Launching from a list of favorites (faster)

Note: To use this method, you must have selected Display in favorites when you first created your launch configuration. If you didn't, edit the Display in favorites menu option under the Common tab. See Setting execution options in this chapter.
To debug or run a program using your favorites list:
  1. Do one of the following:
    • Run: From the main menu, select Run > Run History to show a submenu of the recent history of launch configurations launched in Run mode.
    • Run: Click the dropdown menu (Icon: Menu dropdown) part of the run menu button set (Icon: Run).
    • Debug: From the main menu, select Run > Debug History to show a submenu of the recent history of launch configurations launched in Debug mode.
    • Debug: Click the dropdown menu (Icon: Menu dropdown) part of the debug menu button set (Icon: Debug).
  2. Click Organize Favorites… and select all the launch configurations you want to specify as favorites. They will appear at the top of the menu:

    Launch Configuration dialog; running a program subsequent times
                                (faster)

  3. Select your launch configuration from the list of favorites.
Related tasks
Launching a selected program (fast)
Launching the last-launched program (fastest)