62

There apparently used to be a toggle switch on the Dashboard itself, but that's gone, and I can't find anything in the Preferences. I'm using version 2.5.2.

I know it's really not a big deal, but closing that window over and over is starting to make Jack a dull boy, if you catch my drift.

Andrew Eisenberg
  • 28,387
  • 9
  • 92
  • 148
peteorpeter
  • 4,037
  • 2
  • 29
  • 47

4 Answers4

103

From the menu select Window / Preferences. Look under Spring / Dashboard. Uncheck 'Show Dashboard on Startup'

(On newer versions of the spring plugin, it is under SpringSource / Dashboard)

Niko
  • 4,158
  • 9
  • 46
  • 85
Brent Worden
  • 10,624
  • 7
  • 52
  • 57
  • 3
    Classic. Not only is it painfully easy to do, but the answer comes from somebody I almost emailed (en masse) to ask the same stupid question. Hi Brent. My last name is Jones. You can't escape. +1 For being you. – peteorpeter Mar 01 '11 at 17:53
  • 16
    In juno, this appears to have moved to SpringSource->Dashboard. And... _It doesnt seem to work..._ I unchecked the checkbox and still get the dashboard on every startup. Furthermore, it seems to add one with each startup. So, if i didnt close the last one, the next time i start up i have 2. Any ideas here? – Lucas Nov 29 '12 at 20:00
  • 1
    @Lucas Fortunatelly, it works for Kepler. It's very annoying. – Branislav Lazic Feb 12 '14 at 18:19
  • Helped me a lot ! Thanks ! – The Dark Knight Aug 03 '15 at 09:19
  • Unfortunately, this option does not appear to exist any more. The only options on the preferences page now are "Use Old Dashboard" and "News Feed Updates". – Periata Breatta Sep 23 '16 at 06:27
4

go to Windows---->Preference---->SpringSource---->DashBoard uncheck [] Show Dashboard on Startup click on OK button.

Srikanth.N
  • 41
  • 1
3

STS 3.7.1 (Eclipse Mars) has no options to disable dashboard on startup.

However, if you go to Windows->Preferences->Spring->Dashboard and then check box "Use Old Dashboard", next time you start STS, dashboard page will not open. Go figure.

nidalpres
  • 3,778
  • 1
  • 18
  • 12
  • Still true in STS 3.8.1. Checking this makes the old version of the dashboard appear when chosen from Help/Dashboard, but it does not appear at startup. Whether this is intentional or a bug that hasn't been fixed yet, I can't tell. – Periata Breatta Sep 23 '16 at 08:51
1

I have a MAC, using spring tool suit latest version 3.4.0.RELEASE. By clicking the menu Spring Tool Suite / Preferences, then SpringSource / Dashboard, uncheck Show Dashboard On Startup works for me.

akcasoy
  • 6,497
  • 13
  • 56
  • 100