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Parand
Parand

Reputation: 106380

Eclipse: detach package explorer, outline panels?

I'm in a constant battle with Eclipse to free up more screen real estate for code instead of decoration. I can maximize the code window by double clicking on it, getting rid of the package explorer, outline, and other panels, but I do use the other panels on occasion, particularly the package explorer for SVN integration.

Is there a way to detach the various panels and have them pop up based on hotkeys? I'm imagining having the code window maximized all the time, with a hotkey to bring forward the package explorer as a separate pop-up window when needed, with the pop-up going into the background as a normal window when I click on the code window to go back to editing.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 5233

Answers (5)

Chandrayya G K
Chandrayya G K

Reputation: 8849

Activate Package explorer by hitting Alt + Shift + Q then P. Minimize it as fast view by clicking the minus button enter image description hereon Package Explorer(You can assign short cut key to Minimizes the active view or editor command in Windows > Preferences > Keys section). Maximize the editor by pressing Ctrl + M. You can activate again package explorer as said above. Press F12 to active editor after using package explorer.

All these can be done with hot keys NO MOUSE CLICKS.

Upvotes: 0

Fabian Steeg
Fabian Steeg

Reputation: 45754

You could access it via Ctrl-3 (as pretty much anything else in Eclipse), and close it with escape. When you hit Ctrl-3 again, it will be the top choice.

Upvotes: 0

Eldelshell
Eldelshell

Reputation: 6960

Well, I just code on the J2EE Perspective with all stuff gone. When I want to do something else I change to other perspective

Upvotes: 1

Robert Simmons
Robert Simmons

Reputation: 473

This is the closest I could come to what you want:

Under Window->Preferences->General->Perspectives, change the second setting "Open a new view" to "As a fast view". Then, close Package Explorer view. The next time it comes up, it (and any other newly opened view) will be a fast view: it'll disappear when it loses focus.

As another answerer mentioned, the PE has a keyboard shortcut. I find its default a little unfriendly so I'd recommend changing it under Window->Preferences->General->Keys. The Package Explorer command is under "Show View (View: Package Explorer)". Ctrl+Shift+P seems like a good option. Then, you can just hit Ctrl+Shift+P, do something in PE, click back in the code window, and watch PE disappear. Note: My new keyboard shortcut stopped working sporadically if I changed the "As a fast view" setting first. Re-entering the keyboard shortcut seemed to fix this.

You can change a fast view to the normal type of view by repositioning it via dragging.

Upvotes: 2

jamesh
jamesh

Reputation: 20101

Minimize the package explorer, then use: Alt-Shift-Q then P.

This will "Show View (Package Explorer)" as a fast view.

As discovered using Shift-Ctl-L to show keyboard short cuts.

Upvotes: 1

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