Set Startup Preferences

The startup preferences are located at the top level of the General section of the Preferences dialog. The application does not support Always run in background and Show Heap Status fields in this dialog.

You can change of the following startup settings:

• Keep next/previous editor, view and perspectives dialog open
  Lets you access the pages on a dialog that you have previously seen for an active project. Click the Previous or Next arrow button to see the previous or next page respectively. When you close the dialog and then reopen it, the previously stored page order will not be available.
  When this preference is checked, you can use the key combination Ctrl +F7 on the main window to keep the pop-up menu listing those views that can be opened, when you release the control keys. When this check box is cleared, the pop-up menu remains visible only as long as you hold down the control key. If you release the control key, the pop-up menu closes.

• Open mode
  Specifies the default behavior for opening views and programs in the Program Listing area. The effect of these selections may vary depending on the view that has the focus. You can specify the following settings:

• • Double click
    Specifies a single-click to select a resource and a double-click to open that resource in the Program Listing area.

  • Single click (Select on hover)
    Specifies hovering the mouse over a resource to select it and single-clicking on the resource to open it in the Program Listing area.

  • Single click (Open when using arrow keys)
    Specifies using the arrow keys to select a resource and automatically opening it in the Program Listing area.