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I am scratching my head on this - when there are multiple files starting with the same character sequences open, eclipse displays 4 tabs with pretty much the same sequence because the string-length for filenames on the editor tab is 15. How can I change this so the full filename is displayed?

For example - So, when I have multiple files with names "PSScaleProtocol.java", PSScaleProtocolTest or PSScaleProtocolDaemon, all I get to see on three tabs is "PSScaleProtoc".

I am using "Kepler" on a mac and key-word grepping on /Applications/Eclipse Standard 4.3.1/Eclipse Standard 4.3.1.app/Contents/Profile/plugins/org.eclipse.platform_4.3.1.v20130911-1000 did not yield any results.

any pointers appreciated.

PS: I just found this on stackoverflow, doesnt help me though - Eclipse 3.8 - Prevent File Name Truncating in Editor Tabs

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Looks like you can change the CSS that renders the tab to be a more narrow font or to be a smaller size.

Source: How to change the font size of the Eclipse editor tab's title

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  • I tried this - the font is reduced. However, the string length is still 15. I followed the instructions on https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=32789 and stuck the values for " org.eclipse.ui/EDITOR_MINIMUM_CHARACTERS=80" in plugin_customization.ini and no luck. There are 2 mentions of the path, org.eclipse.ui and org.eclipse.ui.workbench, no luck – daazakali May 07 '14 at 19:08
  • I used comments from the following thread - http://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php/t/172927/ and provided my own plugin_customization.ini and still no luck – daazakali May 07 '14 at 20:45
  • @daazakali In which file path is "EDITOR_MINIMUM_CHARACTERS" located? – user1803551 May 15 '14 at 22:20
  • @user1803551, On a Mac, The path is, /Applications/Eclipse Standard 4.3.1/Eclipse Standard 4.3.1.app/Contents/Profile and the file is ./plugins/org.eclipse.platform_4.3.1.v20130911-1000/plugin_customization.ini – daazakali May 16 '14 at 15:14
  • as i mentioned, I also provided my own plugin customization file using this bash script, STILL DID NOT WORK, #!/bin/bash /Applications/"Eclipse Standard 4.3.1"/"Eclipse Standard 4.3.1.app"/Contents/Profile/eclipse -pluginCustomization ~/Desktop/plugin_customization.ini& – daazakali May 16 '14 at 15:17
  • @daazakali Did you try my answer? – user1803551 May 16 '14 at 18:28
  • @user1803551, Yeah, I tried, see my comment below. I already have set it to false – daazakali May 17 '14 at 19:02
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How can I change this so the full filename is displayed?

In the folder *eclipse install path*\plugins\org.eclipse.platform_*version*\css open the .css file for you theme and edit the following property:

swt-simple: true to swt-simple: false located under MPartStack.

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  • It is already set to false, here is the blurb of my MPartStack. Note, I recently edited this section to set "swt-mru-visible" to true. .MPartStack { font-size: 9; swt-simple: false; swt-mru-visible: true; } – daazakali May 17 '14 at 19:00
  • @daazakali What theme did you do this for? I'm on Windows and it works for me without changing anything else. – user1803551 May 17 '14 at 19:14
  • @daazakali But which eclipse theme are you using? – user1803551 May 17 '14 at 23:24
  • Sorry, I checked and found that it was the theme "mac" was being used. I changed it to "classic" theme and the string length of the filename went up from 15 5to 20. – daazakali May 18 '14 at 18:37
  • @daazakali I can't load those themes, only Windows ones which all respect `swt-simple` property. Try setting `swt-tab-renderer` to null. – user1803551 May 19 '14 at 00:52
  • I tried setting this to null in the default theme, mac theme and even switched to "default theme" - none have worked so far. With the default theme, the string-length has fallen back to 15. On the Classic Theme, i noted it was 20 characters – daazakali May 19 '14 at 18:51