I cannot figure out how to open the same file in two different panes of the editor when I have split it. I right click to create a new pane, but then dragging a file that is open in the first pane only moves the file. Is it possible to view the same file in multiple panes?
Don't do it by splitting. Do it by opening a new Editor window (File menu).
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When I click on an editor tab the focus in the explorer pane shifts to the file in question. This seems pointless to me. Can I stop this from happening? Obviously I want to continue being able to click on a file in the explorer pane and for the relevant tab to open or come up in the editor.
You may be wondering why I want this. It's because one of my open files is way down the explorer pane list and the files I want to see in the pane are up at the top of the list.
I want (View > Editor Layout > Split Right) by default with every new opened file.
Preferable behavior:
If I have one file open - I want the new file to open an editor at the right side of the editor that's already opened. (Split right)
If I open another file afterwards - it should open at the left editor in the place of the first file that was already open.
Then if I open another one it should open at the right editor and so on like a left-right cycle always leaving the penultimate file opened.
If this behavior is not possible what's the closest I can achieve through settings/extensions?
I clicked something or accidentally drug a file that was open in the editor and now it is no longer displayed.
If I double click on the file in Package Explorer it doesn't show in the editor like it used to. I have looked all over and can't figure out how to get this file back in the editor.
I thought clicking File - Open File would do it but that displays an open file dialog.
Another way to simulate this is to put the cursor in the editor for an open file and select File - Close. This closes the file but then if you double click on the file in the Package Explorer it doesn't open it in the editor anymore. How do I get these files to display in the editor again?
I also tried right clicking on the file and selecting "Open". This does not display in editor either.
I also tried right clicking and selecting "Open With Java Editor". This does not work either.
If I clicke "File" and then the name of the file in the MRU list . This does not work either.
Also, double clicking a file in Package Explorer fails to open any file. The file shows in the File MRU list but does not display in editor. Can not figure this out.
Also, if I select "Back to" or "Forward to" arrows on toolbar, it tracks the file in the Package Explorer by highlighting it but the file does not display in an editor like it used to.
Also, I have tried "File Open" browsing to the physical location and selecting it but that does not display in the editor either.
I had to open a new window (Window - New Window) and then Reset Perspective (Window - Reset Perspective) to get the editor back. Not sure why but I lost some of my perspective settings doing this.
In Package Explorer, instead of double-clicking on the file, try to right-click it and you should get several "Open with..." options; choose the one that matches the editor in which you want the file to open.
Your choice will also be saved as the default, so the next times you can just double-click and it will open in that same editor.
If you are customizing the perspective, then saving perspective could be a safer option to avoid such glitches.
PFB the link on how to save a perspective:
http://help.eclipse.org/mars/index.jsp?topic=%2Forg.eclipse.platform.doc.user%2FgettingStarted%2Fqs-43e.htm
On Eclipse, with Window -> New Editor or by drag/drop method* I could have one more editor panes in my eclipse work area. Now how do I remove that extra pane when I do not need it anymore. All it allows me now is to minimize/maximize that editor extra pane. It just sticks around. Shouldn't there be a collapse or close extra editor panes (that is without me requiring to do Window->Reset Perspective!)
Ref: answers to another question: How do you split and unsplit a window/view in Eclipse IDE?
Right-click on a tab in the window you want to close and select "close all". This will close the split window (and close any tabs in that window that have not been dragged to another window).
HandySplit has a flatten action that you need and other capabilities that you might find useful.
Is there any way to setup an Eclipse keyboard shortcut which will split the current editor vertically and put the current tab on one side? For example, turning this:
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Into:
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Not directly with eclipse (3.4 or 3.5)
The closest plugin I have found which might enable what you are looking for is the Split file Editor
Ctrl+6
Usage: Open a file in Eclipse, then select Window -> New Split Editor from the main menu to open a split editor of the file.
(not exactly what you want but:)
Split editor opens in a new tab as opposed to appearing within the existing tab
(so while there may be 2 instances of the same file editor, you still have a situation with one file on one side, and the other files on the other tab group)