How to disable breadcrumbs in Eclipse

Question

How can I disable the Java editor breadcrumb in Eclipse?

Solution 1

If you are referring to the breadcrumbs in the help file of a RCP application, there is only a manual way to do it.

Since Ganymede 3.4M5:

• Michael Borgwardt mentions the toolbar icon
• Slava Semushin provides a native shortcut based on Ctrl+3+bread, which points directly to the Toggle Java Editor Breadcrumb option.
• Shachi reminds us below that you can right-click on any icon on the breadcrumb, and select the entry named "Hide Breadcrumb".

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Original answer (manual way, through key mapping)

Find the file org.eclipse.help.webapp\advanced\breadcrumbs.css and replace its contents with.

.help_breadcrumbs {
   display: none;
}

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For the Java Editor breadcrumb, you need to assign a shortcut to the "Toggle Java Editor Breadcrumb" command (I have tested Alt+B, for instance)

That shortcut will make the breadcrumb bar appear/disappear at will.

Solution 2

With the editor window focussed, look for this icon in your toolbar:

And click on it. That's all. The icon is present by default, but can be deactivated, in which case you have to activated as in MvanGeest's answer.

Solution 3

Another way which works for me at Eclipse Indigo (3.7): press Ctrl+3 and type bread, after that click on item Toggle Java Editor Breadcrumb.

Solution 4

1. RightClick on any icon on breadcrumb.
2. There is an option named HIDE BREADCRUMB.
3. Click it and you are done. :D

Solution 5

Look for this icon in the toolbar:

This button toggles the Breadcrumb view on/off.

(I'm using Eclipse 3.7, and it's there by default)

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Comments

[Fabian Steeg]

Or via keyboard with command+option+b on the Mac (and I suppose ctrl+alt+b on others).

[NateS]

For some reason I didn't have the toolbar item, even though I had Java Editor Presentation checked. The key stroke worked.

[Roger C S Wernersson]

Is Juno and Eclipse the same thing?

[James McCracken]

Juno is version 4.2 (currently the newest) of Eclipse.

[earcam]

Handily the accepted answer's length necessitates scrolling this one into view =)

[Pino]

Creating a shortcut is not necessary. The best answer is the one by Michael Borgwardt but also the one by Slava Semushin is very interesting.

[Wes Winn]

Just another thank you. Seriously, I've forgotten where the darn button is and wound up back here half a dozen times.

[Wolfgang Fahl]

more than 70000 views and 400 upvotes - this looks like a serious useability issue in Eclipse.