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I set up a new machine over the weekend with the latest Eclipse 3.2.1/MyEclipse 5.1.0.
I find that I can no longer get the popup context menu by right-clicking. This applies to any part of the IDE, whether in the package explorer or the editor.
Has anyone seen this problem?
Incidentally, I am able to get context popups in other apps.
This is a critical feature for me. Thanks for any suggestions.
Michael
Michael,
That’s certainly peculiar. Did you install Eclipse and MyEclipse individually? Or did you use our “all-in-one” installer? Off the bat, I’d try restarting with -clean one time as detailed here: http://www.myeclipseide.com/PNphpBB2+file-viewtopic-t-10280-highlight-clean.html
I installed them separately. Actually, I had a MyEclipse5.0 install file that I used. After I installed Eclipse 3.2 (also from an install file I already had), I went to Software-Updates and synced up with all available updates. This included Eclipse 3.2.1 and MyEclipse 5.1.0. Was this wrong? Should I try to reinstall with the all-in-one?
Michael
Michael,
Should I try to reinstall with the all-in-one?
I really think that will get you to a working installation the fastest at this point. Just install and open your old workspace to get going again (with context menus) ;-).
Actually I still installed Eclipse and MyEclipse separately. But I first blew away the old versions (so no update-manager involved).
I have this exact same problem. I was upgrading from MyEclipse v4 to v5.1. So first I installed Eclipse 3.2.1 with Web Tools(wtp-all-in-one-sdk-R-1.5.2-200610261841-win32.zip). Then I installed 5.1 of MyEclipse. I first imported my prefs from the previous install then I pulled down a project from CVS. That’s when I noticed my context-menu (right-click functionality) doesn’t work.
Just FYI, before I installed the new MyEclipse I did an uninstalled v4, I renamed my old Eclipse directory to Eclipse_old, and I exported some prefs from the old eclipse 3.1 that I had. Hope that was enough to get the problem fixed.
I just installed new updates from wtp, myEclipse Discovery, and mylar. Now I have no context menus when I right-click.
These issues are typically caused because MyEclipse is built *on top of* WTP and it’s required stack. As a result, we highly recommend beginning with a fully functional MyEclipse install and then adding additional tools to it, not beginning with a WTP install of some sort and adding MyEclipse. Details the recommended installation order are in the release announcement here: http://www.myeclipseide.com/PNphpBB2+file-viewtopic-t-14982.html
The easiest way to get a working MyEclipse install is simply to download the “all-in-one” installer from our download section and install that. Once that’s done, use the MyEclipse discovery site to install Matisse4MyEclipse, then install the rest of what you want (Mylar, etc.)
I really like your product but these install issues are a real pain. Seems like every time I install a new version some quirk appears and I have to re-install. So that I can go back a version I usually install the latest eclipse to a new directory and then install myeclipse, again, to a new directory. This time I get the disappearing context menu and last time the jsp editor issue.
The only time I’ve ever seen any of these behaviors is when I try to install/upgrade on top of an existing installation. This rarely (if ever) has worked for me. I’ve learned to install to a new directory, point to my current workspace, and then if the new version is working delete the old one. I’ve found that if you are going from a .1 to a newer release (i.e. 5.0 to 5.1 or 3.1 to 3.2 eclipse) that you will be best served making new installations.
I personally blame Eclipse for this. Their plug-in model promises much, but delivers little more than Eclipse’s own version of DLL hell.
Just my two (s)cents.
