VisualAge for Java gives you a range of characteristics
that you can change to customize the IDE to suit your own needs and
tastes. This section shows you how to set customization options and
gives you a brief overview of the items that you can customize.
In VisualAge for Java, you customize the workspace by setting options
in the Options window. Let's examine how this window works by
setting the option that determines what happens when you double click on a
program element.
By default, double-clicking on a program element icon opens the program
element in a browser of its own. For example, when you double-click on
a package icon, a package browser opens, showing all the types contained in
the package. You can change this behavior so that double-clicking on a
program element icon expands or collapses the program element tree beneath
that icon.
To specify that double-clicking on a program element expands the tree view
beneath the program element:
- Select Options from the Window menu. The
Options window appears:

- Select the General page, if it is not already selected.
- Under Action on double-clicking an item in a tree view, enable
the Expand radio button.
- Click OK.
Now, when you double-click on a program element icon, the tree view expands
to show the program elements contained by the clicked-on element.
To set all of the options on a page back to their default values, select
Defaults and then select OK.
The tree view on the left-hand side of the Options window can be expanded
to show all available pages. Each parent item in the tree (for example
Coding) also has a page.
The following pages are available in the Options window:
- The General page displays options for some miscellaneous IDE
behaviors.
- The Cache page displays options for memory management.
- The Key Bindings page displays the current settings for
shortcut key sequences enabled throughout the product. You can edit and
save these settings in a named profile.
- The Appearance pages display options for how lists, source
code, dialogs, banners, and printer output appear, including color, size, and
font.
- The Coding page displays options for tabbing and saving
code.
- The Compiler page displays options for reporting compiler
errors.
- The Code Assist page displays options for enabling Code
Assist.
- The Debugging page displays options for the integrated debugger
and for generating a stack trace.
- The Formatter page displays options for the automatic code
formatter, which standardizes how code is shown in Source panes.
- The Indentation page displays options for how each new line of
code is indented.
- The Keyword completions page displays the current settings for
automatic completion of Java syntax in source code.
- The Macros page displays the Code Assist macros currently
defined for the IDE.
- The Method Javadoc and Type Javadoc pages display
options for generating standard Javadoc comments for each new method and
type.
- The Help page displays options for specifying which web browser
is used to display the help information.
- The Tips and Warning pages displays options for
specifying which help tips and warnings you want to see.
- The Resources page enables you to set the class path so that
programs running in the workspace can find the resource files and classes that
they need.
- The Resource Associations page enables you to associate a
resource type with an external program or Java class.
- The RMI Registry page displays options for remote method
invocation (RMI).
- The Visual Composition page displays options for BeanInfo
support and for the Visual Composition Editor.
- The Code generation page displays options for generating event
handling code and metadata for visually composed beans.
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