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In the Eclipse Photon (1) release C/C++ Eclipse Photon (1) Welcome Screen the CheckBox to skip the Welcome Screen in future sessions is missing. Is there any other way to disable it in the settings?

Edit: I do not see checkboxes (but plusses?) in Help->Content->Scope->new enter image description here

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  • I guess the root cause is missing checkboxes and radio buttons in the browser widget on Linux. Do you see checkboxes in: _Help > Content: Scope: New..._? Do you use [KDE with the Orion theme](https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=480243)? – howlger Aug 06 '18 at 07:33
  • I don't see checkboxes (but plusses?) otherwise (see edited screen shot). I use debian 9 with mate. – pba Aug 06 '18 at 10:29
  • There should be checkboxes between each tree item handle (`[+]`) and the title. Are checkboxes shown in Firefox? E. g. here: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/input/checkbox – howlger Aug 06 '18 at 10:38
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    What O/S are you using? If Linux, see [**Welcome page not displayed properly Linux/Unix**](https://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/development/readme_eclipse_4.8.php#mozTocId828477) in the Release Notes for Photon: _The default Welcome implementation is HTML-based and requires a supported browser in order to work. If no supported browser can be found, Welcome falls back to its Forms-based implementation, which has a different (simpler) appearance. Consult the SWT FAQ for supported browsers and setting up your browser to work with eclipse._ – skomisa Aug 06 '18 at 19:00
  • @howgler: yes, in Firefox (the test link) the checkboxes are visible. – pba Aug 08 '18 at 07:47
  • @skomisa: I have Firefox and Chromium installed, that should work. And even if the Forms-based implementation is used it should be possible to have a Checkbox (?) – pba Aug 08 '18 at 07:48
  • I'd be perfectly happy to disable the Welcome Screen by any other means (I am not too keen on clicking anyway :-). – pba Aug 08 '18 at 07:49
  • OK - an alternative approach to getting rid of the Welcome screen is given in this SO answer: [Eclipse: How to disable welcome screen?](https://stackoverflow.com/a/39019185/2985643). It's for Neon, but I expect it is still valid for Photon. Note that this approach will also prevent the screen being shown when you open a new workspace, but it sounds like that would be OK with you anyway. – skomisa Aug 08 '18 at 08:05
  • thanks to the tip I think I found a way. It is the file $WORKSPACE/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.ui.intro and therein is the tag "state" with "reopen" set to "true"; guessing a "false" worked after the third attempt (why on earth three times i don't know). – pba Aug 08 '18 at 10:09
  • @pba It's good that you found a workaround for the missing checkbox, but could you post your solution as an answer? I think you found a new solution for this issue, and having it presented as an answer is more helpful to the community than having it buried in the comments. – skomisa Aug 09 '18 at 04:56

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Thanks to a hint in the comments I found a solution. In the file 

$WORKSPACE/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.ui.intro/introstate

is a tag state with attribute reopen set to "true". Changing that to "false" worked. The complete modified file is as follows.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<state reopen="false"/>
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