > Java(default) > Open
Now I can create a new class that shows on the tab next to my working tab.
Ctrl+Shift+{ to toggle it on or Off.
Ctrl+Shift+W to close both of the area.
I have eclipse Juno. I'm not sure how, but my editor in eclipse is now "invisible". By invisible i mean, the editor pane is not in the visible window. I'm not a novice in eclipse and i know you can minimize the editors or maximize a different panel - but this isn't the case. There isn't even a minimize/maximize button on this empty space where the editor should be.
However, the title bar shows the current file that is opened (but in the invisible editor and hence invisible). and my outline sidebar shows the file's outline.
I think this might have happened when splitting editor panes (which i do a lot, love the side by side comparison), and also switching the perspective.
Any ideas on how i can get the editor back in the visible window?
Above is a screenshot of how it looks. At the time of the screen shot i had just recently clicked a file to open it, and it seems to have opened in the invisible editor.
I've tried all given solutions and none of them solved the problem.
Only using Window->New Window gave me a new fixed eclipse window.
Try Window > Reset Perspective to get things back to normal.
I minimized sharedArea and after restore it was empty. Editors worked well (open, close, save etc.) but i could not see them. Closing all perspectives helped.
This happens to me sometimes when I try to split an editor group by dragging an editor tab. The only solution that worked for me was to close every single perspective in the application toolbar, then Window -> New Window.
I've had this happen occasionally when splitting panes. Restarting Eclipse didn't work for me, nor did resetting the perspective.
The solution I stumbled upon was to give the editor area focus (by clicking in the area where it should be, I suppose) and close files in the invisible editor with Ctrl+W until the editor reappears. You may notice the window title changes to follow the file in the hidden editor.
I had the same problem and simply stopping/restarting Eclipse fixed it.
I have the fix, when neither resetting the perspective or restarting eclipse helps:
At the bottom of the File Menu, there is your recent file name that you are trying to get back. Click on that and it should return.
Start eclipse with:
eclipse.exe -repair
I can't find a good way of putting Eclipse windows on two monitors. Currently I just detached (clicked on a header and dragged) a few windows to a secondary monitor (package explorer, console, and outline) while leaving primary monitor with maximized source editing window.
It works pretty well except few annoying issues. Detached windows are not in focus while you are editing your code. Which means that, for example, last build shortcut (Alt-Shift-X, Q) doesn't work because it can't find build file (because package explorer is not in focus). Also "Selected resources" option in a file search menu is not picking up current package selection.
So I was wondering is detaching windows a right way to go? Do you have any better solutions so at least package explorer stays in focus?
Thanks.
PS. Btw "unable to find build" error started showing up only in 3.4 ver for some reason.
In the Eclipse Helios (currently 3.6.2) I found very useful the use of another window to bring up multiple documents in different screens.
in the main menu, go:
Window > New window,
and drag it to the screen you prefer. Double click in the filename on the editor and will maximize the editor's window.
I hope i helped.
Kyr.
PS: If you want to maintain both windows when you closing Eclipse, don't close them one by one. Instead go: File > Exit.
I use Ultramon to spread my Eclipse across two monitors.
I have the left hand side devoted to the code and the right hand side to the Project Explorer, Search, Console, Ant and Outline views.
This way I get focus to all of my Eclipse stuff when I click on it in the taskbar or alt-tab. I can also overlay another window (usually my browser or a trace viewer) on the right hand monitor. I use SemTop to pin the overlayed window if I want to code and read some reference at the same time (This is where shortcuts keys come in handy).
So I can look at code and StackOverflow at the same time ;)
Ultramon
I split the eclipse environment over two monitors (both running at 1600*1200)
on the left I have the main coding window maximised with the outline down the right hand side.
On the second monitor I have the Junit window, Problems, Console and the package explorer
I have the same layout duplicated for all the perspectives that I use.
I have never used the Alt-Shift-Q short cut but I have found the Alt-Shift-X, T shortcut for running junit works fine when I am focussed in the main coding window .
Possibly have the package explorer on the same monitor as the coding window?
I have a widescreen primary monitor and a non-widescreen secondary monitor. The layout on my primary monitor is broken into three columns: column 1 contains the package explorer in the top half and the outline, hierarchy and search results views in tabs on the lower half. Column two is code, and is about two and a half times wider than the other two columns. (Since everybody has widescreen monitors at my office, we've standardized on 100-character lines instead of 80.) The third column has the debug view at the top, somewhat small; the variables, expressions and JUnit views in tabs below that, taking most of the vertical space; and a small breakpoints view below that. My secondary monitor has two torn off windows: the console takes up most of the screen, and below it I have a smaller window containging the problems and history views in tabs.
My only gripe is when I remote desktop in from my single-monitor setup at home: the two windows on the secondary monitor move over to the primary one. I have a "One Screen" perspective which I use in this scenario to rectify that, but when I'm back at work and switch to the dual-monitor perspective, I have to manually move the windows back over to the other monitor. I wish Eclipse would just leave them over there, but I can't see any way to make it do that.
I have my Package Explorer and Code on my primary monitor and the Console on my secondary monitor. I do this by right clicking over console tab and selecting Move.. then View.
This way I am able to drag, drop and resize the console window.
Hope this helps!
I did this by extending my eclipse to both monitors, in windows you can make your screens extended by holding win key and tapping P,
Then, selecting my left monitor as the main one I dragged the right side of the eclipse window to cover the other screen all the way. then made eclipse into three columns. Now my main monitor is dedicated to code editor and console and package explorer are on the other one! when you have a whole monitor for your code it always helps to use cntrl+{ and have a second vertical column for viewing the same file, or dragging the tab of another file to the side of screen to view both in the same time.
Finally I just saved my work from window > save Perspective As
I can switch between my normal and dual monitor perspective whenever I'm not in the office
I've reduced (but not eliminated) the need for the package explorer to always be showing by using Ctrl+Shift+R in eclipse, this pops up a filter-as-you type window that makes switching between files which you remember the name of easy, as well as accepting wildcards to make it easy to find files you partially remember the name of.
I keep source on my main screen and outline tasks and LogCat (android) on my secondary screen, if I find i'm reading a lot of web content i fire up my laptop via synergy as an independent third screen, it's not ideal but it works.