Is it possible to remove a work-space from recent work-spaces on Eclipse IDE startup window?
In the Preferences go to the 'General > Startup and Shutdown > Workspaces' page where you can edit the list shown during startup.
You can also set the number of workspace remembered and turn the list on/off.
When prompted to select a workspace on Eclipse, the dropdown is cluttered with things that no longer exist. How can I get rid of these?
Open 'Window > Preferences > General > Startup and Shutdown > Workspaces'.
This will show you the list of recent workspaces and allow you to remove any you don't want.
You can also set the number of recent workspaces to remember and reset the 'prompt for workspace on startup' flag if it ever gets set.
I missed my workspace in which I was working.
Any one have idea about how to get list of all workspace of ecliplse.
when we start eclipse it show just 5-6 workspace only.
Change this preference - 'Preferences > General > Startup and Shutdown > Workspaces > Number of recent workspaces to remember'
I know its a silly question but i am stuck into it from 2 hours..Can any body tell me how should i enable the dialog which opens at the time we start eclipse and we choose workspace location from there.
See I want this window to be displayed first when eclipse starts
By mistake I have checked "Use this as the default and do not ask again".
Please guide me how to show up this dialog again
You can find it here :
Menu: Window -> Preferences -> General -> Startup and Shutdown -> Workspaces -> Prompt for workspace on startup
Eclipse preferences has a lot of options. You can search for specific options by typing in the filter text box at the top of the preferences dialog.
If you type in 'startup' for instance the list will be much shorter.
window > preferences > general > startup and shutdown > workspaces
then check 'Prompt for workspace on startup'
If your workspace is corrupted and Eclipse doesn't startup with your currently pre-selected workspace, you may edit SHOW_WORKSPACE_SELECTION_DIALOG=false to SHOW_WORKSPACE_SELECTION_DIALOG=true
which is located in file
C:\PathToEclipse\eclipse\configuration\.settings\org.eclipse.ui.ide.prefs
before you start the IDE.
I would like Eclipse to automatically save every time I edit a file, in much the same way that it builds automatically. Because I've been using IntelliJ for the last year (which saves automatically by default), I keep having the following problem:
Make some changes in Eclipse
Forget to press save
Run the build, unit tests, and notice some strange behaviour
(Some time later....) realize that the unexpected behaviour occurred because I forgot to save the changes
Is there any way I can make Eclipse save automatically?
Eclipse Neon (4.6)
Window > Preferences
General > Editors > Autosave > check Enable autosave for dirty editors > choose the value for autosave interval (in seconds)
Details in M7:
Auto-save of dirty editors is now available in Eclipse. The autosave option is disabled by default. A new autosave preference page (Preferences > General > Editors > Autosave) is available and allows to enable/disable the autosave and change the interval of autosave. The countdown is reset on keyboard activity, mouse click, or when a popup is displayed (e.g. content assist, preference page, ...).
You can go here and check the box Save automatically before build
Windows > Preferences > General -> Workspace
First, try Window -> Preferences -> General -> Workspace. There you can check "Save automatically before build" and "Build automatically."
If that does not work,
PLEASE TRY
Preferences -> Run/Debug -> Launching -> "Save dirty editors before
launching"
You can do it with the saveDirtyEditor plugin as referenced in this question/answer. There is no non-plugin way of doing it.
I wrote an Eclipse plugin for this called smartsave. It's available in the Eclipse Market Place.
It saves your files at a specified interval and you can even tune it to prevent saving if errors, or warnings, are present in the preferences dialog.
In Helios this can be done by going to preferences and setting:
Run/Debug > Launching > Save required dirty editors before launching
For Eclipse Mars 2, the settings are below Window > Preferences > General > Workspace. These settings are in minutes and not in seconds.
You could go to Windows > Preferences > Autosave and set the auto intervals to 1.