Open Type

This command allows you to browse the workbench for a type to open in an editor or type hierarchy

The behavior of the Open Type dialog can be further customized using the dialog menu:

Open Type Preferences

Option

Description

Default

Show Status Line When selected, the Open Type dialog shows an additional bar at the bottom of the dialog which displays the package and containing JRE of the selected type Show status line
Show Container for Duplicates When selected, all duplicate matches are displayed using fully qualified names, packages, and container information (e.g. the package and containing JRE) Do not always show container

Additionally, the dialog menu allows to use working sets to further constrain the matching types.

Related tasks

Opening an editor on a type

Related reference

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