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Why is eclipse removing the navigator view?

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In the 2019-09 version of Eclipse IDE, it is showing navigator as "Navigator (Deprecated)". Why is it going away? Will there be a replacement? I don't like views that hide or move actual directories around. Sometimes I prefer to see things as they exist in version control, for testing builds, etc.

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ledlogic Avatar asked Apr 01 '20 01:04

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2 Answers

Building off of nitind and osoblanco's suggestions: You can make Project Explorer look exactly like the deprecated Navigator view by the following steps:

  1. Click Window->Show View->Project Explorer
  2. Click the three vertical dots in the top right corner of the Project Explorer Pane.
  3. Click "Filters and Customization..."
  4. In the "Pre-set filters" tab, uncheck "Java output folders" (thanks osoblanco for this tip)
  5. In the "Content" tab, uncheck "Java Elements"

I didn't see any difference between Flat or Hierarchical in the Project presentation, so I left it as the default. I'm using Eclipse IDE for Java Developers version 2020-09. All of my projects use the default package, so I don't really need to see "Java Elements".

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CompSciTeacher Avatar answered Sep 16 '22 15:09

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I guess they figure they are supporting it well enough if you spend time configuring. For me this gets close enough I suppose...

Hit the 3 dots in the top right. -Set the "Package Presentation" to hierarchical. -Alter Filters and Customization. Uncheck "Java output folders" so that they show.

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osoblanco Avatar answered Sep 19 '22 15:09

osoblanco