Hiding Duplicate Toolbars Items in Eclipse

Question

I don't know how, but my STS has got duplicate toolbars items and I am not sure how to remove them. Here is how my duplicated toolbar looks like.

I want to get rid of these. I tried to hide the toolbar but that didn't help. Does anybody have any idea how to get rid of the duplicate ones?

Answer 1

I can't say why this happened in the first place, but I do know how to get rid of the duplicate entries. We've experienced the same problem on our Eclipse based product.

Window > New Window

Close the old window and be free of the duplicate actions weighing you down.

Answer 2

I've been having the same problem since upgrading to Oxygen. I haven't been able to reliably reproduce the issue.

The workaround suggested by @howlger has helped and is less intrusive than blowing away the entire workspace:

1. Close Eclipse.
2. In the Eclipse workspace directory, delete the .metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.e4.workbench\workbench.xmi file or just rename it so you can bring it back in case you need to revert.
3. Open Eclipse.
4. Rearrange the UI elements to your liking.

This is a pain, but does remove the duplicate elements from toolbars.

I also found that customizing the perspective doesn't work for duplicated items, but does for non-duplicated:

1. Window -> Perspective -> Customize Perspective...
2. On the "Tool Bar Visibility" tab, deselect the items that are cluttering up your toolbar.