How to unlock toolbars in Eclipse 4.2 (Juno)

Question

I migrated from Eclipse Indigo (3.7) to Juno (4.2). In Juno all toolbars seem to be permanently locked. Is there a way to unlock them so they could be moved or rearranged?

Answer 1

I posted this earlier as a comment to my question, but was suggested that it should be an answer, so here we go:

It has been officially confirmed that the ability to move toolbars (or any trim elements for that matter) is broken in Eclipse Juno. Here's the link to the Bug #340695 for everyone who's interested in tracking this issue. The fix is expected in the Milestone release 4.2.2.

Answer 2

Try Windows- Preferences - Appearance

See the print:

Then type Theme in the Search box (or go General->Appeearance->Theme) and choose Window 7. restart and you'll be able to move the icons/groups in the toolbar (but not get rid of any)

After you're done you'll be asked to restart/ I went to Classsic theme and THEN restarted.

Hope it helps

Answer 3

Obviously this is still broken in v4.3/Kepler. Thanks to the above appends I found a way to fix this (using theme Windows Classic).

Thanks folks! M.

Answer 4

Changing the theme to Windows 7 work fine for me.

Answer 5

Partial workaround: http://blog.redfin.com/devblog/2012/07/hide_eclipse_juno_toolbar.html

Use Help > Welcome, then Window / Show Toolbar. At that point you should be able to move your minimized window toolbar(s) around (what was "fast view" before).

Answer 6

For Eclipse Kepler, I have reported the bug again (the fix to the previously listed bug doesn't appear to have made a difference), and listed a workaround.

Changing the CSS for the org.eclipse.platform plugin to use ../images/ instead of ./ in all of the image URLs should cause it to start working.