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Eclipse is a free and open-source integrated development environment (IDE) written in Java. It offers a large number of plugins and thus can be customized for almost every programming language or software framework.

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How to disable Ctrl+Shift+U?

Ctrl+Shift+U is a combined shortcut in Eclipse. But when I press it, it shows up a u, just like input with an underline. I guess this shortcut has been declared by Ubuntu, so I can't use it. I used to ...
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How to leave the open file in eclipse tab after search?

when we open a file from "Package Explorer" in eclipse, after we use it, it will leave in the tabs. If we open a file from "Search" result, then after we search another keyword, it will disappear, we ...
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How do I make all file types open in the internal editor in eclipse?

When using the open file dialog on Eclipse, many file types open in the internal editor as expected (.java, .txt). However, others open in an external editor. For example on my system attempting to ...
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Google Chrome pinned to Windows 7 taskbar not opening under pinned icon

I have both Google Chrome and Eclipse pinned to my taskbar in Windows 7 64-Bit. However, when I launch these programs, they don't appear to open under the pinned taskbar icon Eclipse behaves ...
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Failed to load the JNI shared library on starting Eclipse

I downloaded the latest version of Eclipse, but I can not start it. The error message I get is: Failed to load the JNI shared library "C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.6.0_20\bin..\jre\bin\client\...
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Eclipse shows splash screen and closes. How to fix?

Today I restarted my machine, and Eclipse (3.5, downloaded recently) shows a strange behaviour: shows splash screen for less than a sec quits This is in 100% of the cases, so I can't start Eclipse ...
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Eclipse doesn't autocomplete and find references anymore

A few days ago I was using autocomplete features and Ctrl-click without any problem. But now those features don't work anymore: the autocomplete shows up but is always empty, and Ctrl-click doesn't ...
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How to push an existing Eclipse project to GitHub?

Currently I'm developing some applications that I want to share with the community using GitHub. I've found a lot of tutorials on how to create a GitHub repository from scratch, but I couldn't find ...
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Eclipse IDE: How to have the file selected in Project Explorer when focusing on a certain file's tab?

Say I have multiple files opened in Eclipse IDE. I just want Eclipse to show the file in the Project file tree, when I have certain file opened. Just like in NetBeans. In NetBeans when you focus on ...
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Is eclipse installation portable?

I downloaded eclipse and unzipped the file into a folder and also added some plugins, changed some settings. If I copied this folder to a pendrive and opened it in another PC, will all my seetings ...
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Windows 8 & Java Development

I'm considering to upgrade my PC to Windows 8, but I have one concern though. I haven't yet found any "confirmation", that the JDK and Eclipse will work on Windows 8. Have anyone tried to develop/...
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Does IntelliJ IDEA have the concept of 'workspace' similar to eclipse with multiple maven projects open in parallel?

I have used Eclipse for years and started using IntelliJ IDEA today. I'm used to being able to import multiple maven projects into a workspace and see them all in parallel. I imported a maven ...
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Is there a way in Sublime Text to display find results in a panel at the bottom of the current window?

This is a highly useful feature in other editors eg. Eclipse and Notepad++ You get to see the list of find results printed as all the containing lines with their lines in the buffer, which gives you ...
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how do I delete an Eclipse project when I've already deleted the folder and contents?

How do I fully delete an Eclipse project when I've already deleted the folder and contents? I want to do this so that I can reuse the project name.
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How to enable inline JavaScript autocomplete in Eclipse IDE with the Aptana extension

Background I have Eclipse IDE. I have installed the Aptana studio plugin for Eclipse. I am editing an HTML file. JavaScript auto-complete / content assist only works half of the time: Eclipse won’t ...
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How to disable Eclipse splash screen?

I want to disable the Eclipse splash screen because it always gets in my way.. How do I disable the Eclipse splash screen?
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What's the shortcut to move a line up in Netbeans

I'm looking for a keyboard shortcut to move a line up or down. Equivalent to Eclipe's Alt+up/Alt+down. http://wiki.eclipse.org/FAQ_What_editor_keyboard_shortcuts_are_available%3F I can't seem to ...
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Can I get rid of the status bar at the bottom of Eclipse?

Eclipse 3.5 eats up a lot of vertical space with the status bar at the bottom of the window. To be clear, the status bar says "Writable | Smart Insert | 32:100" right now. Is there a way I can get ...
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How can I pin Eclipse Luna to the Windows-7 taskbar?

I used to be able to pin Eclipse to my taskbar by adding these lines to the eclipse.ini file: -vm C:/Program Files/Java/[my java version]/bin But it doesn't seem to work with the new Eclipse Luna ...
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Linux installs - where should I put them?

I am relatively new to Linux, I am using Xubuntu 10.04. A lot of the software I download from the net, e.g. Aptana/Eclipse are just ZIP files that I open and run. I wish them to be in a specific ...
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Stick floating eclipse windows on second screen with Mac OS 10.9 Mavericks

When working with eclipse, I'm used to have a floating window with the console and other views on my secondary monitor. Since the update to OSX 10.9 (Mavericks), I still can drag the floating window ...
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Notepad++ code outline as Eclipse's outline

Folding and unfolding blocks of code helps, but in bigger files I really want to have the outline overview of a class and its methods. So, is there a plugin or anything for Notepad++ that I can have ...
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How to have .git folders ignored by Eclipse projects

Whenever I use eclipse on a folder with a .git folder, the .git folder is included in project wide searches and it is displayed in the Navigator view. Is there some way to: Make sure that .git ...
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How do you get Eclipse's built-in diff tool to ignore differences in whitespace?

I'm working on a large codebase that's been touched by many hands. As I work through bugs, I've been converting the source to be more readable which involves a lot of minor changes in indentation ...
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How to find installation path for packages installed through apt-get in Ubuntu?

