package-explorer

How do you get the Eclipse Package Explorer to show files whose names begins with a . (period)?

When a folder in the Eclipse Package Explorer (one which is linked to a directory somewhere in the filesystem) contains files whose names begin with a . (period), those files do not appear. Can Eclipse be configured to show these files, and if so, how? ...

Eclipse 3.4 package explorer question

hi, is it possible to do something like this: Let's say I have a lot of projects in my package explorer. I want to make different views. For example a view for projects I don't use very often, my main things, common things. Basically i want to clean up my package explorer to get a better overview of all my things. At the moment everythi...

How to prevent Eclipse from showing the opened file in package explorer

Hi, somehow I've ended up in a situation such that when I navigate through source files with Eclipse, the Eclipse always selects (and expands) the opened file with package explorer. With this I end up losing my location on Package Explorer Having my Package explorer expanded and pretty confusing. With brief googling/exploring on th...

How to save the "Package Explorer" in Eclipse

Is it possible, to save the state of the package explorer when closing Eclipse (3.4) and to restore it when opening the workspace again? By state I mean the nodes (expanded or collapsed). ...

Eclipse package explorer tied to editor window

In Eclipse (latest version) I ended up with the situation seen below. I accidentally rested a book on my keyboard and through some magical key sequence managed to have a package explorer bar locked into the top of my editor window. I've spent a while searching on google and playing around in eclipse to try and remove this with no succ...

How to view hierarchical package structure in Eclipse package explorer

OK I have a feeling I'm doing something that's not "accepted practice" but here's what I would like: in the Eclipse package explorer, I see the following: (dot represents a clickable arrow that I can use to expand the folder) PROJECT Source Folder Package Class Package.SubPackageFooBarPackage.OtherSubPackagePackage.OtherSub...

What does the symbols for methods in Eclipse mean?

In the "Package Explorer" in Eclipse, I can click on a Java class and list all the methods for it. The methods are shown with a few different symbols before the name. This symbol can be a green circle or a red square. What does this symbols mean? Is there a webpage that explains them? ...