You need OpenJDK >=9 (I have only tested it with OpenJDK 11.02) else it will not work due to bytecode compat.
Oracle JDK 11 should work, too but I will only use OpenJDK’s in the future due to the new license of the Oracle JDK.
Downloads, e.g.:
Here is a new update which fixes an annoying behaviour on Ubuntu 18.10 (lost key events in Eclipse editors):
Release Notes:
New in 1.52m (1.52m20):
- Updated ImageJ version 1.52m (1.52m20)
- Added new macro function definitions
- Zoom factor is now displayed in the image tabs
- Workaround a SWT key focus loss with ImageJ on Linux (occurred on Ubuntu 18.10)
- Fixed an exception when adding an image to a stack (action “Add Slice”) of size 1
- Detached tab images are now closed, too when using the “File->Close All” view menu action
If you have already installed the previous version just invoke the Eclipse main menu action “Help->Check for Updates” to update the plugin.
A new update is available which improves the plot display inside of tabs and adds new features and corrections.
The ImageJ plots (see ImageJ macro examples) are now scaled dynamically when a tab is resized.
If you reset the plot it is drawn according to the default plot size regardless of the tab dimensions (this behaviour follows the default ImageJ GUI window behaviour).
In addition fullscreen (F2) for plots is now supported and detached tabs are supported, too (both actions scales the plot accordingly when selected).
Furthermore a rare exception on MacOSX was fixed (closing detached free floating tabs).
New features:
- Updated ImageJ plugin to version 1.52m28
- Implemented dynamic plot scaling when the image tabsize changes
- Reset Plot action scales plot to default values (context menu “Plot Size”)
- Plot fullscreen scaling support
- Detached tab plot scaling support
- Now tabs are visible selected when a window or image is selected programmatically (before the selection occured, too but invisible for speed reasons)
- Implemented the Window components menu to make hidden components visible again (ROI Manager, Threshold, etc. - apparently works on MacOSX and Windows only)
- Implemented Refresh Menus (if you create and compile a new plugin in the plugins folder with Eclipse (dynamically without restart) you can refresh the menu to update the plugins menu dynamically without a restart!)
- Implemented the
Help->Examples->Autorun Examplescheckbox menu (true or false) - Restored the modal dialogs on Windows
- Added latest macro API templates
If you have already installed the previous version just invoke the Eclipse main menu action “Help->Check for Updates” to update the plugin.
I also updated the MacOSX information how to improve the Eclipse fonts here:
https://github.com/Bio7/EclipseImageJ1Plugin (scroll down)
In addition consider to use the Tinker tool for MacOSX which can increase the system font to increase, e.g., the font for code completion and the package Explorer (14 pt. on Retina displays looks nice):
Once again a new update is available which improves the code completion, adds new actions to the ImageJ macro editor and contains several bugfixes.
New in 1.52o (1.52m30):
- Updated ImageJ plugin to version 1.52o30
- Improved automatic layout correction for synchronized detached views (e.g., orthogonal views)
- Improved titles of detached views to show correct titles and updates (e.g., coordinates of synchronized orthogonal views)
- Improved the centering of dialogs in a multi-monitor setup (dialogs are centered in the monitor which contains the ImageJ view tabfolder)
- Improved the code completion cursor location and arguments are now templates selectable with the tab key (press ‘Enter’ to finish the selection and move to the defined cursor location)
- Improved the code completion sorting of templates
- Added a preference option to change the critera for code completion search to suggest function templates which contain the prefix
- Added new file, directory dialogs to insert paths at the current cursor location
- Added a color and hex color dialog to select and insert color strings into the editor. Selected hex colors are displayed in the color dialog (if created before with the dialog)
- Added new macro templates
- Fixed several bugs (e.g., opened dialog option popups in macros, deadlock with SWT dialog in a running macro)
Installation:
To install the plugin the latest OpenJDK 11 is required and an installation of Eclipse 4.11, 4.10 or 4.9.
The plugin is availabe from the Eclipse Marketplace Client:
As an alternative open the Help->Install new Software dialog and add the following update site:
https://bio7.github.io/imagej/
To update an already installed plugin just check Eclipse for plugin updates (Help->Check for Updates)
MacOSX Eclipse Fontsize Correction
To fix the default font size on Eclipse (a matter of taste) I wrote a short summary on the Github page how to fix the font size (see https://github.com/Bio7/EclipseImageJ1Plugin - bottom page).
The plugin source and more information can be found on Github:
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I released a new update of the ImageJ plugin:
New in 1.52p (1.52p36):
- Updated ImageJ plugin to version 1.52p36
- Improved and bugfixed code completion to find, differentiate and set functions with fixed arguments (e.g.,
getValue("selection.size");). - Improved hoover information to list all available functions with identical name.
- Added new macro code completion templates.
Once again I released a new update of the ImageJ plugin:
New in 1.52p (1.52p61):
- Updated ImageJ plugin to version 1.52p61
- Added Java 12 compiler target
- Added new macro code completion templates.
A new update of the ImageJ Eclipse plugin is available.
