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| <h1>Project Explorer view</h1> |
| <p class="Intro">This view provides a hierarchical view of the artifacts in the Workbench, which is customized by the |
| specific configuration of your Workbench.</p> |
| <p>From here, you can open files for editing or select resources for operations such as exporting.</p> |
| <p class="Para">A typical Project Explorer with only the Java Development Tools (JDT) installed looks similar to the |
| Package Explorer:</p> |
| <p>Right-click on any resource in the Project Explorer view to open a pop-up menu that allows you to perform |
| operations such as copying, moving, creating new resources, comparing resources with each other, or performing team |
| operations. To see a description of what each menu item does, move selection highlight to that menu item and press |
| the context-sensitive help key (e.g., F1 on Microsoft Windows).</p> |
| <p class="Head">By default, the Project Explorer view is included in the Resources perspective. To add the Project |
| Explorer view to the current perspective, click <a class="command-link" href= |
| 'javascript:executeCommand("org.eclipse.ui.views.showView(org.eclipse.ui.views.showView.viewId=org.eclipse.ui.navigator.ProjectExplorer)")'> |
| <img src="PLUGINS_ROOT/org.eclipse.help/command_link.svg" alt="command link"> <b>Window > Show View > Other... |
| > General > Project Explorer</b></a>.</p> |
| <h2>Toolbar</h2> |
| <div class="Topic"></div> |
| <h3>Collapse All</h3> |
| <p>This command collapses the tree expansion state of all resources in the view.</p> |
| <h3>Link with Editor</h3> |
| <p>This command toggles whether the Project Explorer selection is linked to the active editor. When this option is |
| selected, changing the active editor will automatically update the Project Explorer selection to the resource being |
| edited.</p> |
| <h3>Select and deselect content to filter to the content in the tree</h3> |
| <p>This command opens a dialog allowing to configure some filters to enable.</p> |
| <h2>View Menus</h2> |
| <p>Click the ⋮ vertical ellipsis to open a menu of items specific to the Project Explorer. Some extra menu entries |
| can be added by extension and may not be documented here.</p> |
| <h3>Project Presentation</h3> |
| <p>Select whether the physically nested projects should be shown as root elements (Flat), or should be shown under |
| their parent project in place of their corresponding folder (Hierarchical).</p> |
| <h3>Top-Level Elements</h3> |
| <p>Select whether the top level-elements should be the selected working sets with projects as children, or the |
| visible projects.</p> |
| <h3>Select Working Set</h3> |
| <p>Opens the <b>Select Working Set</b> dialog to allow selecting a working set for the Project Explorer.</p> |
| <h3>Deselect Working Set</h3> |
| <p>Deselects the current working set.</p> |
| <h3>Edit Active Working Set</h3> |
| <p>Opens the <b>Edit Working Set</b> dialog to allow changing the current working set.</p> |
| <p><br> |
| In addition to these menu items, the Project Explorer menu shows a list of recently used working sets that have been |
| selected in the view.</p> |
| <div class="Topic"> |
| <h3>Filters and Customization</h3> |
| <p class="Para">This command allows you to change the view for your specific needs. You may select pre-defined |
| filters to apply to the view so that you can show or hide various artifacts as needed. The default filters |
| available with the Java development tools (JDT) is shown below:</p> |
| <p class="Para"><img src="../images/Image276_available_filters.png" alt= |
| "Available Customizations > Filters dialog" border="0"></p> |
| <p class="Para">You can also define your own filters based on the name of a resource. Full name or regular |
| expressions are allowed.</p> |
| <p class="Para"><img src="../images/Image276_user_filters.png" alt= |
| "Available Customizations > User filters dialog" border="0"></p> |
| <p class="Para">You may also choose the types of content for the view to show as well. The default content |
| extensions available with the Java development tools (JDT) is shown below, but your specific extensions will be |
| determined by your workbench configuration:</p> |
| <p class="Para"><img src="../images/Image276_available_content.png" alt= |
| "Available Customizations > Content dialog" border="0"></p> |
| </div> |
| <h3>Link with Editor</h3> |
| <p>See the toolbar item description above.</p> |
| <p><br></p> |
| <h2>Context menu</h2> |
| <p>The context-menu allows to access some general Project management operations as well as operations that are |
| specific to your selection. Some plugins can extend the context-menu with additional entries that might not be |
| documented here.</p> |
| <div class="Topic"> |
| <h3 class="Head">New</h3> |
| <p class="Para">This command allows you to create a new resource in the Workbench. Select the type of resource to |
| create from the submenu.</p> |
| </div> |
| <div class="Topic"> |
| <h3 class="Head">Copy</h3> |
| <p class="Para">This command copies the selected resource to the clipboard.</p> |
| </div> |
| <h3>Paste</h3> |
