Clear Eclipse's Internal Web Browser

I'm working at a huge php project, it have many js, and I want to know how to clear the internal web browser cache, becaus开发者_如何转开发e when I'm debugging it, the internal web browser loads a cached version of js files. I didn't try rebuild the entire project because is big.

This is also not an exact answer to the question but some thing relevant to it.
Still now I don't find a simple option (I use Eclipse Indigo) on the "Windows--Preference--General--Web Browser" to clear the internal browser Cache !! - It shows that most of the users are not using the eclipse internal browser.

To clean away the accumulated URL you can remove the entry "value" internalWebBrowserHistory from the file located in

yourworkspace/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.core.runtime/.settings/org.eclipse.ui.browser.prefs

I can see a plugin called Advanced Browser on eclipse market-place.. - But not sure it gives any cache clearing facility - it just talks about multiple tab - Need to try this.

Not exactly an answer to your question, but I had the same problem and solved it by using an external browser: With Eclipse Indigo and Firefox it worked out of the box even when debugging php. Select Eclipse Settings -> General -> Web Browser -> Use external web browser and select/add firefox. It seems in Firefox you simply need to refresh the site to get a current version of your javascript code, plus you can use Firebug

That file contains:

    browsers=<?xml version\="1.0" encoding\="UTF-8"?>\n<web-browsers current\="0">\n<system/>\n<external location\="/usr/bin/firefox" name\="Firefox"/>\n</web-browsers>
eclipse.preferences.version=1

Are the newlines supposed to be escaped like that?

The location of the cache depends on whether Eclipse uses xulrunner or libwebkit for the internal web browser.

For xulrunner, the location of the cache is platform specific:

• On Windows, it is usually in the Mozilla/eclipse/Cache directory under the user's home directory or the Application Data directory under the user's profile.
• On Linux and Mac, the browser cache is in the ~/.mozilla/eclipse/Cache directory.

Deleting files from the cache might be sufficient, but if in doubt, you may need to restart the internal web browser and/or Eclipse.

1. Go to Internal Browser Output Page
2. Mouse: Right-click and Select Refresh