[FIXED] Automatically changing Eclipse perspective when launching an application

Issue

Is is possible to change Eclipse IDE perspective when I launch an application?

There are similar, though not identical questions around: Eclipse automating perspective changing or Being in Debug View, and after program termination, switch back to Java View in Eclipse.

Use-case: having a single monitor here, I would like to have my console get much bigger while running an application (while still switching to Debug perspective if I am in debugging mode).

Solution

From Doc Changing the active perspective when launching

You can control which perspective becomes active when a program is launched and when it suspends. The setting is configurable for each launch configuration type, for each of the launch modes it supports.

To activate a particular perspective when a program is launched, do the following:

1. Open the Run/Debug -> Perspectives preference page.
2. Select the Always option for the Open the associated perspective when launching preference. This will cause the perspective associated with a program to become active whenever it is launched.

To activate a particular perspective when a program is suspends, do the following:

1. Open the Run/Debug -> Perspectives preference page.
2. Select the Always option for the Open the associated perspective when an application suspends preference. This will cause the perspective associated with a program to become active whenever a program suspends.

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See the following image for open Run/Debug -> Perspectives preference. This will be same for kepler also.

Answered By - Sumit Singh
Answer Checked By - Terry (JavaFixing Volunteer)