How to show more than 100 tasks //TODOs at once in Eclipse?

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As the title says, how do I display more than 100 tasks at once in Tasks window in Eclipse? Alternatively, how do I browse tasks past 100?

I have a lot of .c files in my project with many //TODOs

When I go to Tasks window, it shows:

Filter matched 100 of 158 items

I can't find a sane way to go past item 100... that is, I don't see a button, or right click option saying go to next 100 items..

The insane way I use currently, is to sort by different columns, ie resource, path, location, ascending AND descending.. then copy paste to outside app and cut out duplicates.. this doesn't guarantee I get every task if I have more than 200 tasks.

There has to be a better way!

This is running Standard Eclipse 3.5 CDT installation on Ubuntu 9.04., but had this problem on 3.4 and 3.3, as well.

Thank you all for the answers! Can't believe I missed the little arrow.. — Sint, Oct 19 '09 at 14:14

score 49 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:55

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The little arrow at the top-right side of the Taks view display a menu with the 'Preferences' item.

In the 'Preferences' dialog , you can define:

Limit visible items per group to:

And enter a value greater than 100.
Here is an illustration, with the mandatory hand-made circle (quite ugly in this case):

limit markers

As mentioned below, for Eclipse 4+, this has changed.
4.5 (mars) and 4.6 (Neon) actually have a "Use item limit" field.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:55

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answered Oct 19 '09 at 12:36

VonC

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Starting in Eclipse version 4.2.2 This UI has changed. See my answer below for the current information. – ajon Nov 03 '15 at 23:24

score 7 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 23 '13 at 01:39

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In Eclipse Version: 4.2.2 There is no preferences or properties. You must click the arrow and go to "Configure Contents" Then change the field that says "Number of items visible per group: " in the bottom right side of the dialog box.

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score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 19 '09 at 12:36

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In the title bar of the tasks view, there is a downward arrow (right to the left of the closing X). It opens a dropdown menu that has a "Properties" entry, which allows you to specify how many tasks to show.

answered Oct 19 '09 at 12:36

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score 3 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 19 '09 at 12:38

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Click the View menu in the Tasks window (the little downwards-pointing triangle) and click Preferences. There's a "Limit visible items per group to:" field that has a default value of 100.

answered Oct 19 '09 at 12:38

John Topley

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score 3 · Answer 5 · answered Oct 30 '15 at 08:14

In Eclipse Neon , it is changed to

Title bar of tasks view->Downward arrow -> Configure Contents -> Use Item Limits

It is set to 100 by default, either change it to any number you want , or uncheck the Use Item Limits box, to see all the issues/tasks .

caveat: It has to done for every window , as I am not sure how to do it globally.

How to show more than 100 tasks //TODOs at once in Eclipse?

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