Add Elements to a Project in Eclipse Help

To add elements to projects, use the Add to project action.

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To add elements to Endevor projects, use the Add to project action.

Follow these steps:

  1. Navigate to the Eclipse Help Element section
  2. To add elements to a project action, use one of the following options:

From the Search Map view

  1. Expand the tree to the element level.
  2. Right click the name of the element to add.
    The shortcut menu opens.
  3. Click add to project.

From the Element view

  1. Right click the name of the element to add.
  2. Click Add to Project

    Note: To select multiple elements, use Ctrl-click or Shift-click.

The following text is displayed in the progress bar. The element is retrieved from the Endevor project location:

Retrieving element <Element name>

The local instance of the element is displayed in the Project View under Selected Project.

After the element is retrieved, there are three following options that are available if the Add will be performed:

Note:

The available options depend on the setting "Add Local Element to Endevor after Retrieve" under Preferences.

Set to Always
Indicates that a local element is added to Endevor
Set to Never
Process ends with no further action
Set to Prompt
You are prompted if you want to add the local element to Endevor
Note:

If the element is added to Endevor, an Add dialog appears (dependent upon the settings in Preferences). You can prevent this dialog from opening and proceed with default values.