intellij how to find / search for a folder / directory / package name

Question

I wish to search just directory (folder) names and packages within the modules of my current project.

How can I do this?

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Answer 1

It seems IntelliJ doesn't directly support this. Here are the best alternatives I've thought of so far:

I suggest these steps if there is nothing in the folder yet (Windows):

• Windows:
  • Right click on the project root, and choose "show in explorer"
  • In the search box on the top right, search for the folder you want (e.g. META-INF)
  • Right click, "open folder location"
• Linux/Unix/Cygwin:
  • Copy the path instead, (in the right-click menu),
  • cd to the directory using a console or cygwin,
  • use the 'find' utility. E.g. type find . -iname 'SomeFolderName*'

If there is already something in the folder, I suggest you do this:

• Ctrl-Shift-F to search for files
• Enter the directory name inside a wildcard pattern (eg. */META-INF/*)
• open the first file that occurs in that folder
• Click on the circular target icon to "scroll from source" (at the top of the project panel).