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Arrow icon in the Java editor [message #215744]

Thu, 14 June 2007 10:37

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: gd.bill.com

Stupid question: I see a yellow arrow in the margin of the Java editor.
Sometimes it obscures a breakpoint marker, for example. Could someone tell
me what this icon indicates, or, better yet, where in the help I might find
an answer to this question (I've gotten nowhere finding anything about this
in the help).

Any info appreciated.

TIA

Greg Safford

Re: Arrow icon in the Java editor [message #215759 is a reply to message #215744]

Thu, 14 June 2007 10:44

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: merks.ca.ibm.com

Greg,

You mean the "yield sign" marker that indicates a warning in the Java
code? If you hover over it, it will tell you what it's for...

greg wrote:
> Stupid question: I see a yellow arrow in the margin of the Java editor.
> Sometimes it obscures a breakpoint marker, for example. Could someone tell
> me what this icon indicates, or, better yet, where in the help I might find
> an answer to this question (I've gotten nowhere finding anything about this
> in the help).
>
> Any info appreciated.
>
> TIA
>
> Greg Safford
>
>
>

Re: Arrow icon in the Java editor [message #215791 is a reply to message #215744]

Thu, 14 June 2007 11:45

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: hendrik_maryns.despammed.com

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greg schreef:
> Stupid question: I see a yellow arrow in the margin of the Java editor.
> Sometimes it obscures a breakpoint marker, for example. Could someone tell
> me what this icon indicates, or, better yet, where in the help I might find
> an answer to this question (I've gotten nowhere finding anything about this
> in the help).

Sounds like an instruction pointer. I.d. you have a debug process
running, and the arrow indicates where in the code you are. If the
process stops at a breakpoint, then it might be over the breakpoint
symbol. Hovering over the symbol will show you all markers in the margin.

H.
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Hendrik Maryns
http://tcl.sfs.uni-tuebingen.de/~hendrik/
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Re: Arrow icon in the Java editor [message #216290 is a reply to message #215744]

Fri, 15 June 2007 23:05

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: eclipse5.rizzoweb.com

greg wrote:
> Stupid question: I see a yellow arrow in the margin of the Java editor.
> Sometimes it obscures a breakpoint marker, for example. Could someone tell
> me what this icon indicates, or, better yet, where in the help I might find
> an answer to this question (I've gotten nowhere finding anything about this
> in the help).

If you open Help Contents and search for "icons" it returns several
pages that describe the various groups of icons. The one you're talking
about might be there. If you can't find it, post a small image of it and
I'm sure someone can identify it for you.

Hope this helps,
Eric

Re: Arrow icon in the Java editor [message #216584 is a reply to message #215744]

Mon, 18 June 2007 17:38

Eclipse User

Hi, Greg,

I think it's probably a search result indicator. If you do a multifile
search, or a Find References, it gives you the list of results in the
Search pane and it also puts a yellow arrow in the margin beside each
found occurrence. It's easy to forget that you have an active search and
so those arrows can seem to appear out of nowhere. To dismiss them, just
close the Search pane.

Peace,
--Carl

Re: Arrow icon in the Java editor [message #216720 is a reply to message #216290]

Tue, 19 June 2007 13:13

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: gd.bill.com

Thanks much. In searching previously, I made the stupid error of forgetting
to change the scope to 'All', but now I see that you are right.

The yellow arrow is indeed the search results icon.

Greg

"Eric Rizzo" <eclipse5@rizzoweb.com> wrote in message
news:f4vk0v$i8m$1@build.eclipse.org...
> greg wrote:
>> Stupid question: I see a yellow arrow in the margin of the Java editor.
>> Sometimes it obscures a breakpoint marker, for example. Could someone
>> tell me what this icon indicates, or, better yet, where in the help I
>> might find an answer to this question (I've gotten nowhere finding
>> anything about this in the help).
>
> If you open Help Contents and search for "icons" it returns several pages
> that describe the various groups of icons. The one you're talking about
> might be there. If you can't find it, post a small image of it and I'm
> sure someone can identify it for you.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Eric

Re: Arrow icon in the Java editor [message #216728 is a reply to message #215759]

Tue, 19 June 2007 13:16

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: gd.bill.com

Plausible, but turns out to be the search results marker.

