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Eclipse refusing to recognize JavaScript file? [message #1821119]

Wed, 05 February 2020 21:48

Eclipse User

I went to:
Right click project root folder → New → File → Entered file name → Click okay

I changed the file extension by right clicking file → rename → added '.html'

Despite doing this, there are no colors in the source code.

This what the colored source code is supposed to look like, in order for the code to be executed in the browser.

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[Updated on: Wed, 05 February 2020 23:47] by Moderator

Re: Eclipse refusing to recognize JavaScript file? [message #1821120 is a reply to message #1821119]

Wed, 05 February 2020 21:52

Eclipse User

Does your installation have plug-ins for working with HTML and JavaScript files? How did you install it / what did you install?

Re: Eclipse refusing to recognize JavaScript file? [message #1821123 is a reply to message #1821120]

Wed, 05 February 2020 22:35

Eclipse User

I downloaded the 52mb file from here: https://www.eclipse.org/downloads/download.php?file=/oomph/epp/2019-12/R/eclipse-inst-win64.exe

I then selected 'Eclipse IDE for JavaScript and Web Developers (includes'
https://i.imgur.com/A6agZMJ.png

I also have to manually navigate to the .exe location to open it:
D:\Installations\Eclipse\javascript-2019-12\eclipse
https://i.imgur.com/FOtj1in.png

Project file are located at xampps' default located for HTTP index files:
C:\xampp\htdocs\RobinNixon_JS_2\15

This is the help → about
https://i.imgur.com/OjuigGw.png

Re: Eclipse refusing to recognize JavaScript file? [message #1821127 is a reply to message #1821123]

Thu, 06 February 2020 00:52

Eclipse User

In the context menu on each file, there is an Open With -> ... menu with choices of editors. Which editors are available? Have you tried the different ones?

Your files don't look like complete HTML, i.e., there's no <html> tag...

Re: Eclipse refusing to recognize JavaScript file? [message #1821129 is a reply to message #1821127]

Thu, 06 February 2020 01:00

Eclipse User

Yeah I fixed the syntax, and it displays correctly in firefox, but eclipse refuses to show the color, or 'popup', when I behgin to include methods such String variable.toUpper().

https://i.imgur.com/QVmbHwG.png
https://i.imgur.com/oNF4Dxf.png

I configured Eclipse to open HTML files with firefox by default not it's built-in browser..

Re: Eclipse refusing to recognize JavaScript file? [message #1821130 is a reply to message #1821129]

Thu, 06 February 2020 02:11

Eclipse User

Note my question about Open With. In particular, from the icons on the editor tabs, I can see that some editors are open with the Text editor and that will not do colorization. For me, when I open a *.html file with "Generic Text Editor", it colorizes everything, including the <script> content.

Re: Eclipse refusing to recognize JavaScript file? [message #1821176 is a reply to message #1821130]

Thu, 06 February 2020 10:46

Eclipse User

That fixed the problem. Thanks.

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