Missing "Additional Board Manager URLs" field in preferences

Development Tools IDE 2.x
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I am very new in arduino and have a problem with arduino IDE 2.0.2 configuring the Additional Board Manager URLs at the preferences menu. This preferences field is missing, So I can not configure the ESP32 board manager for my wemos D1 board. Has anyone an idea how to resolve this problem and get the Additional Board Manager URLs preferences field visible.

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Maybe this is caused by an invalid URL or a corrupt string from the past in the field.

You can directly edit C:\Users\yourUsername\.arduinoIDE\arduino-cli.yaml and clear it if needed; below the first few lines if the field is empty in preferences

board_manager:
  additional_urls: []
daemon:
  port: "50051"

and this is with an additional URL

board_manager:
  additional_urls:
  - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sparkfun/Arduino_Boards/master/IDE_Board_Manager/package_sparkfun_index.json
daemon:
  port: "50051"

Be careful when editing; make a backup first.

Note:
It might be necessary to close the IDE first.

Your topic has been moved to the dedicated IDE2.0 section of the forum.

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Thanks for your answer. I tried to edit the .yaml file but without results. So because I didn't have configured anything I uninstalled the IDE, remove the .arduinoIDE folder and install the ide again, but this have my problem not resolved.

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Hi @jebawdej. This dialog is scrollable when the Arduino IDE window dimensions do not allow the full contents of the dialog to be shown.

If you hover the mouse pointer over the dialog, do you see a scrollbar on the right side of the dialog?

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If so, simply click and drag the scrollbar down to see the rest of the dialog contents.

There are some alternative solutions:

  • Use the scroll wheel on your mouse to scroll the dialog.
  • Click on an empty space in the dialog to get focus and then press the ↓ key to scroll the dialog down.
  • Resize the Arduino IDE window larger if your display allows for that
  • Reduce the value of the "Interface scale" preference, click the OK button, then open the preferences dialog again (File > Preferences)
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OK thanks @ ptillisch. That was the answer I was waiting for. Stupid that I hadn't seen that there was a scroll bar

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You are welcome. I'm glad it is working now.

Regards,
Per

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Also new in arduino
Installed the IDE vs 2 on the home computer and laptop. On the home computer the preference window has an option not present on the laptop. Below is from the home computer. The laptop lacks the line "additional boards manager" like the screendump in the starting message of this threat.
Somebody knows what to do?

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Yes. Please follow the instructions from my previous reply:

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Tja, feel a little clumsy. The scrollbar was not visible and I did not try long enough to discover that.

Thank you cordially.
Jos

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Thanks. You were completely correct.

jos

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You are welcome. I'm glad it is working now.

Regards,
Per

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I have now submitted a formal report to the developers about the scrollability of the Preferences dialog not being clearly communicated to the user:

Thanks to you both for the feedback about this user experience.

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Thank you so much! I missed it too!

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