How to unlock toolbars in Eclipse 4.2 (Juno)

Question

I migrated from Eclipse Indigo (3.7) to Juno (4.2). In Juno all toolbars seem to be permanently locked. Is there a way to unlock them so they could be moved or rearranged?

Solution 1

I posted this earlier as a comment to my question, but was suggested that it should be an answer, so here we go:

It has been officially confirmed that the ability to move toolbars (or any trim elements for that matter) is broken in Eclipse Juno. Here's the link to the Bug #340695 for everyone who's interested in tracking this issue. The fix is expected in the Milestone release 4.2.2.

Solution 2

Try Windows- Preferences - Appearance

See the print:

Then type Theme in the Search box (or go General->Appeearance->Theme) and choose Window 7. restart and you'll be able to move the icons/groups in the toolbar (but not get rid of any)

After you're done you'll be asked to restart/ I went to Classsic theme and THEN restarted.

Hope it helps

Solution 3

Changing the theme to Windows 7 work fine for me.

Solution 4

I don't think that this is possible today.

Solution 5

Partial workaround: http://blog.redfin.com/devblog/2012/07/hide_eclipse_juno_toolbar.html

Use Help > Welcome, then Window / Show Toolbar. At that point you should be able to move your minimized window toolbar(s) around (what was "fast view" before).

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Comments

[curd0]

As it turned out the ability to move toolbars (or any trim elements for that matter) is broken in Eclipse Juno. Here's a direct link to the Bug #340695 for everyone who's interested in tracking this issue.

[tom_mai78101]

+1 Why is this a comment instead of an answer?

[Nicholas DiPiazza]

use the windows7 theme. the other themes cause some actual performance issues. toolbar keeps re-rendering too

[kizzx2]

You would have thoughts things like this are pretty difficult to get wrong in 2012.

[Niks]

So much for using the latest eclipse! #facepalm

[Dmitriy Rybakov]

Theme dropdown is empty in my installation of Eclipse (Android Developer Tools based on Eclipse 4.2.1).

[wbdarby]

This was the fix for Kepler on Windows 8.

[splungebob]

This was also the fix for Kepler on Windows 7.

[Eric]

That's great, in linux, you can change to theme "Classic"

[tomgeraghty3]

This was also the fix for Luna on Windows 8.1 64 bit

[Ciri]

Also works on Luna Service Release 1 (4.4.1), Win 8.1 x64. Many thanks!

[Jberg]

Works for Spring Source Toolkit as well on Win 10 Preview. Thanks, that was super distracting having huge empty spaces on the toolbar.