I'm trying to search folders and files outside the workspace in Eclipse 3.0.2 on Windows 7. These links helped:
http://eclipse.dzone.com/articles/5-best-eclipse-plugins-system
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=192767
Unfortunately I can only get Desktop Search to work, not System Search. I've tried both the nokia system search download links:
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/attachment.cgi?id=106032
http://www.steinerberg.com/EmbeddedComponents/System%20Search/com.nokia.search.system_2.0.0.201102171254.jar
I put either com.nokia.search.system or com.nokia.search.system_2.0.0.201102171254.jar in c:\eclipse-php\plugins. I also tried putting com.nokia.search.system.feature in c:\eclipse-php\features but it still didn't work because the folder is empty so I get this message in eclipse's error log:
!MESSAGE Unable to find feature.xml in directory: C:\eclipse-php\features\com.nokia.search.system-feature
I take directory search for granted in tools like TextWrangler and Xcode on the Mac and am flabbergasted that the Eclipse developers don't include arbitrary file search in their IDE.
Another possibility is to somehow add the C drive to Eclipse's workspace. I mainly need this to search directories like pear. I guess a free app might be an ok solution, if there's a way to tie it into Eclipse somehow, that would be helpful.
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide,
Zack
If I understnad your question, you are trying to search folders/files outside of the eclipse workspace. My advice would be to create a new folder through new -> wizard select it as a "linked" folder and point it to the folder in your file system that you want to include in the search.
Say you want your C drive included in search. Create new folder, click on advanced which opens more otpions and select link to alternate location (linked folder) and click browse and select your c:\ drive. This will create folder in your workspace that is a pointer to the c drive and will be included in search queries.
First off, Duncan, thanks for your answer. It is the best for the purposes described in the original question.
I see this thread is a bit old but I would like to give some useful suggestions:
Additional plugins only slow down Eclipse. It already has so many plug-ins that come with it. I try to keep mine as slim as possible (a lean version of STS) and use external tools for tasks I perform outside of core development, like version control - I removed all my Git and SVN plug-ins manually.
Linked folders work best because you narrow down the search. If you try to search the entire file system you are probably better off using your OS and its built-in utilities designed specifically for that. They are faster and support all sort of searches that you would otherwise not be able to execute from Eclipse.
I haven't tried this on 3.0.2 but I came across this question after trying to setup a new Eclipse and working out which plugin I had before that allowed me to do this.
Turns out you need RSE (Remote System Explorer) which gives you Remote Search and you can use a local connection to select a folder on your local machine.
It seems like all my projects (except one) disappeared from the view Project Explorer.
I'm using Eclipse Java EE IDE for Web Developers.
Version: Helios Service Release 2
Build id: 20110218-0911
Note: all the projects are present on the file system.
How to bring them back? Any ideas?
This happened to me. I'm still not sure how, but the reason was that my workspace meta data had become corrupted, probably due to Eclipse being improperly shutdown. The solution, as explained here, is to:
Note, steps 2 & 3 are optional if Eclipse isn't crashing, but just not showing any projects.
Close Eclipse.
cd /home/user/workspace/.metadata/.plugins
mv org.eclipse.core.resources org.eclipse.core.resources_bak
Start Eclipse
Do File->Import
General->Existing Projects into Workspace
Click the "Select root directory" field and browse to each subfolder in your workspace folder, and import.
For me, this was very tedious, since I had several dozen projects in my workspace, but it's the only solution I found short of restoring my entire workspace from a backup.
Edit: This answer is now quite old, and better solutions may now exist. Although I haven't had need to try it, I recommend attempting #antonagestam's solution first, as others have suggested it may be faster and more effective.
Edit: Since it's fairly simple, I'd recommend trying antonagestam's solution first. However, this problem recently re-occurred for me, and that solution did not work in my case. But neither did it interfere with this solution.
I had the same problem in Aptana, all of a sudden my projects were gone. Solved it by going to the drop-down menu in Project Explorer and going Top Level Elements -> Projects.
Go to
File --> Import --> General --> Existing Project into Workspace
Then,
In Root Directory Enter the workspace path where all your projects saved & click refresh as below
And Click Finish
I was having the same problem for Android projects in Eclipse. This link was very helpful in restoring the missing projects.
Go to 'File->Import->General->From Existing Project'.
Select the root folder to the Workspace.
