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| <title>Eclipse Platform What's New in Neon</title> |
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| <h2>What's New in Oxygen</h2> |
| <p>Here are descriptions of some of the more interesting or significant changes |
| made to the Eclipse Platform for the Oxygen (4.7) release of Eclipse.</p> |
| <p> |
| Plug-in developers will also be interested in the corresponding |
| <a href="../../org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/whatsNew/platform_isv_whatsnew.html">What's new</a> |
| document in the plug-in developer's guide.</p> |
| <p>We also recommend to read the <a href="../tips/platform_tips.html">Tips and Tricks</a>.</p> |
| <br/> |
| |
| <table class="news"> |
| <colgroup> |
| <col class="title" /> |
| <col /> |
| </colgroup> |
| <tbody> |
| |
| <!-- ******************* Editors ************************************* --> |
| <tr> |
| <td id="Editor" class="section" colspan="2"> |
| <h2>Editors </h2> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr id="generic-editor"> |
| <td class="title">An easily-extensible Generic Text Editor added</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| A new extensible <b>Generic Editor</b> has been added which makes it easier |
| to implement an editor for new languages or new content types. It reuses |
| the existing Eclipse editor infrastructure. The generic editor can be extended using |
| extension points instead of implementing an editor to supply required functionality. |
| <p> |
| Examples of some eclipse projects that have adopted the generic editor: |
| </p> |
| <ul> |
| <li> |
| <a href="https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/technology.lsp4e" target="_blank">Eclipse LSP4E</a>: contributes content-assist |
| and hover to generic editor when a language server is available.</li> |
| <li><a href="https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/technology.tm4e" target="_blank">Eclipse TM4E</a>: contributes syntax highlighting |
| to the generic editor when a TextMate grammar is present.</li> |
| </ul> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr id="patch-diff-generic-editor-extension"> |
| <td class="title">Generic editor can now read patch and diff files</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| An extension was provided to the generic editor so that it now can provide syntax highlighting for files with the <b>.patch</b> |
| or <b>.diff</b> extension. Right-click the file and choose <b>Open with > Generic Text Editor</b> to see the editor in action. |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/patch-diff-editor.png" alt="" /> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr id="open-images-in-eclipse"> |
| <td class="title">Images are opened in the Eclipse IDE</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| Image files are now opened directly in Eclipse by default. |
| The Internal Web Browser has been registered as default editor for files with the png, jpg, jpeg, gif, bmp, and ico extensions. |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/image-opened-in-eclipse.png" alt=""/> |
| </p> |
| Use <b>Open With > System Editor</b> to open files in the default external program. |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr id="editor-selection-dialog-one-click"> |
| <td class="title">Editor selection dialog: Use for all</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| The <b>Editor Selection</b> dialog now offers a one-click option for choosing the editor that |
| should open all files with the same extension in the future. |
| <p> |
| Example when selecting "file.xyz" and choosing <b>Open with > Other...</b>: |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/editor-selection-dialog-one-click-for-all-files-by-type.png" alt="Highlighted checkbox: Use it for all '*.xyz' files"/> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr id="show-revision-history-in-ruler"> |
| <td class="title">Show Annotation renamed to Show Revision Information</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| For files checked out from CVS, the <b>Show Annotation</b> command in the text editor's vertical ruler and in the <b>Team</b> menu |
| has been renamed to <b>Show Revision Information</b>. |
| <p> |
| This change has been synchronized with the Eclipse Git team provider, so future versions of EGit will use the same name. |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr id="configurable-left-right-in-compare-editor"> |
| <td class="title">Configure left and right sides in Compare editors</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| <b>Compare</b> editors now offer a button <b>Swap Left and Right View</b>. |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/compare-editor.png" alt=""/> |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| The direction of comparison is preserved between invocations of the <b>Compare</b> editor |
| and can also be changed in the <b>Compare/Patch</b> preference page. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/compare-preferences.png" alt=""/> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr id="ctrl-e-command-improvements"> |
| <td class="title">Ctrl+E command improvements</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| You can use the <b>Quick Switch Editor</b> (<b>Ctrl+E</b>) command to list and filter all the open editors. |
| This works now also if you have selected a view in the editor area. |
| You can filter the list using wildcards, and select editors using mouse or keyboard. |
| <p> |