I have been installing python modules using apt-get which works great using the console or launching files from the command line. However I am using Eclipse for easier organisation of files. Eclipse ...
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How to add javadocs to eclipse

Where to add this: http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E17412_01/javame/config/cldc/ref-impl/midp2.0/jsr118/index.html so, when I highlight a word in eclipse ide, I will get the help.
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Moving Eclipse into Applications on MacOS

I'm new in OS X, and recently I have downloaded Eclipse in it. I want to use this Eclipse like other apps as appears in Applications in OS X. But how to do that. Although by copy-pasting the entire ...
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Aptana changed my Eclipse color scheme, and I want it back

I installed Aptana Studio 3 as an Eclipse plugin. Generally, it works OK, but Aptana thought that a dark background is cool and elegant (apparently). But I liked my old color scheme with a white ...
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EGit (Eclipse) wrongly interpreting file names with non-ASCII characters?

I recently switched to using a Git repository within Eclipse (Juno SR2), using EGit. In our project, some file names contains umlauts and other special non-ASCII-characters. On the command line, git ...
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How can I use the Lucida Grande font in Windows?

I'm a Windows user but I want to use the Lucida Grande font in Notepad++ and Eclipse IDE. I didn't find that font listed for Notepad++ when I tried to change the font in the style configurator. ...
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How do I count the number of lines of code in an Eclipse project?

Is there a way to count the number of lines of code in an eclipse project? I can see the total number of lines for each file, but I'd like to see how much is generated across the whole project.
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Enable HTML5 tags on Eclipse

I really love Eclipse (PDT)... But i'm developing sites using HTML5 and CSS3 and it mark the HTML5 tags like <nav>, <section> and <article> as invalid tags (inexistent). How can I ...
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Error from egit installation

Just installed a fresh 32 bit copy of Java and Eclipse. I'm now trying to add egit for the first time, following the instructions here (using the main repository). I receive this error when I try to ...
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How to search for text in a whole Eclipse project instead of file by file

Eclipse allows you to search its code using Edit->Find/Replace. This allows you to search only one file at a time. Is it possible to search for a text in a whole Eclipse project instead of searching ...
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Configuring Eclipse to compile Haskell with EclipseFP Plugin

I just installed the EclipseFP plugin into my Eclipse setup (on Windows 7 32bit, if that matters), following the instructions. Then I followed the directions in the Eclipse help docs to create a Hello ...
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Pressing Ctrl + Shift + G opens up my browser

I use Eclipse and Firefox on Windows 7. Ctrl+Shift+G in Eclipse is supposed to do a search for references, but instead it does a Google search in Firefox. Why is this happening, and how can I make ...
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In Eclipse, can I organze my workspace projects into top-level folders?

My current Project Explorer has: Project A Project B Project C What I'd prefer is to create e.g. Folder 1 Project A Project B Folder 2 Project C And have those folders be the same as what you'd ...
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How do I select a line on OSX?

I am editing text. A cumbersome way to select a line would be to go to the beginning of the line (cmd <-) and then select the whole line to the end (Shift cmd ->). Can I do better? Also shortcuts ...
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How to focus view(Navigator or Explorer) by keyboard in Eclipse

I'm in edit space of Eclipse (in some java class) So, how to focus(to switch) view(Navigator or Explorer) by keyboard?
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How to turn off ALT + numeric keypad ASCII symbol insertion?

I prefer to use the cursor keys on the numeric keypad with Num Lock turned off. This is fine most of the time but in Eclipse it's causing problems with some of the shortcuts, e.g. Alt+Up/Down to move ...
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Disable Windows 7’s “Open File - Security Warning” dialog for exe on local drive?

I am trying to run Eclipse java-galileo-SR2-win32 when I get open-file-security-warning. The files are just extracted from a zip file and put into a directory "C:\Users\UserName\AppData\LocalLow\...
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Disable formatting in Eclipse

I found that when I save a .java file in Eclipse, it helps me to reformat any indentation and line breaks. This is very annoying. How can I avoid it?
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How to change default debug perspective in Eclipse?

While debugging, Eclipse opens its Debug perspective. I've made some changes to this perspective and saved it with other name. Is there a way to change default debug perspective to one created, so it ...
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How do I create a Macro/short cuts in Eclipse?

How do I create a Macro in Eclipse? For example: I want the combination alt+s will print on the page //********************************************************************
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How to migrate perspective across workspaces in Eclipse?

I have created my own perspective in a workspace in Eclipse. But, when I start working on a different workspace I would like to have access to the same perspective. How do I migrate perspective from ...
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Same keyboard shortcuts for Notepad++ as in Eclipse

As a regular Eclipse user, I find it very useful to adapt keyboard shortcuts to match the ones from Eclipse (such as this one: How do I make Notepad++ delete lines like Eclipse does?). However, ...
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How to remove Aptana from Eclipse?

How do I remove Aptana from Eclispe 3.5.2 on Mac OS X?
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How to install Eclipse Web Tools on Eclipse Classic?

I'm using eclipse 3.5.2 classic, and I'd like to install Eclipse Web Tools, but I can't find a url for which to install it.. can anyone find that? or does it not exist?
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Eclipse/Aptana does not ctrl+tab between open files

I'm using Aptana to develop a PHP site. I'm a .NET developer with some experience with PHP. I'm used to the highly robust Visual Studio and getting used to Aptana (built on the Eclipse core). When I ...
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How can you remove icons from the Eclipse/MyEclipse main toolbar?

I could get enough screen space for a few more lines of code by removing some icons from my MyEclipse toolbar. There are some icons I'd like to keep, so hiding the toolbar altogether isn't what I'm ...
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