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leech
leech

Reputation: 8431

Eclipse Invisible Editor

I have eclipse Juno. I'm not sure how, but my editor in eclipse is now "invisible". By invisible i mean, the editor pane is not in the visible window. I'm not a novice in eclipse and i know you can minimize the editors or maximize a different panel - but this isn't the case. There isn't even a minimize/maximize button on this empty space where the editor should be.

However, the title bar shows the current file that is opened (but in the invisible editor and hence invisible). and my outline sidebar shows the file's outline.

I think this might have happened when splitting editor panes (which i do a lot, love the side by side comparison), and also switching the perspective.

Any ideas on how i can get the editor back in the visible window?

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Above is a screenshot of how it looks. At the time of the screen shot i had just recently clicked a file to open it, and it seems to have opened in the invisible editor.

Upvotes: 40

Views: 17660

Answers (8)

Pablo Baietti
Pablo Baietti

Reputation: 1

Start eclipse with:

eclipse.exe -repair

Upvotes: 0

Jay Fogarty
Jay Fogarty

Reputation: 1

I have the fix, when neither resetting the perspective or restarting eclipse helps: At the bottom of the File Menu, there is your recent file name that you are trying to get back. Click on that and it should return.

Upvotes: 0

Julian A.
Julian A.

Reputation: 11470

This happens to me sometimes when I try to split an editor group by dragging an editor tab. The only solution that worked for me was to close every single perspective in the application toolbar, then Window -> New Window.

Upvotes: 4

qualidafial
qualidafial

Reputation: 6832

I've had this happen occasionally when splitting panes. Restarting Eclipse didn't work for me, nor did resetting the perspective.

The solution I stumbled upon was to give the editor area focus (by clicking in the area where it should be, I suppose) and close files in the invisible editor with Ctrl+W until the editor reappears. You may notice the window title changes to follow the file in the hidden editor.

Upvotes: 2

JPMagalhaes
JPMagalhaes

Reputation: 3621

I've tried all given solutions and none of them solved the problem. Only using Window->New Window gave me a new fixed eclipse window.

Upvotes: 92

James Beninger
James Beninger

Reputation: 2317

I had the same problem and simply stopping/restarting Eclipse fixed it.

Upvotes: 1

katalizator
katalizator

Reputation: 61

I minimized sharedArea and after restore it was empty. Editors worked well (open, close, save etc.) but i could not see them. Closing all perspectives helped.

Upvotes: 6

E-Riz
E-Riz

Reputation: 33034

Try Window > Reset Perspective to get things back to normal.

Upvotes: 19

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