| Now you can also cycle through the list by pressing <b>Ctrl+E</b> again. Or use <b>Arrow Up/Down</b> as before. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/ctrl-e-improvements.png" alt=""/> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr id="content-assist-model-editor"> |
| <td class="title">Content Assist for Feature Name in Model Editor</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| You can now use <b>Ctrl+Space</b> to trigger content assist when selecting the <b>Feature Name</b> in the <b>Model Editor</b>. |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/content-assist-model-editor.png" alt="" /> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr id="model-editor-improvements"> |
| <td class="title">Model Editor improvements</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| The elements proposed in the <b>Add child</b> menu are now filtered to a minimal list containing allowed elements only. |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/filter-suggested-elements.png" alt="" /> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <!-- ******************* Debug ************************************* --> |
| <tr> |
| <td id="Debug" class="section" colspan="2"> |
| <h2>Debug </h2> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr id="launch-groups"> |
| <td class="title">"Launch Group" launch configuration type</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| The new <b>Launch Group</b> launch configuration type allows you to launch multiple other launch configurations |
| sequentially, with configurable actions after launching each group member: |
| <ul> |
| <li>None: Continue launching the next member right away</li> |
| <li>Wait until terminated: Continue launching the next member only after this member has terminated</li> |
| <li>Delay: Delay launching the next member for a given amount of seconds.</li> |
| <li>Wait for console output (regexp): Allows to delay further |
| processing of launch group elements until a certain output (matching a regular expression) |
| appears on the console of the given group element.</li> |
| <li>Adopt launch if already running: Allows to control the behaviour of the group when |
| the launch configuration referenced by the launch group element is already running |
| (no matter who launched it). If checked, the launch configuration will not be launched |
| again if it is running already. The existing launch will be adopted by the group (i.e. |
| terminating the group will also terminate this launch). Any configured post launch |
| action will still be executed!</li> |
| </ul> |
| Note that this is similar to the launch group in CDT, but with additional features. |
| <p> |
| New launch groups can be created via the <b>Run > Run Configurations...</b> or <b>Run > Debug Configurations...</b> dialogs.<br/> |
| <img src="images/launch-groups.png" alt=""/> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr id="terminate-relaunch-history"> |
| <td class="title">"Terminate and Relaunch" from Run menu, context menu and tool bar</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| A <b>Terminate and Relaunch</b> option is now available while launching from Run menu, context menu and tool bar. |
| The default setting is to launch without terminating previous launches. To enable automatic termination, |
| select the option <b>Terminate and Relaunch while launching</b> on |
| <b>Preferences > Run/Debug > Launching</b>. |
| |
| <p> |
| The behavior not selected on the preference page can also be activated on-demand by holding |
| the <b>Shift</b> key while launching the configuration from history. |
| </p> |
| <p><img src="images/launch-preference-terminate-relaunch.png" alt="" /></p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr id="breakpoints-sort-by"> |
| <td class="title">Breakpoints view: Sort By > Creation Time</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| In the <b>Breakpoints</b> view's view menu, a new <b>Sort By</b> option has been added. |
| This allows sorting by two ways: |
| <ul> |
| <li><b>Name</b>: Current default order, sorts by the displayed name</li> |
| <li><b>Creation Time</b>: Newly created breakpoints will be shown on top</li> |
| </ul> |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/breakpoints-sort-by.png" alt=""/> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr id="breakpoint-overview-ruler"> |
| <td class="title">Breakpoints in Overview Ruler</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| <b>Breakpoints</b> are now visible in the <b>Overview Ruler</b> by default. |
| <p><img src="images/breakpoint-overview-ruler.png" alt="" /></p> |
| To configure the rendering of annotations, right-click the overview ruler and choose <b>Preferences...</b>. |
| This directly opens the preference page <b>General > Editors > Text Editors > Annotations</b>. |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <!-- ******************* Views, Dialogs and Toolbar ************************************* --> |
| <tr> |
| <td id="ViewsAndDialogs" class="section" colspan="2"> |
| <h2>Views, Dialogs and Toolbar </h2> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr id="quick-access-string-matching"> |
| <td class="title">Improved string matching in Quick Access</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| You can now search for partial descriptions in <b>Quick Access</b> (<b>Ctrl+3</b>). |
| The search result matches space-separated words in the search string. |
| For example, searching for "clone repo", |
| will match the "Clone a Git Repository" command. |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/quick-access-better-string-matching.png" alt=""/> |
| </p> |
| The improved string matching works also in case of parenthesis, |
