Problems View

The Problems View shows a list of all the problems in the workspace. Problems can be of many types but are generally code syntax errors.

Select Window | Show View | Problems,
or: Window | Show View | Other | General | Problems.
The Problems View will open in your Perspective.

Figure 1 - Problems View

The Problems View contains a list of problems detected in the Project's files. Each problem contains the following items:

Description	A description of the problem.
Resource	The name of the file containing the problem.
Path	The Project containing the Resource file.
Location	The line containing the error.

Sorting

Double click on an item's column to can sort the Problems by item.

Filter

You can filter problems to limit the view to a subset of only those problems that are of immediate interest. This feature is generally used when the workspaces has too many problems to view them all effectively.

Note: All problems recognized by the IDE can be enabled/disabled. Filtering enables you to view a user-defined subset of the Problem View list.

Click on the Filter icon on the Problems View tab. The Problems Filter will open.

Figure 2 - Problem Filters

Selecting Problem Set

Select one of the following problem sets:

Show problems for any resource.
Show problems for any resource in the same project as the selected resource.
Show problems for the selected resource only.
Show problems for the selected resource and its children.
Show resource for a specific working set
Filter according to description

Severity

Select a filter for the problem severity:

Error
Warning
Info.

Problem Types

The Filter displays / hides the types of problems listed below. By default, all of the Problem Types are selected.

Toggle the Problem Types on / off as required.

APT Build Marker (XML related problems, not defined tasks / bad format)
APT Configuration Marker
EAR Validator (J2ee)
EJB Validator Message (J2ee)
EMF problems
Faceted Project Problem
Faceted Project Problem (Java)
Faceted Project Problem (Mis*)
Java Build Path Problems (Java/ PHP include path problems)
Java problems
PDE problems (Plugin Development Environment)
Problem
Validation Message: Web files syntax problems which found using a validator are registered under this problem item. PHP is one of them.
XML schema problems (Document Type Definition) / XML Scheme Definitions)