How to open folder of a file not in the project explorer in Eclipse IDE?
Question
I know there are various plugins like StartExplorer or Easy Shell that allow to open the containing folder for files or folders that are selected in the project explorer. What I looking for is to open the containing folder for a file that is NOT in the eclipse project explorer.
A typical situation I find myself is in CDT view, I crtl-click on an include statement and open an .h file that is not in the project explorer, so I can't use the plugins above to open the containing folder. The pathname tip appears for 5 seconds when I put the mouse pointer on top of the name of the file, so I can navigate to that folder manually, but sometimes I get a very very deep pathnames and it takes ages to navigate there, and I have to check the pathname tip many times because it keeps disappearing. Other editors have a open containing folder option when you right click on the name of the file. I miss this functionality in eclipse.
Does anybody know how to solve this?
EDIT: An easy way to reproduce this situation is by dragging and dropping a text file from outside eclipse into eclipse. I'd like to open the containing folder of this file (imagine I didn't know where it came from). As suggested below, I tried Ctrl+Return, but it doesn't work in this situation, it just says there is not property pages for this file.
2 answers
solution1
0 2013-08-26 13:43:32
Look at the file properties ( Alt+Return or via the context menu).
The location field is actually a non-editable text which means you can select the value ( Alt+L Ctrl+A Ctrl+C ) and copy it to the clipboard.
If that doesn't work, then try F2 . Some tooltips then become windows so you can copy&paste the content.
If that also doesn't work, then I fear you'll have to file a feature request.
[EDIT] Seems like you hit Bug 207467 - [PropertiesDialog] Properties page for external files
solution2
-1 2016-11-16 16:26:44
To open the file in the system explorer, download the following jar file
https://github.com/downloads/samsonw/OpenExplorer/OpenExplorer_1.2.0.v201101172217.jar
Then past in the folder ...\\eclipse\\dropins\\ Now restart Eclipse and you will see a new icon in the toobar.
I have test this with "Eclipse Java Neon".
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