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newbie question [message #44065]

Thu, 30 January 2003 16:37

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: colin.chalmers.xs4all.nl

Hi all,

I'm just getting to grips with things so plz be gentle.

I'm writing the imports I need but instead of going all the way to the
actual class I need Eclipse quickly fills in .*; before I have the chance to
lookup the class.

ie

by utilising the "." I get

import javax.swing.*;

instead of

import javax.swing.JButton;

Can I configure this anywhere.

Using a recent *stable* build

Thx

/c

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Re: newbie question [message #44096 is a reply to message #44065]

Thu, 30 January 2003 17:00

Jon Skeet

Messages: 67
Registered: July 2009

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Colin Chalmers <colin.chalmers@xs4all.nl> wrote:
> I'm just getting to grips with things so plz be gentle.
>
> I'm writing the imports I need but instead of going all the way to the
> actual class I need Eclipse quickly fills in .*; before I have the chance to
> lookup the class.
>
> ie
>
> by utilising the "." I get
>
> import javax.swing.*;
>
> instead of
>
> import javax.swing.JButton;
>
> Can I configure this anywhere.
>
> Using a recent *stable* build

This is more suited to the eclipse.tools group, but if you go into
Window | Preferences | Java | Organise Imports it lets you specify how
many imports to use per package before it puts .* there instead.

I would personally not bother writing the imports directly - just hit
Ctrl+Shift+O every so often and they'll magically appear :)

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