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Eclipse IDE view is missing - how to return it

Basically I have several monitors and made some changes today. Thus, the views on one of my monitors (in particular, the console view) no longer exist. I can't seem to find a way to get it back.

The console view is displayed in Window -> Open view , and this menu item moves focus from other open views, but the console view is not displayed on the screen. This probably means that it is located outside the monitors ...

How can I get a view back?

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Jan 25 2018-12-12T00:
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two options:

 window -> New Window //Opens with no editors, but preserves views layout window -> reset perspective //Keep editors, but resets layout view

If I understand your description correctly, you will get what you want.

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Jan 25 2018-12-21T00:
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I managed to get my eyes back without losing sight!
I opened workspace/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.e4.workbench/workbench.xmi , searched for the "outline" (the view was Outline) and found it (namely org.eclipse.ui.views.ContentOutline) inside the children tag, which had the visible="false" attribute. I deleted this attribute, as well as <tags>Minimized</tags> inside the children tag, saved the file, launched Eclipse, and here it is, my view has returned!

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Mar 27 '13 at 15:44
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A little connected ... I just had a case when my editor disappeared and never appeared again. I could try to open the files, but not see them anywhere (the file will be successfully parsed by the Contour view). A simple reset of perspective did not work. There was no Window -> New Editor. To fix this, I had to do this:

  • Window β†’ Close Perspective. (I really closed all prospects in a rage)
  • Window β†’ Open Perspective. (C / C ++ in my case)
  • Window β†’ Reset Perspective.

By the way, I'm launching Juno.

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Feb 08 '13 at 18:03
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You can try <alt>+<space> , then m . This provides a menu for moving the window using the keyboard arrows.

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Jan 25 2018-12-21T00:
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If you just lack a view, you can use the menu item: Window Show View Console . No need to reset run.

Alternatively, Ctrl-3 and enter Console <enter>.

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Jan 25 2018-12-21T00:
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This is a naive answer and may not be possible in every case, but it worked for me and was less trouble than I thought:

I just changed the setting of my OS monitor to bring the windows back to the main screen, dragged them back to the main screen, changed the monitor settings to reality and dragged the windows to a new monitor. Of course, it's easier than setting my perspective from scratch!

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May 21 '14 at 6:25
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Tested under Windows 7 using Console -view

Choose Window β†’ Show View β†’ Console from the menu

The main window becomes inactive and invisible. The console window is now active.

Now press the Alt + Space key combination, and somewhere on the main display a small menu with window controls will appear.

Select "Maximize" and the hidden window will be enlarged on the main display. Now just drag the view with the mouse to the main eclipse window.

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Jul 28 '14 at 12:03
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I solved this problem by removing the toBeRendered="false" attribute from the element with elementId="org.eclipse.e4.primaryDataStack" in the workbench.xmi file.

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Sep 22 '14 at 14:12
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In my case, the "reset perspective" approach does not work. As an alternative to those who create applications for Android or the like. Try Window> Open Perspective> Others> Java (default). Hope this helps.

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Jun 04 '13 at 1:08
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I tried all the suggestions below, but none of them worked. Here is what finally helped me. 1. Go to the workspace folder and change its file name. 2. Open eclipse and accept the new workspace. 3. Import the projects into the new workspace.

If you are like me and I have many projects, it’s a pain, but it worked, and I can refuse several projects that I no longer need. Good luck

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May 16 '14 at
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I opened a new window and solved my problem with the fact that my editor could not open the file. Resetting perspectives and deleting indexes did not help solve my problem.

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Jun 30 '14 at 18:47
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I did Window-> Perspective β†’ Reset Perspective on all my Perspectives in Eclipse Mars, and it helped restore all my views.

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May 08 '15 at 2:31
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You can save an invisible file and click on any other file that you want to open. And then open the invisible file. It will be opened in the editor.

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Jan 29 '16 at 4:11
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This was one of the most annoying and long-lasting errors in Eclipse for me. I still don't know why this is happening, but my solution (similar to @ cyber-monk) is as follows:

  • Open window β†’ Show view β†’ Console (activates the console window, but it is still hidden).
  • Alt-Space (activates the context menu).
  • Choose maximize (actually shows the console window).

This works because my console window is open on the second screen, as in the question. Not sure if this error occurs when the console is not in a separate window.

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Jul 21 '16 at 17:29
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 window -> New Window //Opens with no editors, but preserves views layout window -> reset perspective //Keep editors, but resets layout view

If I understand your description correctly, you will get what you want.

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Sep 21 '17 at 13:15
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