[news.eclipse.tools.jdt] Re: I lost a button

[Daniel Megert <daniel_megert@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Walter Harley wrote:

> "Tim Koop" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
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> > I'm not sure if this is the right newsgroups to post this question.  If 
> > not, please let me know.
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> > I lost a button from the toolbar.  It's the button that I click to only 
> > show one method.  It is stuck on (I can only see one method), and I want 
> > to see the comment at the top of the java file, so I want to unclick it.
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> > Can somebody please tell me how to get this button back?  Thanks a lot.
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> To get the button back, install Eclipse 3.2.2.
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Not needed. The button is also available in 3.3 and later:
1. Window > Customize Perspective...
2. switch to Commands page
3. check 'Editor Presentation'
4. click 'OK'

Dani

> That button was removed from the toolbar in Eclipse 3.3, because it was only 
> available as a button and not as a preference from a dialog, and people 
> would hit it by mistake and then not be able to figure out what happened, 
> provoking many a posting on eclipse.newcomers.
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> If you are using Eclipse 3.3, go to Preferences -> Java -> Editor -> Only 
> show the selected element, and turn that off.
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> In Eclipse 3.2.2 or earlier, the button is only visible if you're viewing a 
> Java editor at the time; it's the sort of "document on top of a document" 
> icon to the right of the "mark occurrences" button.  Again, it's called 
> "show source of selected element" if you dangle over it. 
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