[korzh]

Hello,

Is it possible to see the reference (API specification) for some class or method right in MyEclipse IDE?

For example I typed in the editor:
java.util.Date lastVisit = new Date();

Where I point mouse cursor to “Date” I see javadoc tooltip which shows me a general information about Date class. This is great but I would like also to get full API specification of this class: list of all methods and fields with ability to see the detailed description for each member.
Is it possible?

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With the best regards, Sergiy Korzh.

[Riyad Kalla]

Well what you want is to popup the Javadoc for that class. You can click on the class and hit F1, then click “Javadoc for ‘<name of class>'”, or just keep Javadoc open in a browser, which is what I do.

[korzh]

Hello,

I see JavaDoc tab opened at the bottom of source editor but nothing is shown there wherever I place caret in source code editor. Additionally MyEclipse help tells about an ability to open JavaDoc in external browser (Shift+F2 or Navigate > Open External Javadoc from the menu bar). The described shortcut does not work and the described menu item does exist at all.
Possibly I forgot to specify some option or something like that.
I checked JavaDoc location for installed JRE (in Preferences dialog). It specified as http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/ for all packages. My Internet connection is permanent (not dial-up) so IDE can access this page in any time.

[Riyad Kalla]

Korzh,
When you mouse over API calls, like ArrayList.get method, do you see a popup that does successfully contain the Javadoc for that method?

**Note, all the functionality we are discussing here is provided by the base Eclipse install, not MyEclipse.

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