Navigator View

The Navigator view (in the Resource perspective) shows all projects in the workspace as they exist on disk. Use it to see the literal directories and files. Contrast this with the Package Explorer view, which shows a Java-centric representation. Table 22 describes the Navigator view's toolbar.

Table 7-14. Navigator view toolbar

Icon

Description

Go back in the navigator history.

Go forward in the navigator history.

Go up to the parent directory.

Collapse all the expanded trees in this view.

Link selections with the editor.

Right-click on a directory and select Go Into to focus on that directory. Then you can use the Back, Forward, and Up toolbar buttons to move around in the tree.

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