Problems view

 

Problems view  toolbar

Problems view context menu

Configure Contents dialog window

 

Problems view  displays system-generated errors, warnings, and information associated with a resource.

All these errors and warnings are typically produced by builders.

 

 

 Errors are marked by  . In the editor, the same sign marks the line containing an error:

 

 

Warnings are marked by .  In the editor, the  lines containing  warnings are marked with the same sign:

 

 

Problems view  toolbar

 

 

View menu

opens the drop-down menu โ†“

 

Minimize

minimizes the view

Maximize

maximizes the view

 

From the drop-down menu of the Problems view, you can perform these actions:

 

 

Show

specifies what errors and warnings are displayed in the view:

 

 

Group By

specifies how the errors are grouped in the view (by default, errors are grouped by Severity):

 

 

Sort By

specifies how errors are sorted in the view:

 

 

New Problems View

allows opening as many Problems views as you need:

 

 

 

Configure Contents

opens the Configure Contents dialog window โ†“ that allows customizing the Problems view:

 

 

Configure Columns

allows configuring the columns displayed in the view:

 

 

With Show and Hide buttons, you can select the columns that will be shown in the view by moving them from Hidden to Shown fields.

With Up and Down buttons, you can put the columns in the order you want them to be displayed in the view:

 

 

 

Problems view context menu

 

 

 

Go to

 

shows the line containing the error or the warning in the editor:

 

 

Copy

Ctrl+C

allows copying the selected file or program

Delete

Delete

deletes the selected file or program

 

Select All

Crtl+A

allows selecting all the problems in the list

 

Show In

 

allows opening the selected item in the System Explorer view or Properties view:

 

 

 

Quick Fix

Crtl+1

allows quickly resolving the missing API baseline problems

 

New Task  from Marker

 

allows setting tasks for the selected problems:

 

 

You can view all the tasks in the Task List view of the Planning perspective:

 

 

 

Properties

Alt+Enter

opens the Properties window:

 

 

 

Configure Contents dialog window

Configure Contents dialog window allows customizing the Problems view:

 

 

By default, Show all items is checked.

 

When Show all items is unchecked, you can select what items are shown and how:

 

 

Configurations can be created, renamed, and removed with the corresponding buttons:

 

 

Only custom configurations ัan be renamed and removed. Default configurations can only be viewed.

 

Use item limits allows setting how many items will be displayed in the view:

 

 

Scope allows showing the problems occurred with all the elements, the elements of the selected project, or the working sets:

 

 

Description allows displaying only those items that contain (or do not contain) the specified text.

You can enter the text by direct-printing:

 

 

Types allows selecting and deselecting the types of problems displayed in the view:

 

 

 

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