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Bug 271839 - Allow selection of default Java platform within IDE
Summary: Allow selection of default Java platform within IDE
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: ide
Classification: Unclassified
Component: UI (show other bugs)
Version: Dev
Hardware: PC Windows 7
: P3 normal (vote)
Assignee: issues@ide
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Reported: 2017-11-22 10:27 UTC by ptoye
Modified: 2017-11-22 10:27 UTC (History)
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Description ptoye 2017-11-22 10:27:08 UTC
I suggest you make it easier to change the default Java platform, given the rate of Java updates. It's a bit of a pain to have to edit the config file or the command line string each time.

Two possibilities:

1) On the main Java platform window, add a button which makes the selected platform the default.

2) On the window when adding a new JDK, add a button which makes the new one the default.

Possibly even better would be to add a further checkbox to make the default global or just for this user.

Note: in Windows you probably have to get admin privileges to do this, as the location of the config file is protected. I can't speak for other OSs.