How to choose which directory to be shown at the top of IntelliJ project window?

Question

before

My project window looked like the picture above and I liked it.

now

But now it shows EVERYTHING in my Desktop directory.

I want the project window to show only the files in "core" folder but I can't find out how to change the settings.

Answer 1

Go to the File Menu in the top-bar, select Open Folder... and select the project Folder you want to open. If you want to create a new project click on new and follow the steps.

Answer 2

Looks like your Desktop directory was opened and indexed in the IDE. To fix the problem you can try to do:

• File | Close Project.
• Close the IDE window.
• Delete all.iml files and the.idea directory from both Desktop and core folders.
• Re-import your project in IntelliJ as per https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/gradle.html#gradle_import_project_start .