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Reputation: 5666

Files get opened in wrong editing area

my Eclipse Juno SR1 somehow got screwed up. It seems I have a new area, and if I interpret it correctly, it is called the "Shared Area" (only from a tooltip). I cannot get rid of it by conventional means (i.E. closing/hiding). All files I open now are opened in this shared area, not in the area my files were opened before. The area is distinct from the normal editing area in that it will not go to the same place (top right, under the menus).

The area has only maximize and minimize buttons. Maximizing it will maximize it over everything, this would be expected. Minimizing it actually hides it, but opening an existing file will bring it back as kind of a popup over the eclipse file list.

I do not seem to find how I activated this feature, and I cannot seem to find any activation instructions in the Eclipse help (the help looking for "shared" and "area" separately doesn't really help anyway).

I just want this feature/window/perspective to go away and let me open files like I used to. Any tips?

Edit: Maybe this area is not called "Shared area", this could be wrong. If not, it doesn't seem to have any name. It just forces all editors opening new files to open in it, and not in the area that they usually open in. The way I determined it was called "Shared area" is by minimizing it, then opening a file. It opens as kind of a popup (described above), and there's a menu bar attached with 2 icons, "Restore" and "Shared area", which is pre-selected.

This is the are "docked" to the right: enter image description here

This is the area docked below: enter image description here

The area is not dockable in the way that it docks to certain areas of Eclipse, but stretches (when dragged) over the whole Eclipse Window and even outside of it.

Upvotes: 52

Views: 23371

Answers (7)

Opoola Muhammed
Opoola Muhammed

Reputation: 1

Ctrl+Shift+{ to toggle it on or Off.

Ctrl+Shift+W to close both of the area.

Upvotes: 0

Potch Ballesteros
Potch Ballesteros

Reputation: 1

Here's what worked for me:

Menu > Window > Perspective > Open Perspective > Other > Java(default) > Open

Now I can create a new class that shows on the tab next to my working tab.

Upvotes: 0

Srinath Shah
Srinath Shah

Reputation: 21

If nothing works out for you, simply go to window -> new Window. Opens up a fresh copy of eclipse with everything loaded up. Even on a restart,loads up like normally it would.

Upvotes: 1

Monstieur
Monstieur

Reputation: 8102

The shared area is the default location to open files. The files remain open in the shared area across different perspectives such as Java and Debug so that you can switch between them while working on the same files. You'd generally drag a file outside the shared area to work on it without it appearing in other perspectives.

It's hard to position the shard area view by dragging it, but you can drag the surrounding views in place around it to get it where you want.

Upvotes: 8

Jose Israel Martinez
Jose Israel Martinez

Reputation: 11

I click on the bottom corner of the offending tile and dragged in till it closed! The "reset perspective" did not work for me but the draggin to a smaller size as if it were a picture did. Hope this helps.

Upvotes: 1

riuryK
riuryK

Reputation: 1

I think I know what you mean. If you drag any view to that "Shared Area" but not to the body but to the header (where the title is supposed to be) the dragged view will occupy completely that "Shared Aread".

Hope that helps.

Upvotes: 0

Kai
Kai

Reputation: 39641

You should reset the perspective Window -> Reset Perspective...

Upvotes: 135

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