Bug 538404

Summary:	Adding text to "VM arguments" field doesn't offer to Apply the changes
Product:	[Eclipse Project] JDT	Reporter:	David M. Karr <davidmichaelkarr>
Component:	Debug	Assignee:	JDT-Debug-Inbox <jdt-debug-inbox>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3	CC:	daniel_megert, sarika.sinha
Version:	4.8
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows 7
Whiteboard:	stalebug

Description David M. Karr

2018-08-29 20:13:36 EDT

I'm seeing a problem with run configurations in Photon that I've never seen before.

I often need to enter property settings in the "VM arguments" field in the run configuration and save those changes permanently.

Today, I'm seeing that when I enter text in that field, the "Apply" button doesn't ungrey.

I also tested making a change to the "Program arguments" field, and it does the same thing.

However, I was able to figure out a workaround. I found that the "Working directory" field does not have this problem. I tried changing it to "Other" and then entering the same value as the default. That made the Apply button sensitive. I then went up to the "VM arguments" field and entered the text I needed to add.

I then clicked Apply. When I ran my test, I verified that it was working, which means it was reading those additional properties I set.

This also demonstrates that not only was it not letting me apply the changes earlier, it actually wasn't even using them at all, because if I just clicked "Run", my test fails because those required properties are not set. I guess this last point is not that surprising.  If I can't click "Apply", it's not only not going to store it on disk, it's not going to apply them at all.

I looked in the log and I didn't see anything obviously related to this.

Comment 1 Sarika Sinha

2018-08-30 05:46:13 EDT

Can you attach a simple java project and a launch configuration which is giving this error?
I am not able to reproduce using Eclipse SDK. Are you using plain SDK or you have additional plug-ins installed?

Comment 2 David M. Karr

2018-08-30 19:17:49 EDT

I have many plugins, but I didn't see this in Oxygen, I'm certain of that.

Comment 3 Eclipse Genie

2020-09-12 10:10:07 EDT

This bug hasn't had any activity in quite some time. Maybe the problem got resolved, was a duplicate of something else, or became less pressing for some reason - or maybe it's still relevant but just hasn't been looked at yet.

If you have further information on the current state of the bug, please add it. The information can be, for example, that the problem still occurs, that you still want the feature, that more information is needed, or that the bug is (for whatever reason) no longer relevant.

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Comment 4 Eclipse Genie

2022-10-15 12:54:43 EDT

This bug hasn't had any activity in quite some time. Maybe the problem got resolved, was a duplicate of something else, or became less pressing for some reason - or maybe it's still relevant but just hasn't been looked at yet.

If you have further information on the current state of the bug, please add it. The information can be, for example, that the problem still occurs, that you still want the feature, that more information is needed, or that the bug is (for whatever reason) no longer relevant.

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