The Explorer

The Explorer provides a tree view of packages, files, and other objects and provides a starting point for programming. You can browse files there or monitor running processes and debugging.

Objects are represented as nodes, some of which can be expanded to reveal subnodes representing elements of these objects (such as Java inner classes, constructors, methods, and fields).

The Explorer is a tabbed pane and has four tabs by default:

You can work with an object in the Explorer by right-clicking the object's node and choosing a command from the contextual menu. You can also call a command on the selected node by choosing the command from a menu in the main window.

You can access properties for each Explorer node by opening the Properties window and selecting the node. By default, the Properties window opens below the Explorer in the editing workspace.

See also
Node Icons in the Explorer
Runtime Tab in the Explorer
Projects in the IDE
Filesystems and the Java Classpath
Managing Objects in the IDE

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