Question

I recently updated my eclipse installation with which I develop my Android apps.
Soon I found my layout files have lost the up and down arrows associated with each VIEW and LAYOUT which helps to organize my layouts.

I don’t know whatelse the update, if anything, has messed up but I wonder and would appreciate any information on how to fix this issue so I can get my developments back on track, please.

Thanks

Answer 1

Unfortunately this is not a bug: they have been officially removed.

The new editor in 8.x might look the same, but it’s completely
different underneath and we have added the +/- features back.
the “-” button should be replaced by delete anyway. You can right
click and choose delete or simply hit delete on your keyboard.
The “+” option is indeed replaced by drag and drop. We’ve improved
drag and drop significantly (and still improving it for the next
version), and should be good enough that using “+” isn’t needed.
In some cases too, “+” isn’t enough, you need more information to know
where the item will be placed (like when dropping into a
relativeLayout).
(same thing with the up/down arrows)

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