| or when the search string matches the category name. |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/quick-access-better-string-matching-extended.png" alt=""/> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr id="wildcards-in-quickaccess"> |
| <td class="title">Wildcards in Quick Access</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| You can now use <b>*</b> and <b>?</b> as wildcards to filter <b>Quick Access</b> (<b>Ctrl+3</b>) items. |
| The match ranges are displayed in bold. |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/quick-access-wildcard-filter.png" alt=""/> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr id="quick-access-search-in-help"> |
| <td class="title">Quick Access search text in Help</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| You can now <b>Search in Help</b> after you've entered text in the <b>Quick Access</b> dialog. |
| The option is shown when the filter text is longer than three characters, |
| and it is always added at the end of the results. |
| <p> |
| <b>Search in Help</b> using the new Quick Access dialog: |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/quick-access-search-in-help.png" alt=""/> |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <b>Search in Help</b> using the standalone dialog: |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/quick-access-search-in-help-standalone.png" alt=""/> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr id="quick-access-filter-previous-choices"> |
| <td class="title">Filter previous choices in Quick Access</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| The <b>Quick Access</b> (<b>Ctrl+3</b>) result list does not show duplicate elements anymore. |
| Now, if a search result element is already in the "Previous Choices" category, |
| it is no longer shown in another category. |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/quick-access-filter-previous-choices.png" alt=""/> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr id="quick-access-icons"> |
| <td class="title">Command icons shown in Quick Access</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| <b>Quick Access</b> (<b>Ctrl+3</b>) now shows the icon for a <b>Command</b> if available. |
| Otherwise, it still shows the default blue ball. |
| |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/command-image-visible-in-quick-access.png" alt=""/> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr id="hide-show-status-bar"> |
| <td class="title">Show/hide Status Bar</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| You can now hide and show the bottom status bar via menu: |
| <b>Window</b> > <b>Appearance</b> > <b>Hide (Show) Status Bar</b>. |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/toggle-status-bar-from-menu.png" alt="" /> |
| </p> |
| In Quick Access, the command is called <b>Toggle Statusbar</b>. |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr id="GTK-tree-key-bindings"> |
| <td class="title">GTK tree collapse/expand key bindings</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| On GTK+ 3.6 and later, the <b>Left</b> and <b>Right arrow</b> keys now collapse and expand |
| the current tree item (in addition to the GTK+ default <b>-</b>/<b>+</b> key bindings). |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr id="simplified-bookmark-task-problems-filter-dialog"> |
| <td class="title">Simplified filters dialog for Problems, Bookmarks, and Tasks views</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| The <b>Filters</b> dialog of the Problems, Bookmarks, and Tasks views has been simplified. |
| If you select several configurations, items matching any of these configurations will be shown. |
| <p> |
| Old dialog in Problems view: |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/old-problems-filter.png" alt=""/> |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| New dialog in Problems view: |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/new-problems-filter.png" alt=""/> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr id="problems-and-tasks-copy-details-submenu"> |
| <td class="title">Copy Details submenu for Problems and Tasks views</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| You can copy the description or the resource qualified name of an error, warning, or task into the clipboard using commands in the <b>Copy Details</b> context menu. |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/problems-and-tasks-copy-details-submenu.png" alt=""/> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr id="improved-visiblity-of-filter-dialog"> |
| <td class="title">Filter dialog for Problems, Bookmarks, and Tasks views easier to reach</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| The <b>Filters</b> dialog is now accessible from the toolbar of the Problems, Bookmarks, and Tasks views. |
| <p> |
| Previously, it was only accessible via view menu > <b>Configure Contents...</b>: |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/old-filter-location.png" alt=""/> |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| Now also as a toolbar button: |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/new-filter-location.png" alt=""/> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr id="copy-build-id-information-in-about-dialog"> |
| <td class="title">"Copy Build Id Information" in About dialog</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| In the <b>About</b> dialog, you can use the context menu to copy |
| information about your Eclipse installation. |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/about-dialog-get-build-information.png" alt=""/> |
| </p> |
