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Fri, 29 April 2005 17:47

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: marc.esher.cablespeed.com

Is there a way within the workbench to view the HTML javadocs? for jdk, or
even other packages? Other IDEs (like Jcreator) have the ability to do a
doc search, and it'll find the location in the javadocs and then display
the javadoc html in a browser. I'd like to be able to do this in Eclipse,
but can't find a way. At least, nothing obvious to me.

Re: viewing api docs [message #60752 is a reply to message #59951]

Mon, 02 May 2005 11:42

Eclipse User

Marc wrote:
> Is there a way within the workbench to view the HTML javadocs? for jdk,
> or even other packages? Other IDEs (like Jcreator) have the ability to
> do a doc search, and it'll find the location in the javadocs and then
> display the javadoc html in a browser. I'd like to be able to do this in
> Eclipse, but can't find a way. At least, nothing obvious to me.
>
Window > Show View > Javadoc will create a new tab in the bottom right
tab area. Then when you click on methods the javadoc for the method will
display in the tab. You will have had to tell eclipse where to find the
source for the classes in question. For that, right click on the jar
file, select Properties, and attach the source zip file or directory in
the resulting dialog.

Derek

Re: viewing api docs [message #60753 is a reply to message #60752]

Mon, 02 May 2005 12:29

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: marc.esher.cablespeed.com

Thanks, but that's not quite what I'm looking for. Rather, I'd like this:

HashMap map = new HashMap();

I put my cursor over "HashMap" in my code, and I'd like the ability to
view the real API documentation for that class. You know...open the
javadocs in a browser somewhere. Then, I could navigate the javadocs in
that browser just as I would were I looking at the javadocs in a web
browser outside of eclipse.

Re: viewing api docs [message #60759 is a reply to message #60753]

Mon, 02 May 2005 17:14

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: manahan.NOSPAM.ca.ibm.com

Marc wrote:
> Thanks, but that's not quite what I'm looking for. Rather, I'd like this:
>
> HashMap map = new HashMap();
>
> I put my cursor over "HashMap" in my code, and I'd like the ability to
> view the real API documentation for that class. You know...open the
> javadocs in a browser somewhere. Then, I could navigate the javadocs in
> that browser just as I would were I looking at the javadocs in a web
> browser outside of eclipse.
>

Try Shift-F2.

Peter

Re: viewing api docs [message #60767 is a reply to message #60759]

Tue, 03 May 2005 08:11

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: marc.esher.cablespeed.com

that's exactly what i needed. thanks!

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