Configuring Eclipse to look exactly how you want is a tough job I've found, therefore I'm not going to attempt to do this myself.
I'd like to 'zoom out' of the Package Explorer side bar? You see, I like only having my code on the screen with a small section for the files in the project - however I can never see the full path of the file or package I'm currently in because of this. Is there a way to keep the 'main screen' normal, but zoom out of the Package Explorer by about 50%?
Not an exact fit, but I would recommend using fast views
It minimizes your package explorer view, and you can recall it in order to display with a large size, for you to... explorer. Once you click anywhere outside the fast view, it disappear.
Note: to really gain as much space as possible, since Eclipse3.6M2, you can hide the fast view bar if empty.
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My project contains a LOT of folders, many of which I routinely have open, making for a lengthy explorer view. I find scrolling this view quite frustrating for two reasons:
There is no equivalent of the editor.mouseWheelScrollSensitivity setting for the explorer view. I'm also generally happy with the scroll speed for my mouse in other applications, so don't want to go messing with a system wide setting to compensate for VSC.
The scrollbar is frustratingly difficult to grab at and requires precise mouse placement. The number of times I accidentally grab at the slider and resize the view rather than scroll it is ridiculous.
I've found no useful extension to help in this matter. Has anybody any suggestions? I'll raise an enhancement request in Github if necessary.
Here are 2 shortcuts that can speed up navigation between files:
With Ctrl then Tab you can browse a history of your last viewed files. Great for switching around when working on multiple files.
With Ctrl+P (Go to File... command) you can quickly go to a file by name. You can also search for files inside folders like this: folder/subfolder/file.ext. This is great if you know what you are looking for.
Source and more navigation tips: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/editingevolved#_quick-file-navigation
This PR in vscode 1.59 may have fixed this issue: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/pull/110059/commits/61efc577e038ac772f12511fb823de27296dbc69
New settings:
workbench.list.mouseWheelScrollSensitivity
workbench.list.fastScrollSensitivity
Newb alert: moving from Eclipse to IntelliJ
I think what I want is "simple", but looking at menus, help and doc hasn't found it. (I did visit their help and website links; I'm probably not looking for the right thing.)
For my main code editing experience, I like to have 3 main window panes:
Right side, large main area: source code editor
Left, upper part: project files in a browsable outline
Left, lower part: structural view of the current class I'm editing (method names, member fields, etc)
For IntelliJ, I can get the Project Structure on the left, OR the Structure of the individual class, but I'm having trouble getting the left half of the screen to show both the Project and Class hierarchy.
I've tried to dragging and dropping, like from Eclipse, but that doesn't seem to work the say it did in that other IDE. (not arguing that it should, just something to try)
I think there are some general concepts that I might be missing. And when I use IntelliJ help or Google for things "view", etc, I'm getting some other meaning of the word.
General questions:
How do it (or CAN I?) generally arrange the IntelliJ IDE to look the
way I like? I'm happy to do some reading, but haven't seen this in
the table of contents.
Is it done by clicking and dragging?
Or maybe it's that IntelliJ just uses different verbiage to describe these IDE elements, and if you now the correct language, then maybe Google
promptly brings up the answer?
Any other Eclipse -> IntelliJ IDE config advice would also be welcome.
This is really easy to achieve. Instead of dragging the title bar of your panel, drag the button that opens the panel (see my screenshot). You can fully customize your view but dragging those buttons to either of the 4 panels (right, down, left up and left down).
Since you're asking for more advice on migrating, here's my approach to learn IntelliJ shortcuts as an Eclipse user. It's my blog, so if it is seen as advertising, I will remove it.
I like to keep as much of my Eclipse screen as possible for code. So I try to disable or turn off as many of the extra bars and such as possible. The area at the very bottom of the Eclipse screen is my next target but I don't know what it's called.
Can anyone tell me the name of this area and how to reclaim it? Thanks.
Here is an eclipse plug-in which hides/shows Menu bar and/or Status bar.
User can change these options in Windows > Preferences > Full Screen
But Hiding Status bar was NOT working on my machine
Ubuntu 13.10 Eclipse Version: Kepler Release Build id: 20130614-0229
This are is called the Status Line but it composed of a number of different components such as the progress indicator, editor current line and row, and the message area.
I am not aware of anything that will turn it all off.
I can see why you're eager to close that. It looks like your screen resolution is extremely low. Are you using a netbook perhaps?
Here's the problem though: On your screen, that part looks quite large and looks empty but it's because of your screen size. I'm fairly certain it doesn't have a name and having scoured the options, I'm convinced it can't be removed. On my screen, that section contains only a few words: "Writable | Smart Insert | 423:32"
Essentially, the words that show up there are a guide for your current editing mode and location in the file. I don't think it can be turned off. If you hit Ctrl + M, it will hide almost everything possible on maximize your editor view.
On my screen, that little bar is very small. That is of course because I have a high screen resolution. If possible, try increasing the resolution on your screen to something more appropriate. You'll find you have a lot more space to code, and that little bar will become much smaller.
In eclipse oxygen there is option to hide status bar:
Windows->Appearance->Hide_status_bar
It has always been obvious to me how I could move around a single view (e.g. Console) in eclipse: just drag the view's tab around. However, when switching monitor configurations, I often want to move the entire tab folder of views, not just one view from the folder.
How can that be done?
Grab the tab folder in the tab bar area, but to the right of all the tabs.
It seems obvious now, but it took me a long time to figure this out. I couldn't find the answer via google or stackoverflow searches, even after multiple attempts. Hopefully this saves somebody else's time.
When working with MVC in Eclipse you might often have a model, view, and controller all with the same name open at the same time. When looking at each of the file tabs, you won't always know which is which and have to click through them, which can be quite a hassle sometimes. I've heard of being able to color code files based on the path in some editors. For example, tabs with path model could be set as green, path controller set as yellow, etc. Is this possible in Eclipse, or is there a plugin for something like this? If not, what do you do to more easily differentiate between the tabs? I've heard of people always opening a MVC set in a certain order. So you'll know the leftmost tab is the controller, the right most is the view, etc. However, that must also mean you need to open all 3 files each time. Any better tips or tricks?
Another thing about the file tabs that can be annoying is that when you have more files that can't fit in one line, eclipse pushes off to an arrow which you have to click to see the rest. It seems to be random which tabs get pushed off there, maybe the least used ones, I have no idea... This coupled with the problem above gets kind of annoying. I was trying to find a way to disable this and just show tabs that can't fit in one line to show up on a second line, but surprisingly couldn't find such an option (then again you also can't wordwrap without a plugin).
Hopefully there are some solutions to these two problems. Thanks.
Maybe this can be helpful
http://www.dipherence.com/2011/03/20/full-coloured-eclipse-navigator-plug-in/
With the latest version of Eclipse (Kepler 4.3.1, build M20130911-1000) when two or more files with the same base name are opened, tab will show also the parent directory name.