Eclipse shortcut ctrl+m behavior

Question

In eclipse we have the ctrl+m shortcut for maximizing windows.

But when you have two editors opened side by side, it maximizes both editors.

Is there anyway to change the default behavior of ctrl+m so it only maximizes one window?

(Personally this is the behavior i need 9 out of 10 times using ctrl+m)

Thanks.

Answer 1

you can enable this by changing your presentation preference. normally maximizing single editors is not possible (since 3.2 the maximize action is only available for views and the complete editor area, you can't maximize a single editor)

but how to change the presentation then?

click Window -> Preferences

in the preferences goto General -> Appearance, and the change the 'current presentation' to 'Eclipse 2.1 Style Presentation' or 'Classic' and restart eclipse. now you can maximize the editors on their own.

Answer 2

Thanks to sdb for the answer.