Type Selection Dialog

Type selection dialogs allow you to browse the workbench for a type.

• Enter type name prefix or pattern: In this field, type the first few characters of the type you want to select.

  The following pattern kinds are supported:

  Wildcards:
  
  • "*" for any string and "?" for any character
  • terminating "<" or " " (space) to prevent the automatic prefix matching, e.g. "java.*Access<" to match java.util.RandomAccess but not java.security.AccessControlContext
  Camel case:
  
  • "TZ" for types containing "T" and "Z" as upper-case letters in camel-case notation, e.g. java.util.TimeZone
  • "NuPoEx" or "NuPo" for types containing "Nu", "Po", (and "Ex") as parts in camel-case notation, e.g. java.lang.NullPointerException
  • terminating "<" or " " (space) to fix the number of camel-case parts, e.g. "HMap<" and "HaMap<" match "HashMap" and "HatMapper", but not "HashMapEntry" nor "Hashmap".

  Both pattern kinds also support package prefixes, e.g. "j.util.*Map<".

  
  
• Matching items: This list displays matches for the pattern you type in the Enter type name prefix or pattern field. Recently opened types show up in a history section at the top of the list.

The behavior of the Open Type dialog can be further customized using the dialog menu:

Opening an editor on a type

Working sets
Type filters
Open type
Navigate actions