Javadoc in external Window

[StefanLindner]

Latest Eclipse for win64, using builtin JRE

For this builtin jre I have set the javadoc location to al local zip file.

I can display the javadoc contents inside of eclipse. But when I select "show in external window" this error is logged:

!ENTRY org.eclipse.help.base 4 0 2025-02-26 10:37:33.552 !MESSAGE An exception occurred while launching help. Check the log at P:\Eclipse\Workspace\.metadata\.log !STACK 0 java.net.MalformedURLException: no protocol: /jar:file:/P:/Java/jdk-21.0.4_doc-all.zip!/docs/api/java.base/java/util/ArrayList.html at java.base/java.net.URL.<init>(URL.java:772) at java.base/java.net.URL.<init>(URL.java:654) at java.base/java.net.URL.<init>(URL.java:590) at org.eclipse.help.ui.internal.DefaultHelpUI$ExternalWorkbenchBrowser.displayURL(DefaultHelpUI.java:98) at org.eclipse.help.internal.base.HelpDisplay.displayHelpURL(HelpDisplay.java:202) at org.eclipse.help.internal.base.HelpDisplay.displayHelpResource(HelpDisplay.java:107) at org.eclipse.help.ui.internal.DefaultHelpUI.displayHelpResource(DefaultHelpUI.java:290) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.help.WorkbenchHelpSystem.displayHelpResource(WorkbenchHelpSystem.java:735) at org.eclipse.help.ui.internal.views.ReusableHelpPart.showExternalURL(ReusableHelpPart.java:1346) at org.eclipse.help.ui.internal.views.BrowserPart$3.lambda$0(BrowserPart.java:217) at org.eclipse.swt.custom.BusyIndicator.showWhile(BusyIndicator.java:67) at org.eclipse.help.ui.internal.views.BrowserPart$3.run(BrowserPart.java:215) at org.eclipse.jface.action.Action.runWithEvent(Action.java:474) at org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem.handleWidgetSelection(ActionContributionItem.java:581) at org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem.lambda$5(ActionContributionItem.java:454) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:91) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.sendEvent(Display.java:4404) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1173) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Display.java:4202) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:3790) at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine$5.run(PartRenderingEngine.java:1151) at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:339) at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.run(PartRenderingEngine.java:1042) at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.E4Workbench.createAndRunUI(E4Workbench.java:153) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.lambda$3(Workbench.java:663) at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:339) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:570) at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:173) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.start(IDEApplication.java:178) at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:208) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:143) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:109) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:439) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:271) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DirectMethodHandleAccessor.invoke(DirectMethodHandleAccessor.java:103) at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:580) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:668) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:605) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1481)

[merks]

This sounds familiar.

Have you tried the milestone?

• https://www.eclipse.org/downloads/packages/release/2025-03/m3 -https://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops4/S-4.35RC1-202502200450/