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How to make Aptana HTML editor the default HTML editor? [message #255598]

Tue, 06 May 2008 21:13

David M. Karr

Messages: 143
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

In Eclipse 3.3.2, I have the Aptana plugin installed. I discovered that
when I open an HTML file for the first time, it still opens in the default
(non-Aptana) HTML editor. If I close the editor for that file, then
right-click it in the project view and select "Open With" the Aptana HTML
Editor, then from then on that file will open with that editor. However,
I'd really like to make that the default for all ".htm" and ".html" files.
I looked in "File Associations", and I don't see what I have to do in
there to make this happen.

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Re: How to make Aptana HTML editor the default HTML editor? [message #255606 is a reply to message #255598]

Tue, 06 May 2008 21:48

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: davisons.qwest.com

David,
When you're in the File Associations preference page with *.htm or *.html
selected in the 'File types:' list, do you see the Aptana editor listed
below in the 'Associated editors:' list?

"David Karr" <david.karr@wamu.net> wrote in message
news:24225b9798b11996735bb90043e2606f$1@www.eclipse.org...
> In Eclipse 3.3.2, I have the Aptana plugin installed. I discovered that
> when I open an HTML file for the first time, it still opens in the default
> (non-Aptana) HTML editor. If I close the editor for that file, then
> right-click it in the project view and select "Open With" the Aptana HTML
> Editor, then from then on that file will open with that editor. However,
> I'd really like to make that the default for all ".htm" and ".html" files.
> I looked in "File Associations", and I don't see what I have to do in
> there to make this happen.
>

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Re: How to make Aptana HTML editor the default HTML editor? [message #255640 is a reply to message #255606]

Wed, 07 May 2008 04:25

David M. Karr

Messages: 143
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Yes, I do, along with several others. The list contains:

* Web Browser
* Web Page Editor
* Aptana HTML Editor (locked by 'HTML Source File' content type)
* HTML Editor (locked by 'HTML' content type)
* Untitled Text Editor (locked by 'HTML' content type)(locked by 'HTML
Source File' content type)
* Text Editor (locked by 'HTML' content type)(locked by 'HTML Source File'
content type)

When I open files without changing the default, it opens it with "HTML
Editor". I would remove that from the list above, but the "Remove" button
is insensitive. I tried doing this for the "Web Page Editor", where the
"Remove" button was sensitive. This didn't have any effect (no surprise).

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