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Not able to close single window opened using Window -> New Window in eclipse 3.2 [message #253751]

Wed, 04 June 2008 02:35

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: padmasini.kannan.accenture.com

I had a user today who had opened multiple windows inside of Eclipse and
was unable to close the various other windows. According to the user he
went to "Window > New Window" which then opened a secondary window of
Eclipse. We could not find a way to close the second window of Eclipse
without closing the entire program. The work around I had provided was to
delete the "workspace" folder and reopen the workbench. This erased part
of his settings but prevented multiple eclispe windows from opening.
Please devise a way to allow users to close secondary windows without
closing the entire workbench.

Re: Not able to close single window opened using Window -> New Window in eclipse 3.2 [message #253756 is a reply to message #253751]

Wed, 04 June 2008 08:36

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: merks.ca.ibm.com

Padmasini,

The little x in the upper right corner seems to do a good job of closing
just the window. That action is also available via the popup on the
title bar and via the drop down menu in the upper left hand corner.
This isn't really a JDT question, by the way...

Padmasini wrote:
> I had a user today who had opened multiple windows inside of Eclipse
> and was unable to close the various other windows. According to the
> user he went to "Window > New Window" which then opened a secondary
> window of Eclipse. We could not find a way to close the second window
> of Eclipse without closing the entire program. The work around I had
> provided was to delete the "workspace" folder and reopen the
> workbench. This erased part of his settings but prevented multiple
> eclispe windows from opening. Please devise a way to allow users to
> close secondary windows without closing the entire workbench.
>

Re: Not able to close single window opened using Window -> New Window in eclipse 3.2 [message #253764 is a reply to message #253756]

Wed, 04 June 2008 09:52

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: eclipse-news.rizzoweb.com

Ed Merks wrote:
> Padmasini,
>
> The little x in the upper right corner seems to do a good job of closing
> just the window. That action is also available via the popup on the
> title bar and via the drop down menu in the upper left hand corner.
> This isn't really a JDT question, by the way...

I've copied this thread to eclipse.platform since it is not JDT-related.

Padmasini, although Ed has offered several options to close the extra
window, they are all provided by the OS window manager, not Eclipse
itself (so they might be different on different platforms). I suggest
you open an enhancement request in Bugzilla to request a menu item for
closing the window, something like File > Close Window or Window > Close.
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs

Eric

> Padmasini wrote:
>> I had a user today who had opened multiple windows inside of Eclipse
>> and was unable to close the various other windows. According to the
>> user he went to "Window > New Window" which then opened a secondary
>> window of Eclipse. We could not find a way to close the second window
>> of Eclipse without closing the entire program. The work around I had
>> provided was to delete the "workspace" folder and reopen the
>> workbench. This erased part of his settings but prevented multiple
>> eclispe windows from opening. Please devise a way to allow users to
>> close secondary windows without closing the entire workbench.
>>

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