How to avoid three clicks to get into src/main/webapp in eclipse?

Question

I am setting up a maven web app project in eclipse, maven likes to put the webapp resources in src/main/webapp which is a pain to navigate to because I have to click three times to get to webapp contents.

• click 1 expand src
• click 2 expand main
• click 3 expand webapp

In a typical WTP eclipse project there is only WebContent and is a top level folder so only one click is needed to get into it.

Is there an eclipse or m2e trick to make the webapp show up as a top level element under the project.

Answer 1

If it makes your life easier, you can override the webapp directory location to hang directly off ${basedir}

  <plugin>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>2.3</version>
    <configuration>
      <warSourceDirectory>${basedir}/webapp</warSourceDirectory>
    </configuration>
  </plugin>

Answer 2

Right click the webapp folder and select Build Path -> Use as Source Folder. The folder will be presented on top (in a hierarchical package presentation). It should have no side effects to the final war.