Thanks for the suggestion.

Greg

"Ed Merks" <merks@ca.ibm.com> wrote in message
news:f4rk81$fmq$2@build.eclipse.org...
> Greg,
>
> You mean the "yield sign" marker that indicates a warning in the Java
> code? If you hover over it, it will tell you what it's for...
>
>
> greg wrote:
>> Stupid question: I see a yellow arrow in the margin of the Java editor.
>> Sometimes it obscures a breakpoint marker, for example. Could someone
>> tell me what this icon indicates, or, better yet, where in the help I
>> might find an answer to this question (I've gotten nowhere finding
>> anything about this in the help).
>>
>> Any info appreciated.
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> Greg Safford
>>
>>

Re: Arrow icon in the Java editor [message #216736 is a reply to message #216584]

Tue, 19 June 2007 13:18

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: gd.bill.com

You are correct Sir.

Thanks much.

Greg

"Carl Manaster" <manaster@pobox.com> wrote in message
news:d49876a1f6f6719b7060e195f9d6c7d0$1@www.eclipse.org...
> Hi, Greg,
>
> I think it's probably a search result indicator. If you do a multifile
> search, or a Find References, it gives you the list of results in the
> Search pane and it also puts a yellow arrow in the margin beside each
> found occurrence. It's easy to forget that you have an active search and
> so those arrows can seem to appear out of nowhere. To dismiss them, just
> close the Search pane.
>
> Peace,
> --Carl
>

Re: Arrow icon in the Java editor [message #216744 is a reply to message #215791]

Tue, 19 June 2007 13:19

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: gd.bill.com

As it happens, the arrow is the search results pointer.

But I've run into the debug indicator as well. Thanks for the suggestion.

Greg

"Hendrik Maryns" <hendrik_maryns@despammed.com> wrote in message
news:f4rnou$oq9$1@build.eclipse.org...
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> greg schreef:
>> Stupid question: I see a yellow arrow in the margin of the Java editor.
>> Sometimes it obscures a breakpoint marker, for example. Could someone
>> tell
>> me what this icon indicates, or, better yet, where in the help I might
>> find
>> an answer to this question (I've gotten nowhere finding anything about
>> this
>> in the help).
>
> Sounds like an instruction pointer. I.d. you have a debug process
> running, and the arrow indicates where in the code you are. If the
> process stops at a breakpoint, then it might be over the breakpoint
> symbol. Hovering over the symbol will show you all markers in the margin.
>
> H.
> - --
> Hendrik Maryns
> http://tcl.sfs.uni-tuebingen.de/~hendrik/
> ==================
> http://aouw.org
> Ask smart questions, get good answers:
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
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Re: Arrow icon in the Java editor [message #755879 is a reply to message #216744]

Wed, 09 November 2011 18:37

Eclipse User

And what is the end result ? Is it any way to get rid of these yellow "search markers" results ?

Re: Arrow icon in the Java editor [message #756060 is a reply to message #755879]

Thu, 10 November 2011 12:34

Eclipse User

Search markers remain as long as there are search result entries in the Search View tab. Closing this tab or removing search item(s) from this view will remove the corresponding search marker(s).

Re: Arrow icon in the Java editor [message #756131 is a reply to message #756060]

Fri, 11 November 2011 02:15

Eclipse User

On 10.11.2011 18:34, Raji Abraham wrote:
> Search markers remain as long as there are search result entries in
> the Search View tab. Closing this tab or removing search item(s) from
> this view will remove the corresponding search marker(s).
Or you choose not to show them at all on the General > Editors > Text
Editors > Annotations preference page.

Dani

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