| The <b>Copy Build Id Information to Clipboard</b> command copies |
| the product name, version, build id, OS, windowing system, and additional |
| OS-specific info like the GTK or WebKit versions. |
| <p> |
| The command can also be invoked via Quick Access <b>Quick Access</b> (<b>Ctrl+3</b>). |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr id="filters-from-project-explorer-view-menu"> |
| <td class="title">'Filters and Customization...' in Project Explorer</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| The <b>Customize View...</b> command in the <b>Project Explorer</b>'s view menu has been |
| renamed to <b>Filters and Customization...</b> |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/filters-and-customization-menu-item.png" alt=""/> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr id="project-explorer-recent-filters"> |
| <td class="title">"Recently used filters" feature in Project Explorer</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| The <b>Project Explorer</b> view now has a <b>Recent Filters</b> menu that shows the most recently used filters. |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/recent-filters-project-explorer.png" alt=""/> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr id="project-explorer-others-working-set"> |
| <td class="title">"Other Projects" working set in Project Explorer</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| If you're using the <b>Project Explorer</b> and working sets as top-level elements, the <b>Top Level Elements</b> view |
| menu now provides a way to show an <b>Other Projects</b> group for projects that are not in one of the currently active working sets. |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/other-projects-ws.png" alt=""/> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr id="open-perspective-dialog-description"> |
| <td class="title">Perspective descriptions in Open Perspective dialog</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| You can now see the description for a perspective (if provided by the contributing plug-in) by pressing <b>F2</b> in the <b>Open Perspective</b> dialog. |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/open-perspective-dialog-description.png" alt=""/> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr id="maximize-and-minimize-window-appearance"> |
| <td class="title">Maximize and Minimize via Window > Appearance menu</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| The <b>Maximize</b> and <b>Minimize Active View or Editor</b> menu items have been moved to |
| the <b>Window > Appearance</b> menu. They used to be in the <b>Window > Navigate</b> menu. |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr id="switch-workspace-and-restart-menu-items"> |
| <td class="title">'Switch Workspace' and 'Restart' menu items</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| The <b>Switch Workspace</b> and <b>Restart</b> menu items are now at the bottom of the <b>File</b> menu: |
| just above the <b>Exit</b> item on Windows and Linux, and as last menu items on the Mac. |
| |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/switch-workspace-restart-menu-items.png" alt=""/> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr id="improved-exit-and-restart-dialog"> |
| <td class="title">Improved exit and restart dialogs</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| The exit and restart dialogs now use verbs instead of OK/No/Yes, which makes the dialogs more direct and specific. |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/confirm-exit-dialog-small.png" alt="" /> |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/p2-restart-dialog-small.png" alt="" /> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr id="removed-installation-details-menu-entry"> |
| <td class="title">Installation Details menu entry removed</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| The <b>Help > Installation Details</b> menu entry has been removed. |
| You can access this dialog via <b>Help > About > Installation Details</b> or |
| via <b>Quick Access</b> (<b>Ctrl+3</b>) and then typing "Installation Details". |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr id="list-dnd-effect"> |
| <td class="title">DnD source image for List widget (GTK only)</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| When items are being dragged from a <code>List</code> widget, their content now moves with the mouse cursor. |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/listdnd.png" alt="" /> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <!-- ****************** Preferences ************************************* --> |
| <tr> |
| <td id="Preferences" class="section" colspan="2"> |
| <h2>Preferences </h2> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr id="window-title"> |
| <td class="title">Window title configuration</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| The title window is now simpler and you can configure it from Preferences. |
| By default the title displays <b>workspace name</b>, <b>editor path</b> and <b>product name</b>. |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/simplified-window-title.png" alt=""/> |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| You can now use <b>Preferences > Workspace</b> to choose what to display in the window title: |
| <b>workspace name</b>, <b>perspective name</b>, <b>workspace path</b>, and <b>product name</b>. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/improved-window-title.png" alt=""/> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr id="copy-preferences-during-ws-switch"> |
