Force.com IDE not seeing Triggers folder in new project

Question

I am trying to create a new Force.com IDE project to my production org and I do not see the folder for triggers and cannot seem to get any of my triggers pulled into here. What am I missing?

Below is my package.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<Package xmlns="http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata">
<version>38.0</version>
</Package>

Answer 1

You can only load triggers from an edition that supports Apex.

If you want to delete triggers from a live org, you don't need to involve Eclipse. I typically use the Developer Workbench and a destructiveChanges.xml file.

You have to actually include the triggers in your package.xml file.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Package xmlns="http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata">
    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>ApexTrigger</name>
    </types>
    <version>39.0</version>
</Package>

My typical package includes these types:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Package xmlns="http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata">
    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>ApexClass</name>
    </types>
    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>ApexComponent</name>
    </types>
    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>ApexPage</name>
    </types>
    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>ApexTrigger</name>
    </types>
    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>CustomLabel</name>
    </types>
    <types>
        <members>*</members>
        <name>StaticResource</name>
    </types>
    <version>39.0</version>
</Package>