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| <h1 class="Head">File Associations</h1> |
| <p class="Intro">On the <a class="command-link" href= |
| 'javascript:executeCommand("org.eclipse.ui.window.preferences(preferencePageId=org.eclipse.ui.preferencePages.FileEditors)")'> |
| <img src="PLUGINS_ROOT/org.eclipse.help/command_link.svg" alt="command link"> <strong>General > Editors > File |
| Associations</strong></a> preference page, you can add or remove file types recognized by the Workbench. You can also |
| associate editors with file types in the file types list.</p> |
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| <h2>File types list</h2> |
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| <li class="Item"><strong>Add...</strong>: Adds a new file or file type (extension) to the predefined list. In the |
| resulting New File Type dialog, type the name of a file or a file extension. If you are adding a file extension, |
| you must type either a dot or a "*." before the file type (e.g., ".xml" or "*.xml" as opposed to simply |
| "xml").</li> |
| <li class="Item"><strong>Remove</strong>: Removes the selected file type from the list</li> |
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| <h2>Associated editors list</h2> |
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| <li class="Item"><strong>Add...</strong>: Adds a new editor to the list of editors associated with the file type |
| selected above. In the resulting Editor Selection dialog, you can choose an editor to launch either inside the |
| Workbench (internal) or outside the Workbench (external); click <b>Browse</b> to locate an editor yourself if the |
| editor you want is not displayed in the list.</li> |
| <li class="Item"><strong>Remove</strong>: Removes the association between an editor and the file type selected |
| above. <strong>Note:</strong> Any editor that is bound by content type may not be removed from this list. |
| Currently, there is no mechanism available to remove these editors.</li> |
| <li class="Item"><strong>Default</strong>: Sets the selected editor as the default editor for the file type |
| selected above. The editor moves to the top of the Associated Editors list to indicate that it is the default |
| editor for that file type.</li> |
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