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Filter out run and debug contextual menu when the file doesn't contain a Main #937
Description
Run and debug contextual menu are available on files that cannot be run or debug. it would be better to not provide the menu. it will allow having a lighter contextual menu, do nto give false hope to end-users and avoid an error notifications when clicking on it
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Steps To Reproduce
- create a java file which does not contain a Main class
- right-click on it
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testforstephen commentedon Jan 20, 2021
The contextual menu is added statically. To support filter out those files without a main method, we have to watch the file changes to dynamically calculate the main method info of the current file and update the menu registry.
github-actions commentedon Nov 11, 2025
Hi Aurélien Pupier (@apupier), I'm an AI Support assistant here to help with your issue. While the team reviews your request, I wanted to provide some possible tips and documentation that might help you in the meantime.
*.javafiles regardless of containing amainmethod. There is no user-facing setting to hide these commands when no entry point exists.mainmethod, please upvote or comment on that issue.labels:
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