| <td class="title">Option to copy your preferences during workspace switch</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| You can now copy your preferences during a switch to a new or existing workspace. |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/copy-preferences-ws-switch.png" alt="" /> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr id="preference-for-problems-decorations-on-startup"> |
| <td class="title">Option to disable Problems view decoration on startup</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| By default, the <b>Problems</b> view icon no longer shows an errors/warnings overlay after startup, |
| unless the Problems view is on top of the view stack. |
| To enable the errors/warnings overlay also if the Problems view is minimized or not on top, |
| a new <b>Show Problems view decorations on startup</b> option has been added to |
| <b>Preferences > General > Startup and Shutdown</b>. |
| By default, this preference is disabled. |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/problems-view-startup-preference.png" alt="" /> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr id="always-run-in-background"> |
| <td class="title">"Always run in background" enabled by default</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| The <b>Always run in background</b> preference is now enabled by default. |
| If you prefer to see a progress dialog for long-running operations, you |
| can disable this option on the <b>General</b> preference page. |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr id="browsers-linux-update"> |
| <td class="title">External browsers on Linux</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| On Linux, the list of recognized external browsers has been updated to include: |
| |
| <ul> |
| <li><b>Firefox</b> (/usr/bin/firefox)</li> |
| <li><b>Chrome</b> (/usr/bin/google-chrome)</li> |
| <li><b>Chromium</b> (/usr/bin/chromium-browser)</li> |
| <li><b>Epiphany/Gnome Web</b> (/usr/bin/epiphany)</li> |
| <li><b>Konqueror</b> (/usr/bin/konqueror)</li> |
| </ul> |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/browsers-linux-update.png" alt=""/> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <!-- ******************* Themes and Styling ************************************* --> |
| <tr> |
| <td id="StylingThemes" class="section" colspan="2"> |
| <h2>Themes and Styling </h2> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr id="flat-gray-forms-based-styling"> |
| <td class="title">New default styling for form-based user interfaces</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| The default styling for form-based user interfaces was changed to use a flat, gray style. |
| This change was inspired by the popular "Clean Sheet" plug-in. |
| Below you see screenshots of the MANIFEST.MF editor and the Git Staging view in this new design. |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/forms-grey-styling1.png" alt=""/> |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/forms-grey-styling2.png" alt=""/> |
| </p> |
| |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr id="dark-styling-pseudo-attributes"> |
| <td class="title">Support for extending existing CSS preference nodes</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| CSS definitions for preferences can now use pseudo selectors. |
| This allows that other plug-ins extend preference CSS nodes, instead of overriding them. |
| This makes the default Eclipse dark theme much more consistent and usable. |
| |
| <p> |
| Example styling with EGit installed before this development: |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/code-completion-dark-theme-old.png" alt=""/> |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/old-search-result-hightlight-color.png" alt=""/> |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| Example styling with EGit installed after this development: |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/code-completion-dark-theme-new.png" alt=""/> |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/new-search-result-hightlight-color.png" alt=""/> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr id="default-dark-styling-table-headers"> |
| <td class="title">Default styling for table and tree headers</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| The Eclipse default dark theme includes styling for the table and tree headers on all supported platforms. |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/styled_table_header_dark_theme.png" alt="" /> |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/styled_tree_header_dark_theme.png" alt="" /> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr id="colors-interactive-popups"> |
| <td class="title">Colors in interactive popups</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| Interactive popups like JDT's <b>Quick Outline</b> don't use the platform's |
| tooltip colors any more, since those were sometimes hard to read. |
| <p> |
| Old style: |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/old-popup-color-constants.png" alt=""/> |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| New style: |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/new-popup-color-constants.png" alt=""/> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr id="heap-status-colors"> |
| <td class="title">Consistent heap status colors under Linux</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| The heap status had poor contrast on Linux since GTK3.04. |
| This has been resolved for the heap status to look consistent across all platforms. |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/heapstatusfix.png" alt=""/> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr id="dark-mode-progress-bar"> |
