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Where did "Window->Preferences" go in Helios? [message #555813] Sat, 28 August 2010 22:42 Go to next message
Eclipse UserFriend
So I cannot figure out where to set my preferences because the "Preferences" menu item is not in the Windows menu any more. Anybody know what the deal is with this?
Re: Where did "Window->Preferences" go in Helios? [message #555815 is a reply to message #555813] Sun, 29 August 2010 00:40 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Eclipse UserFriend
Alexander,

For me it continues to be the last choice on the Windows menu. Which
OS are you running?


Alexander Ryan wrote:
> So I cannot figure out where to set my preferences because the
> "Preferences" menu item is not in the Windows menu any more. Anybody
> know what the deal is with this?
Re: Where did "Window->Preferences" go in Helios? [message #650384 is a reply to message #555813] Mon, 24 January 2011 12:12 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Eclipse UserFriend
I also have this problem! The Preferences menu item is missing from the Window menu. It should appear after the Navigation menu item, but it is missing entirely. I'm running the Helios version of Eclipse on Mac OS X Snow Leopard. Any suggestions? Thanks! Lynne
Re: Where did "Window->Preferences" go in Helios? [message #650395 is a reply to message #650384] Mon, 24 January 2011 12:38 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Eclipse UserFriend
On 1/24/2011 10:42 PM, lynnenor@gmail.com wrote:
> I also have this problem! The Preferences menu item is missing from the
> Window menu. It should appear after the Navigation menu item, but it is
> missing entirely. I'm running the Helios version of Eclipse on Mac OS X
> Snow Leopard. Any suggestions? Thanks! Lynne
I think on Mac Preferences are under the File menu.
Re: Where did "Window->Preferences" go in Helios? [message #650402 is a reply to message #650395] Mon, 24 January 2011 12:56 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Eclipse UserFriend
Thanks Deepak - I wasn't sure if the Preferences under the Eclipse menu was the same as the Preferences that I was expecting to find under the Window menu. I'll poke around using the Eclipse->Preferences. Thanks, Lynne
Re: Where did "Window->Preferences" go in Helios? [message #650405 is a reply to message #650402] Mon, 24 January 2011 12:58 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Eclipse UserFriend
On 1/24/2011 11:26 PM, Lynne N wrote:
> Thanks Deepak - I wasn't sure if the Preferences under the Eclipse menu
> was the same as the Preferences that I was expecting to find under the
> Window menu. I'll poke around using the Eclipse->Preferences. Thanks, Lynne
It is the same, this is one of the Mac specific features of Eclipse.
Re: Where did "Window->Preferences" go in Helios? [message #650450 is a reply to message #650405] Mon, 24 January 2011 20:01 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Eclipse UserFriend
On 24-Jan-11 10:58, Deepak Azad wrote:
> On 1/24/2011 11:26 PM, Lynne N wrote:
>> Thanks Deepak - I wasn't sure if the Preferences under the Eclipse menu
>> was the same as the Preferences that I was expecting to find under the
>> Window menu. I'll poke around using the Eclipse->Preferences. Thanks,
>> Lynne
> It is the same, this is one of the Mac specific features of Eclipse.

This points to schizophrenia in the world. On Firefox, these are under
Edit on Linux, Tools on Windows. Who knows why things like this happen?
Re: Where did "Window->Preferences" go in Helios? [message #651059 is a reply to message #650450] Thu, 27 January 2011 10:45 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Eclipse UserFriend
On 1/24/11 8:01 PM, Russell Bateman wrote:
> On 24-Jan-11 10:58, Deepak Azad wrote:
>> On 1/24/2011 11:26 PM, Lynne N wrote:
>>> Thanks Deepak - I wasn't sure if the Preferences under the Eclipse menu
>>> was the same as the Preferences that I was expecting to find under the
>>> Window menu. I'll poke around using the Eclipse->Preferences. Thanks,
>>> Lynne
>> It is the same, this is one of the Mac specific features of Eclipse.
>
> This points to schizophrenia in the world. On Firefox, these are under
> Edit on Linux, Tools on Windows. Who knows why things like this happen?

At least on Mac, Eclipse is following the UI guidelines set forth by
Apple. Virtually all OS X applications have Preferences under the app's
"main/title" menu, and accessible via Command+. An OS X user expect it
to be there and nowhere else.

Eric
Re: Where did "Window->Preferences" go in Helios? [message #651355 is a reply to message #650395] Sat, 29 January 2011 13:55 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Eclipse UserFriend
Hi

On the Mac, just hit [ctrl]+[,] to open the preferences dialog. This
works for all "well behaved" OS X programs including Eclipse. So you
don't need to search in the menus...

Take care,
Michael
Re: Where did "Window->Preferences" go in Helios? [message #651356 is a reply to message #651355] Sat, 29 January 2011 13:56 Go to previous message
Eclipse UserFriend
> On the Mac, just hit [ctrl]+[,] to open the preferences dialog. This
> works for all "well behaved" OS X programs including Eclipse. So you
> don't need to search in the menus...
Off course, it's [command]+[,] not ctrl as I just wrote...
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