Can't Create a New Project in Eclipse

[jwesleycooper]

I was following the help file tutorial for creating a New Java Project using the Eclipse IDE, but neither the finish, the next buttons do anything when I click them... Does anyone know why this is happening, and how can I fix this completely unacceptable issue?

[syampillai]

Just see if pressing "Spacebar" works instead of mouse clicks in those cases. (You may have to bring the focus to that button by pressing tab keys before that).

[please_try_again]

I wrote a patch:

--- /usr/bin/eclipse.orig	2009-12-16 07:53:31.807580336 -0800
+++ /usr/bin/eclipse	2009-12-16 07:55:34.072195931 -0800
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 ECLIPSE_OPTS=""
 VM_OPTS=""
 
+# work around e#290395 / LP: #458703 (taken from Ubuntu)
+export GDK_NATIVE_WINDOWS=true
+
 # Source system prefs
 if [ -r /etc/eclipse.conf ] ; then
   . /etc/eclipse.conf

[GregBrannon]

Or you can start Eclipse from a script that includes the line

GDK_NATIVE_WINDOWS=true

before calling Eclipse.

[jwesleycooper]

Thanks GregBrannon & please_try_again, that appears to have solved the problem...

May I ask what the function of the "GDK_NATIVE_WINDOWS" variable is? I'm rather new to Linux, but I'm quite interested in learning its internal functions.