The General preferences page includes the following settings:
Table 21-1 Preferences: General
Additionally, the following preferences categories appear as General sub-pages:
Figure 21-1 Preferences: General > Appearance
Table 21-2 Preferences: General > Appearance
To change a color:
Under
expand .Select
.Expand an option (for example,
).Select an item (for example,
).Click the color button.
Select a color from the Color palette, then click
.To change a font:
Under
, expand .Select
.Expand an option (for example,
).Select an item (for example,
).Click
.Select a font, style, and size, then click
.Label decorations display additional information about an item on its label or icon. Select the desired label decorations:
Binary Plug-in Projects
File Icons Based on Content Analysis
Java Method Override Indicator
Java Type Indicator
Linked Resources
Provisioning Element Decorator
This Eclipse functionality customizes the behavior of the comparison editor. When you select to compare or synchronize two or more resources in the Workbench, one or more comparison editors usually open.
Table 21-3 Preferences: General > Compare/Patch General Tab Settings
You can change how the text is displayed in the compare option.
Table 21-4 Preferences: General > Compare/Patch Text Compare Settings
Table 21-5 Preferences: General > Content Types
Table 21-6 Preferences: General > Editors
Enables you to associate editors (whether they are internally installed in the Designer, or an external application) with file types (extensions) so that you can edit files.
To find out which editor is associated with a file type, select the file type. For example, a .docgen file type is associated with the Style editor, but a .scriptpolicy file type is associated with the Policy Builder.
To associate an additional editor with a file type:
Select the file type.
In the
pane, click .Select an additional editor, then click
twice.To add a file type:
In the
pane, click .Type the extension (for example, .doc) for the file type, then click .
In the
pane, click .Select an editor for that file type, then click
twice.Enables you to configure Designer’s hex editor environment, including font, font style, and colors. You can also associate, or disassociate, the hex editor from Designer’s registered file extensions, and enable hex editor logging.
For information on structured text editors, refer to the Eclipse documentation at the Eclipse SDK.
Table 21-7 Preferences: General > Text Editors
For additional information on text editors, see the Eclipse documentation.
Enables you to view a table of all of the keyboard mappings, change those mappings, and add new mappings.
Enables you to configure a manual proxy configuration if you use a proxy server to access the Internet. For example, if you have added a custom URL for packages that require authentication, you must enter that information here so auto updates of packages works.
The three options are:
Table 21-8 Preferences: General Settings > Network Connections
Table 21-9 Preferences: General > Perspectives
Table 21-10 Preferences: General > Startup and Shutdown
Table 21-11 Preferences: General > Web Browser
Table 21-12 Preferences: General > Welcome
Setting |
Description |
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Enables you to select the theme that appears when you click > . |
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Adds tabs (for example, ) on the Welcome properties page. You add functionality by customizing these tabs. |
For information about the Overview and
tabs, refer to the Eclipse documentation.