See these two images of eclipse project explorer below. The first one has dotted lines (so it's much easier to see the hierarchy), while the second one does not (which is the case for the eclipse on my computer).
How to configure eclipse 3.6 on Windows 7 to display dotted lines?
Windows 7 removed this tree-view component from application usage, you can read about it here.
http://www.sevenforums.com/customization/25956-windows-explorer-tree-view-connecting-lines.html
In otherwords, you can't add it back, but that link provides a modification which they claim helps out a bit.
It was called "Simple Folder View", you can read about how it was turned on/off in Vista.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Change-folder-views-and-behavior
You can make the whole app go back to an XP like look by disabling visual themes on the compatibility settings. See: https://stackoverflow.com/a/8973912/381161
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It used to be the case that if I selected two files (or directories) in Package Explorer, I could then right click and use Compare With -> Each Other.
Recently I have found that my workspaces now only allow either a single file or a contiguous range of file to be selected. In other words, Click...Shift+Click does what I expect, but Click...Ctrl+Click doesn't.
Since this works fine for colleagues working with exactly the same version of eclipse (we all module load the same Eclipse deployment) I have to assume that it is a preference of some kind.
Unfortunately, after having gone through the preferences page with a fine tooth comb, I can't see anything which might control this behaviour.
So, can anyone think of a reason why multi-selection may be failing or disables in my explorer, but not that of some of my colleagues?
Note I am working with Eclipse Juno, though I have seen this with previous versions too, on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, using the Gnome Desktop Environment.
After many attempts and many failures, I eventually managed to track down this problem.
It seems that if the Gnome preference "Show position of pointer when the Control key is pressed" is enabled† then multi-selection fails in Eclipse.
To fix it, I simply disabled "Show position of pointer when the Control key is pressed"†.
† On my Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 installation this is located in: System > Preferences > Mouse > General tab, Locate Pointer section
The thing which finally gave my a hint was identifying that this was probably due to the same underlying problem as another I was having with the NoMachine NX client, where the nxclient wasn't passing Ctrl key presses to the remote end at all. See the bug report Enabling Gnome Accessibility option prevents "ctrl" key from being recognized in NX window
After my Eclipse Bugzilla account is created,
I have added a bug report for this problem to the Eclipse Bugzilla: Bug 417573
Eclipse allows multiple source windows (obviously) and even multiple console windows to be open at the same time.
I'm looking to see if there is a way to open multiple Variable windows at a time. While debugging I sometimes want to visually compare several structures and this would be easier if I could open each object in its own Variable window.
Thanks.
Yes, in the upper right hand corner of the Variables window, there should be a button 'Open New View'.
EDIT: I'm not sure if this is necessarily the best way to get what you want, but it worked for me. I just downloaded a fresh Kepler install, and you can get the "Open New View" button by installing the C/C++ Development Tools. To install go to Help > Install New Software.
Note: I had to clean my workspace after installing because I was getting "Editor does not contain a main type errors". But after that everything worked fine and the button was available.
Hope this helps!
The Eclipse content assist for PHP (and I'm assuming for other types as well) isn't using the currently active working set - it's searching ALL files in the project. How do I change it to only use the active working set?
When doing a Ctrl+Shift+R search, it was also looking for all files in the project (not what I wanted), until I clicked the small black triangle in that window and selected the working set I wanted it to use. Now it successfully only shows the files that match my search string in the working set. However, this doesn't change anything in the autocomplete content assist feature (i.e. doing a Ctrl+Space to complete the name of a function or variable). Is there any way to accomplish this?
I'm using Eclipse Indigo release, so it's very recent.
I'm afraid it's not possible the way you put it. Eclipse Working Sets just give you a way to organize your projects.
However you may want to take a look at Mylyn, which is fully integrated with Eclipse platform. Here and here is a nice overview of what you can do with Mylyn. But briefly, what it allows you to do is to create a task and maintain a context associated with it. This way, only the relevant files will be displayed in Project Explorer and autocomplete would suggest you only task-focused options.
is there any way, to enable a dropdown list of methods or functions, on the Editor Toolbars of NetBeans 7, like VS does? , i mean the toolbar that is inside on the tab of each file when you are editing a code, that has some options like, "last edit, next breakpoint, next bookmark, ..."
In VS is really helpful this feature, to jump of functions o methods more quickly, i know that netbeans has the navigator, but sometimes this help more
Greatings
is there any way, to enable a dropdown list of methods or functions,
on the Editor Toolbars of NetBeans 7, like VS does?
There is no way provided by standard NetBeans IDE offering or certified plugins available in NetBeans Update center, but a NetBeans plugin can be written for doing what is expected in your question. Has it been done? In my opinion no, as no one asked till now. Now that you have asked someone may think of developing such a plugin.
Best way to expedite such request and feature to be added to NetBeans is to add a Request for Enhancement in the NetBeans issue tracker.
In VS is really helpful this feature, to jump of functions o methods
more quickly, i know that netbeans has the navigator, but sometimes
this help more
There are many ways to reach specific methods in NetBeans IDE. You have already listed one and that is Navigator. Others include GoTo Type [CTRL+O] and GoTo Symbol [CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+O]
I am trying to move from Netbeans to Eclipse.
Minor thing bothering me is that Eclipse dosen't seem to have the kinda edit highlighting that Netbeans does.
For example, a new line is automatically highlighted as green. An edit is highlighted as blue. And this happens in an unobtrusive way on the left along with the line numbers( if line numbers are turned on).
Is this some configuration issue or does eclipse team not support it ?
This is specifically for MercurialEclipse plugin.
I'm a heavy eclipse user and as a general rule of thumb, it supports mostly everything. So problems like these are most likely solved through configuration and/or plugins.
Regarding your specific situation...
Maybe I'm not following your question but it seems you want to look at edits that happen on a file? When I do this in eclipse, I do so through the subversion plugin (Subclipse) and compare the existing file against a previous version in the repository (to compare against the team's older version of the file) or in local history (to compare against your own version of the file).
As in:
Also there is great article about this:
http://blog.firdau.si/2010/07/09/eclipse-quick-diff-see-what-changes-youve-made-since-last-checkout/