You have to move it *way* closer to (or even past) the edge than
experience with other applications might lead you to believe. I'm on
Windows too, but I also thought it was busted until I figured this out.
FWIW
Chuck
JR Ruggentaler wrote:
> On Windows I drag and drop the view(s) near the edge of the window I would
> like to position them. I don't a Mac so I can't confirm it works on Macs.
>
> J.R.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan 'Wolf' Rentzsch [mailto:webobject..edshed.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 11:18 AM
> To: woproject-de..bjectstyle.org
> Subject: [OFF TOPIC] Moving Views in Eclipse
>
>
> Greetings all,
>
> Question
> --------
> How do I move a view on Mac OS X?
>
> Background
> ----------
>
> Sorry for the off-topic post, but I'm deciding whether to use Eclipse for
> my next project, and don't want to incur the overhead of subscribing to
> an Eclipse mailing list if I'm about to drop the IDE and run back to
> horrible PBX.
>
> I'm on Mac OS X running Eclipse 2.1.0
> 1.0.1. The default view structure came up like this:
>
> +---------++---------------+
> |navigator|| |
> +---------+| editor |
> +---------+| |
> | outline || |
> +---------++---------------+
>
> No problem with that. However, when I run my WOApp, the 'Console' view
> appears, halving the editor view like so:
>
> +---------++------++-------+
> |navigator||editor||console|
> +---------+| || |
> +---------+| || |
> | outline || || |
> +---------++------++-------+
>
> This is useless, the source code view is too narrow this way, as is the
> console view. I would need to horizontally scroll to see anything.
> Horizontal scrolling is no fun. I want to arrange the views like so:
>
> +---------++---------------+
> |navigator|| editor |
> +---------++---------------+
> +---------++---------------+
> | outline || console |
> +---------++---------------+
>
> This wouldn't be a problem if I could just move the view where I want it.
> However, attempting to drag the view's title bar, as stated in the
> documentation, does nothing. Indeed, the referenced "drop cursors" never
> appear. Control- and Command- dragging the title bar also has no effect.
>
> Finally, invoking the view's Move->View contextual menu also does
> nothing. Suggestions?
>
>
> I read the fine manual. I attempted to search the bug database for SWT
> and Mac OS X, thinking maybe moving views is just broken on Mac OS X for
> now. I can't get Bugzilla to work. I attempted to read the mailing list
> archives and users' forums for peer assistance. They demand a password to
> *read* the archives.
>
> .......................................................
> Jonathan 'Wolf' Rentzsch http://rentzsch.com
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> "better" necessarily means "different"
--Chuck Hill chil..lobal-village.net Global Village Consulting Inc. http://www.global-village.net
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