The Tasks view displays the following information:
By default, the Tasks view is included in the Resources perspective. To add it to the current perspective, click Window > Show View > Other > Basic > Tasks.
By default, the Tasks view is shown when a new compiler error or warning is generated. To remove this feature, click Window > Preferences > Workbench and deselect Show Tasks view when build has errors or warnings.
The following icons are used by the Tasks view:
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Information |
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Warning |
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Error |
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Task (normal priority) |
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High priority task |
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Low priority task |
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Completed task |
The first column indicates whether the line item is a task or a compiler generated error, warning or info.
The second column indicates whether the task is completed. Completed tasks are flagged with a check mark, which you add manually.
The third column indicates whether the task is high, normal, or low priority.
The Description column contains a description of the line item. You can edit the description of user-defined tasks by selecting Properties from the context menu.
The Resource and In Folder columns provide the name and location of the resource associated with each line item.
The Location column indicates the line number of the line item within its associated resource.
The toolbar of the Tasks view includes the following buttons.
Click the icon at the left end of the view's title bar to open a menu of items generic to all views. Click the black upside-down triangle icon to open a menu of items specific to the Tasks view. Right-click inside the view to open a context menu.
Adding line items in the Tasks view
Associating a task with a resource
Deleting tasks
Filtering the task view