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rubdottocom
rubdottocom

Reputation: 8298

How to clean and organize Eclipse Package Explorer?

Could you give me some advice to organize Package Explorer?

I have many closed projects and sometimes I have a lot of close projects between the projects that I have to work on it.

There are some plugin or anything to organize projects in folders or something similar?

Upvotes: 15

Views: 28023

Answers (7)

mhtemizkan
mhtemizkan

Reputation: 1

  1. Click the 3 dots in Package Explorer menu.
  2. Filters.
  3. Select the 'Closed projects'
  4. Right click on the project you want to close and choose Closed projects.

Tip: You can add or remove other filters with the 3. step.

Upvotes: 0

Gere
Gere

Reputation: 2184

As say Kaj the working set are a good way for organizate your eclipse projects.

You can create a multiples working set. In the upper left corner in the package explorer there is a many options with the working set.

.. Select working set. Can you add new, edit and remove. .. Deselect working set. .. Edit active working set

Also, you have a option to organize the projects by working set. This means that the top element are the working set.

Upvotes: 0

Anonymous
Anonymous

Reputation: 31

In response to "In the drop down menu of Package Explorer, you can select Filters and choose Closed Projects. This will automatically hide all the projects that are closed."

Don't forget to right-click on the project and select close project. If you don't do this, it will not 'automatically hide'.

I.e. the filter excludes closed projects, you must first set a project as closed by right-clicking on it in the Package Explorer and select Close Project.

Upvotes: 3

Kaj
Kaj

Reputation: 10949

Sounds like you are looking for working sets?

Eclipse working sets (version for Eclipse 3.6, Helios)

Eclipse working sets (version for current Eclipse release 4.2, Juno)

Upvotes: 16

Sogger
Sogger

Reputation: 16122

Using working sets is an easy built-in way. The key to make it organized is to open the Package Explorer’s View Menu again and enable Top Level Elements > Working Sets. Then the projects are grouped by working set visually in the package explorer.

Upvotes: 5

krookedking
krookedking

Reputation: 2303

I'd suggest having a different workspace for each cluster of projects, if you can cluster them together in some way. An advantage is that you can then have several Eclipse applications running at the same time on different workspaces.

Upvotes: 0

Prakash G. R.
Prakash G. R.

Reputation: 4892

In the drop down menu of Package Explorer, you can select Filters and choose Closed Projects. This will automatically hide all the projects that are closed.

Upvotes: 27

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