| <td class="title">Fixed Progress view colors for the dark theme</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| The <b>Progress</b> view has been adjusted for the Eclipse dark theme. |
| <p> |
| Before: |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/old-progress-view.png" alt=""/> |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| After: |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/new-progress-view.png" alt=""/> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr id="toolbar-improved-default-styling"> |
| <td class="title">Improved default styling for the toolbar</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| The styling of the window toolbar has been improved. |
| On Windows, the toolbar color is now consistent with the color of the perspective switcher. |
| |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/css-styles-windows-toolbar.png" alt=""/> |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| On Linux and Mac, the separator line was removed, which gives you a few more pixels on Linux |
| and removes a yellow line on the Mac. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/css-styles-mac-toolbar.png" alt=""/> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr id="reduced-gtk-tabs-padding"> |
| <td class="title">Reduced TabItems padding under GTK+</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| On GTK+ 3.20 and later, the padding around TabItems has been reduced. |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/reduced-gtk-tabs-padding.png" alt="" /> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr id="less-window-margins"> |
| <td class="title">Reduced window margins</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| The window margins have been reduced to provide more space in the IDE. |
| <p> |
| Old style: |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/window-margins-old.png" alt=""/> |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| New style (see the reduced space below the Quick Access box). |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/window-margins-new.png" alt=""/> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr id="swt-gtk-theme-property"> |
| <td class="title">GTK theme system property</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| SWT now stores the GTK theme used at launch time in a system property, <code>org.eclipse.swt.internal.gtk.theme</code>. |
| This property can help with troubleshooting issues that are specific to certain themes. |
| It can be viewed in <b>About > Installation Details > Configuration</b>. |
| <!-- TODO: Fix the path ^^^^ after bug 490752 has been reverted. --> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr id="more-high-resolution-images"> |
| <td class="title">More high resolution images</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| More images in the old GIF format were replaced by images in the PNG format. In addition, high resolution images where added. |
| <p>As PNG can handle transparency much better than GIF, the ugly white borders around shapes visible in the dark theme are now gone for these icons. |
| </p> |
| <p>To see their full beauty, a high-DPI monitor (e.g. a Retina Mac) is needed. |
| The lower part of the screenshot shows the wizard banner image of the <b>Import</b> dialog in high resolution. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/import-before-and-after.png" alt=""/> |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| The right part of the screenshot shows all the icons in high resolution. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/customize-navigator-before-and-after.png" alt=""/> |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <!-- ******************* General Updates ************************************* --> |
| <tr> |
| <td id="GeneralUpdates" class="section" colspan="2"> |
| <h2>General Updates </h2> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr id="eclipse-as-signed-dmg"> |
| <td class="title">Eclipse as Apple disk image</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| Eclipse SDK and Eclipse Platform Runtime products are now delivered as signed Apple disk images(dmg) on Mac OSX. |
| |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr id="ant-version-upgrade"> |
| <td class="title">Ant 1.10.1</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| Eclipse has adopted Ant version 1.10.1. |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr id="unix-platforms-dropped"> |
| <td class="title">Dropped support for Unix platforms</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| Eclipse has dropped support for the following Unix based platforms: AIX, Solaris, HP-UX, s390, s390x and ppc32. |
| No builds are available on the eclipse.org downloads page for these platforms. |
| <p> |
| For more information, please read the <a href="https://dev.eclipse.org/mhonarc/lists/eclipse-dev/msg10207.html" target="_blank">announcement</a> made by the Eclipse PMC. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| For the Photon (4.8) release, we plan to drop support for the ppc64 as well, but continue to support ppc64le. |
| </p> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr id="java-9"> |
| <td class="title">Java 9 previews</td> |
| <td class="content"> |
| You have to configure Eclipse Oxygen to work with Java 9. Please read this <a href="https://wiki.eclipse.org/Configure_Eclipse_for_Java_9" target="_blank">wiki</a> for the details. |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| </tbody> |
| </table> |
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