Show a file in Eclipse in Windows explorer

Question

I found no easy way to show a file opened in Eclipse (or listed in the project navigator) in Windows explore, while it is easy to be achieved in Visual Studio, see below image, you can right click on the file and choose Open Containing Folder which will open the containing folder.

Do you know there is an easy way? which is better than navigating to that file directly (cumbersome).

Answer 1

Here it goes, am using Eclipse Juno Service Release 1

Answer 2

'Show in' is only available in the 'Package Explorer' view which comes with the Java perspective. For the more generic 'Project Explorer' or 'Navigator' views ( former recommended ) you should use StartExplorer plugin instead.

With this plugin (as opposed to built in 'Shown in') you can also define a keyboard shortcut through Window --> Preferences --> General --> Keys. The default shortcut for StartExplorer's "Show in File Manager" feature is Ctrl + Alt + E .