# Showing the state and status in the Servers view

When the Server State Decorator is enabled, the workbench shows in the Servers view label decorations that indicate the state and status of the server and its projects. If the Servers view does not display a current state or status for the project, the workbench cannot retrieve this detail from the server, the server is stopped, or the server does not support this function.

For more detail about the state and status of the server and its project, refer to the Servers view topic, a link is provided at the bottom of this topic.

Table 1. The following is the Servers view showing or hiding the Server State decorator:
Showing the Server State decorator | Hiding the Server State decorator
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When the Server State Decorator preference is enabled, the Servers view shows the label decorations that indicate the state and status of the server and its projects. In this example, the Servers view shows the state of the Tomcat server is started and the status is synchronized. In addition, the status of the HelloWorld project is synchronized with the server.

When the Server State Decorator preference is cleared, the state and status of the server and its projects does not display in the Servers view.

To enable the server status decorator:

1. Open the Label Decorations preference page: Click Window > Preferences, expand General > Appearance, and click Label Decorations.
2. To show or hide the state and status of the server from the Servers view, select or clear the Server State Decorator check box. By default, this check box is selected.

Parent topic: Defining server preferences
Related reference
Servers view