FAQ Close All Editors On Shutdown

The snippet below will close all Editors in the workbench when you close the eclipse application.

IWorkbench workbench = PlatformUI.getWorkbench();
final IWorkbenchPage activePage = workbench.getActiveWorkbenchWindow().getActivePage();
 
workbench.addWorkbenchListener( new IWorkbenchListener()
{
    public boolean preShutdown( IWorkbench workbench, boolean forced )
    {                            
        activePage.closeEditors( activePage.getEditorReferences(), true);
        return true;
    }
 
    public void postShutdown( IWorkbench workbench )
    {
 
    }
});

The example below shows how to close an editor that is programmatically opened.

IWorkbench workbench = PlatformUI.getWorkbench();
final IWorkbenchPage activePage = workbench.getActiveWorkbenchWindow().getActivePage();
 
final IEditorPart editorPart = IDE.openEditorOnFileStore( activePage, fileStore );
 
workbench.addWorkbenchListener( new IWorkbenchListener() {
    public boolean preShutdown( IWorkbench workbench, boolean forced )     {                            
        activePage.closeEditor(editorPart, true);
        return true;
    }
 
    public void postShutdown( IWorkbench workbench )
    {
 
    }
});

See Also:

• FAQ How do I open an editor programmatically?
• FAQ Is Eclipse 3.0 going to break all of my old plug-ins?
• FAQ How do I find the active workbench page?
• FAQ How do I open an editor on a file in the workspace?

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This FAQ was originally published in Official Eclipse 3.0 FAQs. Copyright 2004, Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. This text is made available here under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0.