Question

I recently updated my Eclipse (now running 20100218-1602), and I’ve found whenever I click around quickly between tabs on the tab bar, it will sometimes maximize the editor and hide the PHP Explorer to the left. After researching a little, this appears to be a feature of double clicking a tab. So I guess it’s my fault, I’m sure I’m clicking around too fast and mistakenly double clicking a tab, but it happens often enough on what I’d consider a normal editing session that I’ve come to absolutely loathe it, and even after the usual googling due diligence cannot figure out how to turn it off.

From this post someone mentions the Window.AutoHideAll shortcut, however that seems to only be for assigning keyboard shortcuts–this is a mouse click thing. But maybe it’s a clue.

I can’t find anything relevant under Eclipse -> Preferences -> PHP. I don’t think it’s specific to PHP because if I switch to the Java perspective, double clicking a tab hides the Package Explorer.

Any suggestions are appreciated, thanks!

Answer 1

You could settle for a simpler solution than some arcane settings or shortcut:

1. resize your Eclipse main windows a bit smaller
2. drag the views you do not want to be covered after a “tab double-click” outside the main Eclipse window
3. there is no 3.

When you double-click, the Editor will cover only the main Eclipse window, while the other views will still be visible just beside that window.