| <p>This command pastes resources on the clipboard into the selected project or folder. If a resource is selected the |
| resources on the clipboard are pasted as siblings of the selected resource.</p> |
| <h3 class="Head">Delete</h3> |
| <p class="Para">This command deletes the selected resource from the workspace.</p> |
| <div class="Topic"> |
| <h3 class="Head">Move</h3> |
| <p class="Para">This command moves the selected resource to another location. A dialog will appear, prompting for |
| the destination location to which the resource will be moved.</p> |
| </div> |
| <div class="Topic"> |
| <h3 class="Head">Rename</h3> |
| <p class="Para">This command allows you to specify a new name for the selected resource.</p> |
| </div> |
| <div class="Topic"> |
| <h3 class="Head">Import</h3> |
| <p class="Para">This command opens the import wizard and allows you to select resources to import into the |
| Workbench.</p> |
| </div> |
| <div class="Topic"> |
| <h3 class="Head">Export</h3> |
| <p class="Para">This command opens the export wizard and allows you to export resources to an external |
| location.</p> |
| </div> |
| <h3 class="Head">Refresh</h3> |
| <p class="Para">This command refreshes the Workbench's view of the selected resource and its children. For example, |
| this is used when you create a new file for an existing project outside the Workbench and want the file to appear in |
| the Project Explorer view.</p> |
| <div class="Topic"> |
| <h3 class="Head">Close Project</h3> |
| <p class="Para">The close project command is visible when an open project is selected. This command closes the |
| selected project.</p> |
| </div> |
| <div class="Topic"> |
| <h3 class="Head">Close Unrelated Projects</h3> |
| <p class="Para">This command will close any project which are unrelated to the selected project.</p> |
| </div> |
| <h3>Open Project</h3> |
| <p>The open project command is visible when a closed project is selected. This command opens the selected |
| project.</p> |
| <div class="Topic"> |
| <h3 class="Head">Team</h3> |
| <p class="Head">Menu items in the Team sub-menu are related to version control management and are determined by the |
| version control management system that is associated with the project. Eclipse provides the special menu item |
| <b>Share Project...</b> for projects that are not under version control management. This command will present a |
| wizard that allows you to choose to share the project with any version control management systems that has been |
| added to Eclipse.</p> |
| </div> |
| <div class="Topic"> |
| <h3 class="Head">Compare With</h3> |
| <p class="Para">Commands on the Compare With sub-menu allow you to do one of the following types of compares:</p> |
| <ul class="UnorderedList"> |
| <li class="Item">Compare two or three selected resources with each other</li> |
| <li class="Item">Compare the selected resource with remote versions (if the project is associated with a version |
| control management system).</li> |
| <li class="Item">Compare the selected resource with a local history state</li> |
| </ul> |
| <p class="Para">After you select the type of compare you want to do, you will either see a compare editor or a |
| compare dialog. In the compare editor, you can browse and copy various changes between the compared resources. In |
| the compare dialog, you can only browse through the changes.</p> |
| </div> |
| <div class="Topic"> |
| <h3 class="Head">Replace With</h3> |
| <p class="Para">Commands on the Replace With sub-menu allow you to replace the selected resource with another state |
| from the local history. If the project is under version control management, there may be additional items supplied |
| by the version control management system as well.</p> |
| </div> |
| <div class="Topic"> |
| <h3 class="Head">Properties</h3> |
| <p class="Para">This command displays the properties of the selected resource. The kinds of properties that are |
| displayed depend on what type of resource is selected. Resource properties may include (but are not limited |
| to):</p> |
| <ul class="UnorderedList"> |
| <li class="Item">Path relative to the project in which it is held</li> |
| <li class="Item">Type of resource</li> |
| <li class="Item">Absolute file system path, or name of path variable when using linked resources</li> |
| <li class="Item">Resolved path variable when using a path variable for a linked resource</li> |
| <li class="Item">Size of resource</li> |
| <li class="Item">Last modified date</li> |
| <li class="Item">Read-only status</li> |
| <li class="Item">Derived resource status</li> |
| <li class="Item">Execution arguments, if it is an executable resource</li> |
| <li class="Item">Program launchers, if it is launchable</li> |
| <li class="Item">Project dependencies, if any</li> |
| </ul> |
| </div> |
| <h3 class="related">Related concepts</h3><a href="../concepts/cworkset.htm">Working Sets</a><br> |
| <a href="../concepts/concepts-29.htm">Three-way compare</a><br> |
| <a href="../concepts/concepts-13.htm">Linked resources</a> |
| <h3 class="related">Related reference</h3><a href="ref-25.htm">Compare editor</a> |
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