In Eclipse, how to open a file browser in the directory of the currently edited file

Question

I know it\'s possible in eclipse to open file browsers from your project\'s resource browser, but is it possible for files that aren\'t part of your project ? Typically exte

Answer 1

EasyShell seems quite descent to me (used in Ubuntu). It gives you the choices to open the Nautilus, to open the shell, to run a file and to copy the selected path. All of them appear with a right click on the package explorer of Eclipse. The installation was with no problems. Therefore, I would suggest it.

Hope I helped!

Answer 2

"Window" -> "Open Perspectives" -> "Remote Systems", then a view with root 'Local' node will be displayed.

While in Project Explorer pane, to browse files of any node, right click and select Show in Remote Systems view to get there.

Answer 3

From StartExplorer website:

This plug-in is inherently not platform-independent. Currently, the following operating systems/desktop environments are supported out of the box: Windows, Mac OS, Linux with Gnome, Linux with KDE, Linux with Xfce, Linux with LXDE.

Answer 4

Shortcut key can also be created in Eclipse>Help>Preferences>General>Keys

Answer 5

As far as I know you have to create a linked folder for your external includes to achieve your goal. After that you can use StartExplorer for you externals as well. If you do not like that plugin you could try another similar one called EasyShell which is a similar one but you can configure all of its commands.

Answer 6

If you are using git, you can open Window > Show View > Other > Git Repositories. That will give you a Git Repositories explorer, which shows the Working Tree. The Working Tree will show all files in the filesystem, even temporary ones you created that are not added to git yet.

Another way is to open Window > Perspective > Other > Git.