docs: the Eclipse plugin now downloads JetBrains Runtime - #5886
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The Vaadin plugin for Eclipse used to require a JetBrains Runtime that was already registered with the IDE, so the docs told readers to install one by hand. Since vaadin/eclipse-plugin#89 the plugin resolves, downloads, installs and registers a JBR on its own when it cannot find a compatible one. Describe the JetBrains Runtime Required dialog and its two options, the shared ~/.vaadin/jdk install location, and how to keep using a manually installed runtime instead. The manual hotswap setup is unchanged.
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Follow-up to #5884, now that vaadin/eclipse-plugin#89 is merged.
What changed
Until now, the Vaadin plugin for Eclipse could only use a JetBrains Runtime that was already registered with the IDE —
downloadAndInstallJBR()was a stub — so the docs told readers that JBR was "the only thing you have to install yourself". The plugin now resolves, downloads, installs and registers a JBR on its own when it can't find a compatible one, the same way the IntelliJ IDEA and VS Code plugins do.run/eclipse.adoc.vaadin/jdkin the home directory shared with the other IDE plugins, registered under menu:Java[Installed JREs]) and Continue Without JBR (regular JVM, method bodies only).flow/configuration/live-reload/hotswap-agent.adocThe Enabling Hotswap Manually section is unchanged — that route still needs a hand-installed runtime.
Note on timing
The plugin change is on
mainbut is not in a released version yet — the latest Marketplace release is 1.0.7 (February 2026), and vaadin/eclipse-plugin#89 was merged on 2026-08-20. This PR probably shouldn't be merged before the plugin release that contains it ships.