Scripting languages missing from UI rule editor

[xr37 (X)]

Hello,

I am new to OpenHAB, looking very solid so far. As I am trying to create the first non-trivial rules I hit my first snag.

System details

• Platform information:
  • Hardware: Raspberry Pi 4B 4 GiB
  • OS: OpenSUSE Leap 15.3
  • Java Runtime Environment: openjdk 16.0.1 2021-04-20, OpenJDK Runtime Environment Zulu16.30+15-CA (build 16.0.1+9), OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM Zulu16.30+15-CA (build 16.0.1+9, mixed mode)
  • openHAB version: 3.1.0 (Build)

Issue

From this description I was under the impression that I would be given the choice between three scripting languages, as in this screenshot (sorry, the forum won’t let me embed it).

But unfortunately this is all I get:

I would be most grateful for any pointers as to what I might be doing wrong.

[xr37 (X)]

If I choose the Blocky option (the only available), I don’t think it’s supposed to look like this either?

That’s just a plain text editor window.

[rlkoshak (Rich Koshak)]

There is something significantly wrong. At a minimum you should have a choice between ECMAScript and Rule DSL after “or choose the scripting language”.

Look in the logs for errors. If there are none all I can suggest is to file an issue on openhab-webuis.

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@xr37

If I choose the Blocky option (the only available), I don’t think it’s supposed to look like this either?

If you want to choose JavaScript as your language (aka ECMAScript) you can start ;coding in that text area. But you should see a bunch of blocks to choose from on the left. So there is definitely something significantly wrong with your install.

@xr37

openjdk 16.0.1 2021-04-20, OpenJDK Runtime Environment Zulu16.30+15-CA (build 16.0.1+9), OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM Zulu16.30+15-CA (build 16.0.1+9, mixed mode)

This could be the first thing. openHAB requires Java 11. Installation Overview | openHAB

[xr37 (X)]

@rlkoshak

openHAB requires Java 11

That sounds like a good place to start looking indeed. I misread the docs as calling for Java 11+

Thanks very much for the pointer, I will install Java 11 in the morning my time and report back.

[xr37 (X)]

@rlkoshak

You are a beast, sir!

Many thanks indeed!