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user496949
user496949

Reputation: 86105

How to check the icon meaning in the eclipse (project explorer)?

In the eclipse, there are different icons before files and projects. I am asking if there is an explanation for those icons.

Upvotes: 34

Views: 68517

Answers (5)

Jan Debeuckelaer
Jan Debeuckelaer

Reputation: 61

For the subversive plugin for Eclipse Neon navigate to Window:Preferences:Team:SVN:Label Decorations, which will show you options and a preview like this: Label Decorations Dialog

Upvotes: 1

Marko Vranjkovic
Marko Vranjkovic

Reputation: 6869

This page contains meaning of all eclipse icons: http://help.eclipse.org/helios/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse.jdt.doc.user/reference/ref-icons.htm

UPDATE: This answer contains icon meanings per Eclipse version.

Upvotes: 20

ysap
ysap

Reputation: 8115

If you are using CDT, this help page may help. Unfortunately, it does not display the icon decorations.

Upvotes: 0

VonC
VonC

Reputation: 1325155

Considering the meaning of "Label decoration", you won't ever have a formal description of all the icons in a project Explorer: it depends on the plugins you have installed.

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A plugin like EGit for instance will modify those icons with its own list of decorators:

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As Harry Joy, mentions in the comments, the CTRL+N "new project" dialog is the closest way to list all of those icons.

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It can be helpful though to know about the "User Interface Guidelines" for Eclipse to grasp their more general meaning:

For example, in the style section:

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The two dominant colors, blue and yellow, bring harmony to the overall presentation of the user interface.
Themselves complementary, blue and yellow form a base on which to apply accent colors

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Brown is used less than the other colors mentioned, but it is generally associated with specific types of objects: the Java "package", "bundle", and the "Enterprise Java Bean (EJB)".

Upvotes: 29

Mark Peters
Mark Peters

Reputation: 81084

You can see a list of label decorations enabled in Eclipse by going to Window->Preferences and then General->Appearance->Label Decorations. This describes the set of decorations, but unfortunately not a picture of what the icon looks like (silly oversight IMO). Still, you might find it useful for seeing what the possibilities are.

Upvotes: 13

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