Dual Monitors [message #1734803] |
Sun, 12 June 2016 22:21  |
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I have two monitors. After some mucking about with xandr and arandr I can now use either one. I can slide a non-maximized window from one to the other. Maximize a window and it fills one screen. I want to use both screens, one for code and one for all the other window-lettes. Is this possible?
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Re: Dual Monitors [message #1734913 is a reply to message #1734910] |
Mon, 13 June 2016 12:06   |
Eclipse User |
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On 06/13/2016 09:51 AM, Chuck Pergiel wrote:
> Reading help, that only seems to apply to system editors, not to the
> native eclipse editor.
(Sorry for the abbreviated response. I was at a music festival on my phone.)
Go to Window -> New Window.
This will in essence clone your workbench. Then you can put the new
window (or the old one) on your second monitor.
Caution: as this clones the whole workbench, changes you make there, for
example, in layout, will be saved if you kill the original workbench
before exiting from the new one you modified. I'm not crazy about how
this works, but as long as this capability has been there in Eclipse,
this has been the side effect. I just treat my original workbench copy
as "sacred" and I am careful about killing copies first before shutting
down Eclipse.
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Re: Dual Monitors [message #1734921 is a reply to message #1734914] |
Mon, 13 June 2016 14:14  |
Eclipse User |
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OK! I have Eclipse open on one screen, and an Eclipse editor window open on the other screen. Vunderbar!
It isn't totally obvious how it works.
- de-maximized Eclips
- drag the help box tab off of the Eclipse window. Rectangular outline shows up spread over both screens. Release and the help box is free.
- dragged a text box tab off of the Eclipse window. Nothing shows except the mouse cursor. Release and the editor box appears, free of the Eclipse frame.
So maybe I just wasn't holding my mouth right.
Or maybe the system and Eclipse updates I just installed had something to do with it.
Software is so weird. The basic principles don't change, but all the little mouse and keyboard actions that make for smooth operation need to be relearned every time you change systems.
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