How to resolve “You are not running your eclipse instance with java 8” for JavaFX in Eclipse Mars 2.0

Question

The error "You are not running your eclipse instance with java 8" appears after installing javaFX in Mars 2.0 on a Windows computer, and states the plugin is shut off because of this. How can this be fixed?

Answer 1

The way to resolve the "You are not running your eclipse instance with java 8" issue for Eclipse Mars 2.0, is to:

• 1: Go here the place to download java 8 . It has the number then u for update, and then number for whatever update after it. Eg. I downloaded "Java SE Development Kit 8u171".
• 2: Find the newly downloaded application and run it. Eg. I found where I saved "jdk-8u171-windows-x64".
• 3: During installation there dosen't need to be any changes made to the wizard or preferences set, just keep clicking next and agreeing to things.
• 4: When the installation is done, open Eclipse, and you should see the error no longer appears. If you go to File > New > Other the folders presented will now include a folder called JavaFX, from which you can click on, and choose JavaFX project to make a new JavaFX project.