Manually checking code with PMD only works if PMD is activated for the project
A source code analyzer
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This will be fixed with the next version.
You can test the new version by installing the latest plugin version from
https://sourceforge.net/projects/pmd/files/pmd-eclipse/update-site-latest/
Commit: https://github.com/pmd/pmd-eclipse-plugin/commit/5ce4a761efe8833fd3d6328c110efd05a7b3de0e