Embedded browsers for Linux
On Linux systems, to ensure that product features, such as the Rich Page Editor use an appropriate embedded web browser, additional steps to configure the browser are necessary.
Product features that use an embedded web browser might not work
correctly if an inappropriate browser is used. Using an inappropriate
browser can cause problems such as: scenarios that fail, error messages,
or an unexpected output. Product features that use an embedded browser
include:
- Rich Page Editor
- Web Browser component
- Welcome page
The Eclipse Standard Widget Toolkit (SWT) supports the following
browser types for Linux systems:
- Mozilla (Firefox) through the XULRunner package
- WebKit through WebKitGTK+ shared libraries
- For Eclipse versions 3.7 and later, the WebKit browser is the default browser on Linux. If suitable WebKit libraries are not found, the XULRunner browser is used.