New in 1.52q (1.52q30):
- Updated The Eclipse ImageJ plugin to version 1.52q30
- A new integrated Eclipse debug view is available as an replacement for the debug dialog (close and reopen the perspective if you update this plugin to add the new view!)
- Improved Linux dark theme GUI for embedded AWT and Swing dialogs (see below Darkest dark “Deep Black” theme on Ubuntu 19.04)
- Improved code completion in general
- Editor defined variables are added to the code completion and shown according to their scope (function or macro defined variables are added when opening the code completion inside this scope. Function arguments are added, too)
- Editor defined functions are added to code completion.
- Editor defined function arguments are added as selectable templates
- Comments and multiline comments of editor defined functions are shown in the context code completion view (must be defined above the function - see screenshot below)
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A minor update is available which fixes a toolbar exception when the toolbar is embedded in the Image perspective and not saved detached on Eclipse shutdown (see second screenshot previous post).
Simply check for updates to install the latest plugin version if you’ve already installed the plugin.
A new Eclipse ImageJ plugin update is available.
New in 1.52q (1.52q44):
- Updated the ImageJ plugin to version 1.52q44
- Improved the embedded and detached PlotWindows. Now all plot windows are simultaneously resized according to their parent canvas (embedded or detached - animation below)
- Fixed a bug in the detach menu action (wrong id and panel settings)
- Removed the ‘*’ tab icon (usually indicating an unsaved editor file) from the detached custom view by deleting the ‘ISaveablePart2’ interface
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A minor update is available which fixes a Swing deadlock with PlotWindows.
Simply check for updates to install the latest plugin version if you’ve already installed the plugin.
A new major Eclipse ImageJ plugin update is available which heavily improves the debug interface of the plugin.
Important: Please close and reopen the “Debug” view if you update the installation (Window->Show View->Other…->ImageJ->Debug)! The debug view is now located in the macro editor plugin.
New in this release:
- New debug view toolbar actions availabe to easily debug ImageJ macros (without loosing editor key focus on MacOSX when an image is created or opened).
- Implemented all default ImageJ debug actions as toolbar actions (one action for ‘Trace’ and ‘Fast Trace’)
- New debug functions available to set a variable value in debug mode (string or numeric - see below).
- New breakpoint actions available to set, edit, delete breakpoints and simple expression breakpoints (evaluate boolean variable expression) in the ruler menu of the editor. Created breakpoints are automatically stored, too (see below).
- Extended the editor hoover to display the variable values when you hoover the editor. Array values will be displayed, too (see below).
- The default array value display table will be opened if you click on the debug view table column.
- Implemented several text editor and toolbar changes to visualize the debugging process.
- Fixed several bugs.
Please note that you can debug ImageJ macros without setting breakpoints.
To jump to a breakpoint use the new toolbar breakpoint action. If it is a simple breakpoint the debugger jumps to the next breakpoint. Multiple breakpoints are possible.
If an expression breakpoint(s) is/are available the script stops when the boolean expression is true which could be any line of the macro and not necessarily the line where the expression breakpoint(s) is/are located.
A new Eclipse ImageJ plugin update has been released. This plugin can be installed into the Eclipse platform or update the Bio7 3.1 application.
Release Notes
- Updated ImageJ plugin to version 1.52u28
- Added a new thumbnail action to the context menu of the ‘Navigator’ view to open image and LUT files of a selected directory.
- LUT’s can now be displayed (preview) in the ‘Thumbnails’ view. The selected LUT will be applied on the current supported ImageJ image (grayscale).
- The Image info is now displayed as a popup in the ‘Thumbnails’ view (if you hoover over an item).
- Added a ‘Detach All Images’ action (menu ‘Window’) to transfer all opened tab images to a view (which can be moved and arranged like a separate window)
- Improved dark theme for AWT on Windows, MacOSX and Linux.
- Added custom text properties to allow future dark themes or disable dark theme color schemes.
- Improved the canvas layout for HighDPI displays on Windows.
- Added new default macro editor templates.
- Improved the default AWT fonts (using OS fonts).
- Fixed a SWT memory bug not releasing native children of image tabs.
Installation
To install the plugin the latest Java >=8 is required (only if installed in Eclipse) and an installation of Eclipse or Bio7 3.1 (which is already bundled with OpenJDK 13.0.2).
The plugin can be installed from the Eclipse Marketplace:
As an alternative (and update for Bio7 3.1) open the Help->Install new Software dialog and add the following update site (see screenshot below):
https://bio7.github.io/imagej/
Then install the following features (see screenshot below):
Note for Bio7 3.1:
When installing the update for Bio7 3.1 don’t forget to recalculate the JDT Project Classpath for Java Projects (Context Menu ‘Project Explorer’ -> Fix Project Classpath) for the updated ImageJ plugin location.
Once again a new update is available (for the installation see previous post).
New in 1.52.u (1.52u29):
- Updated ImageJ plugin to version 1.52u29.
