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:
- The Filesystems tab displays any file hierarchies
you have mounted (and chosen to display) in the IDE.
- The Project tab provides a view of files that you have designated as part of the current project.
- The Javadoc tab displays Javadoc documentation that you have mounted in the IDE or that you have generated in the IDE from
mounted sources.
- The Runtime tab displays running and debugging processes (which can also be viewed in the Execution window and Debugging
window, respectively). If you add relevant modules to the IDE, you can connect various data sources there.
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.
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