In Eclipse, can I have multiple Console views at once, each showing a different Console?

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Thomas Owens picture Thomas Owens · Aug 31, 2011 · Viewed 87.5k times · Source

I'm working on some applications that, in debug mode, log to the console. I'd like to run and debug them from inside of Eclipse, and view the console for each one simultaneously. However, I have a single Console tab that shows a single Console output at a time. Is there a way I can split the consoles into multiple views so that I can have side-by-side console output?

Answer

Chase Henslee picture Chase Henslee · Aug 31, 2011

Yes,

  • located near your console tab should be a button "Open Console".
  • If you click this button one of your options should be "New Console View".

Eclipse Screenshot

You'll now have 2 console views.

  • One of your other buttons near your console tab is "Display Selected Console". When you choose this option you can select from any of your running applications.
  • Just select the tab, select which application you want it to watch, and repeat for the other tab.

You can then move your 2 console views to wherever you want independently of each other.

I'm using Eclipse Helios Release with build ID: 20100617-1415.

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