Console view

This view shows the output of the execution of your program and enables you to enter input for the program.

• Standard output
• Standard error
• Standard input

You can choose the different colors for these kinds of text on the preferences pages (Window > Preferences > Debug > Console).

Console View Context Menu

When you right-click in the Console view (or when you press Shift+F10 when the focus is on the Console view), you see the following options:

Edit options: Cut, Copy, Paste, Select All

These options perform the standard edit operations. Which options are available depends on where the focus is in the Console view. For example, you cannot paste text into the program output, but you can paste text to the bottom of the file.

Find/Replace

Opens a Find/Replace dialog that operates only on the text in the Console view.

Go to Line

Opens a dialog that moves the focus to the line you specify. The dialog also indicates the total number of lines in the console buffer.

Open on type

This command, which is used with Java programs, opens a type in an editor based on content in the console. There are two ways this can happen:

• If there is an explicit selection in the console, the selected text is parsed for a type name.
• If there is no selection, but the cursor is placed on a line of output in the console, the entire line is parsed for a type name.

For example, if the cursor is placed on the following line of output in the console:

at com.foo.bar.Application.run(Application.java:58)

An editor for the type com.foo.bar.Application is opened and line 58 is selected and displayed. Note that if the word 'Application' had been selected, then you would have been prompted to choose a fully qualified instance of 'Application' (if more than one was in the workspace), and an editor would have opened at the beginning of the type.

Terminate

Terminates the process that is currently associated with the console.

Console View Toolbar

Icon	Command	Description
	Terminate	Terminates the process that is currently associated with the console.
	Remove all Terminated Launches	Removes all terminated launches that are associated with the console.
	Scroll Lock	Toggles the Scroll Lock.
	Clear Console	Clears the console.
	Pin Console	Forces the Console view to remain on top of other views in the window area.
	Display Selected Console	If multiple consoles are open, you can select the one to display from a list.
	MinimizeConsole	Minimizes the Console view.
	Maximize Console	Maximizes the Console view.