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stampede76
stampede76

Reputation: 1631

Eclipse PDT IDE switch workspaces without app relaunch

Is it possible to switch workspaces in Eclipse without relaunching the application?

I want to group projects with their file transfer settings, and switch between them without having to reload the application. PHPed has similar behavior.

I don't know if workspaces is the correct term with Eclipse. My setup is to use a seperate workspace for each site I'm working on, so I can have different projects for different servers like development or production. Also I like breaking sites down into different projects to allow for easier global searching. And in PHPed the startup lags when there are a ton files in each project which I do not know if it's the case with eclipse.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 405

Answers (2)

aleroot
aleroot

Reputation: 72636

You can switch workspace in Eclipse from File ---> Switch Workspace :

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However this function will merely auto relaunch eclipse with the specified workspace already set, so it is like close eclipse and restart with the new workspace but a little bit quicker.

However you can use different WorkingSet instead of different workspace in Eclipse to avoid to relaunch Eclipse every time that you need to switch project . Take a look at this great tutorial to understand better how to use Workingset in place of workspace in your situation.

Upvotes: 1

antlersoft
antlersoft

Reputation: 14786

One approach in Eclipse is to put everything in one workspace and to hide the projects you are not working with at any one time.

Note that in Eclipse, a project does not have to be nested within a workspace, and one project can be part of more than one workspace.

Upvotes: 1

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