Perspectives Preferences

The following preferences can be set using the Run/Debug > Perspectives preference page.

The preferences on this page allow you to set which, if any perspectives are automatically opened when launchers are used in certain modes

Option	Description	Default
Open the associated perspective when launching	This option controls if the specified perspective will be switched to automatically or not when launching Always - the specified perspective will always be opened Never - the specified perspective will never be opened Prompt - the user will be prompted to switch to the specified perspective	Never
Open the associated perspective when an application suspends	This option controls if the specified perspective will be switched to when the application suspends Always - the specified perspective will always be opened Never - the specified perspective will never be opened Prompt - the user will be prompted to switch to the specified perspective	Prompt
Launcher / Perspective choices	This option area allows you to customize what perspective will be opened for a given launch and mode that it supports. For example, you can say that you want to open the Java perspective when using the Java JDT launcher in the run mode only.

Option

Description

Default

Open the associated perspective when launching

This option controls if the specified perspective will be switched to automatically or not when launching

Always - the specified perspective will always be opened
Never - the specified perspective will never be opened
Prompt - the user will be prompted to switch to the specified perspective

Never

Open the associated perspective when an application suspends

This option controls if the specified perspective will be switched to when the application suspends

Always - the specified perspective will always be opened
Never - the specified perspective will never be opened
Prompt - the user will be prompted to switch to the specified perspective

Prompt

Launcher / Perspective choices

This option area allows you to customize what perspective will be opened for a given launch and mode that it supports. For example, you can say that you want to open the Java perspective when using the Java JDT launcher in the run mode only.

Related concepts

Debugger
Java perspectives
Java views
Local debugging
Remote debugging

Related reference

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