- A change of the ImageJ plugin location (‘Plugins Path’) in the Eclipse preferences now automatically updates the plugins classpath and menus (avoids to use the action ‘Help->Refresh Menus’ in a second step).
- Fixed a Compiler path bug for Linux and MacOSX when using the Plugins->‘Compile Java Eclipse’ action to compile an ImageJ plugin from the current opened Java editor.
A new tiny update of the Eclipse ImageJ plugin is available (for the installation see one of the previous posts of this thread).
New in 1.52v (1.52v19)
- Updated ImageJ plugin to version 1.52v19.
- Added new default macro editor templates.
Once again a new update of the Eclipse ImageJ plugin is available (for the installation see one of the previous posts of this thread).
New in 1.53.a (1.53a21):
- Updated ImageJ plugin to version 1.53.a21
- Added new default macro editor templates
A new update of the Eclipse ImageJ plugin is available (for the installation see one of the previous posts of this thread).
New in 1.53.c (1.53.c3):
- Updated ImageJ plugin to version 1.53.c3
- Added new default macro editor templates.
- Fixed a HyperStack converter bug.
A new update of the Eclipse ImageJ plugin is available.
New in 1.53.d (1.53.d7):
- Updated ImageJ plugin to version 1.53.d7
- Added new default macro editor templates
- Added Java 14 compiler support
- Fixed some minor glitches
Installation
To install the plugin the latest Java >=8 is required (only if installed in Eclipse) and an installation of Eclipse or Bio7 3.1 (which is already bundled with OpenJDK 13.0.2).
The plugin can be installed from the Eclipse Marketplace:
As an alternative (and update for Bio7 3.1) open the Help->Install new Software dialog and add the following update site (see screenshot below):
https://bio7.github.io/imagej/
Then install the following features (see screenshot below):
Note for Bio7 3.1:
When installing the update for Bio7 3.1 don’t forget to recalculate the JDT Project Classpath for Java Projects (Context Menu ‘Project Explorer’ -> Fix Project Classpath) for the updated ImageJ plugin location.
A new version of the ImageJ plugin is available.
New in 1.53f.40:
- Updated ImageJ plugin to version 1.53.f40
- The main view menubar can now be extended if a plugin uses the main menu of ImageJ (e.g., the QuickFigures plugin)
- Replaced several AWT context and toolbar menus with SWT context menus (ImageJ toolbar, image canvas, ROI Manager Menu “More” and the Plots menu) which fixes several AWT glitches (Linux, HighDPI) and respects the Eclipse theme settings (e.g., dark menus on Windows)
Before (AWT Windows HighDPI, Eclipse 4.16):
After (SWT Windows HighDPI, Eclipse 4.17):
- Improved the debug display in the macro editor (color marker preferences, new arrow indicator icon - see animation below)
- Improved the plot button display (especially when using a dark theme)
- Fixed several toolbar macro tool bugs and updated all macro tools
- Fixed the context menu macro tools (“Restore Startup Tools” now working as it should and updates the context menu)
- Added new macro function templates
- Several bugfixes
Installation
To install the plugin the latest Java >=8 is required (only if installed in Eclipse) and an installation of Eclipse or Bio7 3.1 (which is already bundled with OpenJDK 13.0.2).
The plugin can be installed from the Eclipse Marketplace:
As an alternative (and update for Bio7 3.1) open the Help->Install new Software dialog and add the following update site (see screenshot below):
https://bio7.github.io/imagej/
Then install the following features (see screenshot below):
Note for Bio7 3.1:
When installing the update for Bio7 3.1 don’t forget to recalculate the JDT Project Classpath for Java Projects (Context Menu ‘Project Explorer’ -> Fix Project Classpath) for the updated ImageJ plugin location.
Once again a new version of the ImageJ plugin is available.
New in 1.53.h (1.53.h30):
- Updated ImageJ plugin to version 1.53.h30
- Improved the context menu of the ROI Manager (using SWT)
- Added new ImageJ macro templates
- Improved template description
This plugin can also update the ImageJ plugin of the current Bio7 installation, see: https://bio7.org.
Please note that you can use advanced available Eclipse editors in combination with ImageJ.
In the main menu execute Plugins->Execute Script to interpret editor source of supported ImageJ scripting languages or Plugins-> Compile Java to compile ImageJ plugins with a JDK.
For installation or update details see previous post.
A new update of the Eclipse ImageJ plugin is available.
New in 1.53h (1.53h62):
- Updated ImageJ plugin to version 1.53h62
- Fixed and improved the macro editor outline navigation for MacOSX
- Added new ImageJ macro templates
- Improved and added template descriptions
- Fixed a corrupted button layout in the histogram canvas on MacOSX
- Improved the debug start action
This plugin can also update the ImageJ plugin of the current Bio7 installation, see:
Please note that you can use advanced available Eclipse editors in combination with ImageJ using the ImageJ script API.
In the main menu execute Plugins->Execute Script to interpret editor source of supported ImageJ scripting languages or Plugins-> Compile Java to compile ImageJ plugins with a JDK.
For installation or update details see the previous posts.