How to customize a toolbar in Eclipse?

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I am trying to customize Eclipse to speed up development and minimize distractions for Android Java development.

I am using SourceGear Vault for source control and installed the plugin for Eclipse. So to check stuff in/out, I have to right click on the Project/File, go to Team submenu, then pick a source control command (Check In, Check Out, Get Latest, etc...). I find this process slow. I'd like a button on the toolbar and a keyboard shortcut to do these operations.

I tried going to Customize Perspective, but under Team toolbar, there is only Synchronize command.
And I have no idea how to setup a shortcut for the SCC operations either as they are not present in Shortcuts tab.

Am I missing something simple?

This might not be what you are looking, but I had the same issue in Eclipse. Then I tried IntelliJ IDEA for Android development and I found out everything was where I wanted right from the start. — Tomislav Markovski, Dec 27 '11 at 19:02
@TomislavMarkovski Wow, I can't believe I suffered this long. — AngryHacker, Dec 28 '11 at 08:57
Related: https://superuser.com/questions/116974/how-can-you-remove-icons-from-the-eclipse-myeclipse-main-toolbar — Ciro Santilli OurBigBook.com, Jun 28 '18 at 09:34
Official Doc: https://help.eclipse.org/oxygen/index.jsp?topic=%2Forg.eclipse.platform.doc.user%2Ftasks%2Ftasks-9n.htm — ℛɑƒæĿᴿᴹᴿ, Mar 12 '19 at 18:24

Francis Upton IV · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-27T20:21:44.510

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Look in the Command Groups Availability tab of the dialog you get when you do the Customize Perspective and you should see an entry related to your VCS; turn this entry on and then go back to the Toolbar Visibility and you should see more stuff (under the name of the VCS). The Team area is not going to have what you want; the commands are grouped by the VCS name, like git, SVN, etc.

Sorry for the initial answer, I mis-read part of your question.

edited Dec 27 '11 at 20:21

answered Dec 27 '11 at 19:18

Francis Upton IV

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Please reconsider this, I changed the answer after more carefully reading your question. – Francis Upton IV Dec 27 '11 at 20:28
Typically your answer would be correct, but the SourceGear Vault plugin is very spartan at best and its group is not under Command Groups Availability. Thus I can't make it available under Toolbar Visibility. Anyway, since no answer exists, I'll accept yours. – AngryHacker Dec 27 '11 at 23:12
Francis, you are polite/diplomatic guy! Thank you for that! – Keo Malope Aug 26 '13 at 21:34

score 15 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 28 '18 at 09:34

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Eclipse Photon

Window
Perspective
Customize Perspective

Now you can check and uncheck checkboxes to customize the buttons that show up.

Tested on Photon Release Candidate 3 (4.8.0RC3).

answered Jun 28 '18 at 09:34

Ciro Santilli OurBigBook.com

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Works like that also/still in Eclipse 2019-09. – Torsten Römer Dec 31 '19 at 15:34
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Works like that also/still in Eclipse 2021-06 :) – Wortig Nov 11 '21 at 14:24

score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 11 '13 at 04:31

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I find that if you are currently using a base perspective that comes standard with the Eclipse install you need to: "Window -> Save Perspective As..." first. Then you can just customise the tool bar as you please.

answered Dec 11 '13 at 04:31

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Correct, modifying a "built-in" perspective like _Debug_ etc. won't work. Didn't know that. Eclipse is better than Notepad but usually Notepad causes less problems and makes people less angry. – aliopi Nov 23 '17 at 12:07

How to customize a toolbar in Eclipse?

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