Line numbers not updating on 2nd monitor - Eclipse STS 2.8.1RELEASE - OS X Lion

Question

I'm currently developing on a Macbook Pro running Lion, and I'm having an issue where line numbers (and all other features that are on that panel including breakpoints, section hiding/expanding, etc) don't scroll with the source code in the editor.

I found this filed bug (https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=294929), but what I need to do to fix this isn't clear. I'm hoping to avoid a re-install and re-import of all my projects and other plug-ins.

Thoughts? Is it an STS issue (not really sure what version of Eclipse STS relates to)?

Answer 1

Just to make this clearer, my "solution" was to change display settings so that my 2nd monitor was my main one.

If somebody comes up with a better solution, I'll un-check this and check the new response.

Answer 2

Check what version of Eclipse you are running off of. Did you install STS from the installer or the zip? Or did you start with a vanilla eclipse and use the update sites?

This problem happened with Eclipse 3.7.0 and Lion. This was a bug in SWT, but I believe that it is fixed in 3.7.1.

To find the Eclipse version click on : STS -> about STS -> Installation details -> plugins -> org.eclipse.swt.

It should be 3.7.0 or 3.7.1 or 3.7.2. If it is 3.7.0, then you should update to 3.7.2 (released last week).