Click on the 'Refresh' button.
Select the required projects and click 'Finish' button.
I had the same problem in Luna, Suddenly my projects were gone in start-up.
I solved this by select Deselect working set option in the drop-down menu in Project Explorer.
Note: I post this answer even this is not a right answer for this question.
Since I search for Luna and came here,while trying with discussed things I was find this solution. This may help others.
Click on Windows > Open Perspectives > java
, Press Ok. Project Explore will come back on screen..
My solution is
open view menu and select "Top Level Elements" and set "Projects"
If any of the previous methods don't work for you then delete your old workspace, create a new workspace and put it by default. You can do this by launching Eclipse twice - the second time it asks you for the workspace ;). Then re-import all your projects there and say "problem, goodbye".
Mona is correct - Make sure that you have the task list set to show ALL as the image shows. Click the arrow to the left of the project if you want to re-factor your filter. Reset your perspective if you do not see the task list.
Today 22-03-2016, I check again this question and using ECLIPSE MARS I solved with:
Having Eclipse opened, go on FILE -> RESTART
Go on same workspace and I have all project on "PROJECT EXPLORER"
Sometime also this operation, will solve (Clicking on Projects dor see all project!!)
So Other solution is:
if you use the "Task List" view of Eclipse, it will sometimes try to hide files or projects that it thinks are not associated with a given task (i.e. any file that was not opened while you had a certain task selected as the current task). If you want Eclipse to stop hiding files
in that case, you can just delete all tasks.
Or you may also restart your eclipse and by just closing the project and then opening it again (from the right mouse click context menu) the files will be restored.
If that doesnt get your projects back then check the "filters option" (Click on right corner of Project Explorer tab and open context menu. Select Filters option from menu) and make sure that your projects type isnt checked.
you should check the active Working Set - make sure it is off.
When this happened to me I had somehow set the Project Explorer to only display Working Sets. I had none, so nothing was displayed.
To fix it, I went to the Project Explorer View Menu (next to the Minimize and Maximize icons in the Project Explorer), Top Level Elements -> Projects.
Thanks to #antonagestam for pointing me in the right direction.
It seems it happens to us all. I was happily hacking away at javascript, nowhere near all the nasty hibernate java stuff, and boom, "cant find org.jboss.logging.BasicLoging".
I havent touched anything!.
After an hour or so of trying to make that appear, restarting servers, mysql, eclipse, adding jars that weren't needed before,I deployed the fix all solution, the off button.
Then zap, no project.
(I am still none the wiser as to why calling Configuration() should now require jboss-logging...jar, maybe I needed it all along for when bad things happen)
My input is
use git, keep as little of your stuff in the eclipse workspace area as possible. Then just import project from existing git repo when eclipse loses it's marbles.
I also lost my server config. it's there but eclipse insists there no server config stuff and bombs. So make another one, I've expressed my feelings about eclipse in my new server name, and copy your apache xml configs (workspace/Servers/I_Love_Eclipse) over from the original perfectly good directory.
Not sure how/why, but this happened to me once when I added a task to Mylyn. Seemed that mylyn was filtering my projects. When I deleted the task they all came back.
None of the answers provided here worked for me. My Enterprise Explorer was completely grey and I couldn't even import or reimport projects.
In my .metadata.log I saw this error:
assertion failed: working set with same name already registered
So I deleted these file:
.metadata.plugins\org.eclipse.ui.workbench\workingsets.xml
Now I can see all my projects. I didn't have to add them back again.
I found a solution that worked better for me. Under my home folder I found a workspace/.metadata folder. I copied this folder into my eclipse workspace, replacing the .metadata folder that had been there. When I started Eclipse everything was back to the way I had left it - all projects present, all open files were still open, etc. Just like nothing had happened! I'm using Neon.
As a preliminary (before reimporting everything), here is a solution to recover working sets in which project were (if any).
I had more than 100 projects and each was in one of 14 working sets.
If your top level elements changes (accidentaly or not if it is a bug) from "Working set" to "Projects", you only see projects that are NOT in a working set, and if, as I do, you don't have any projects outside a working set, you think all is lost because you cannot see anything (blank package explorer).
So the solution is now obvious: click on the top left small white triangle MENU, than select "Top level elements", than select "Working sets".
You also have the possibility to rearrange the working sets list items.
Hope it helps
Unfortunatly the working sets were empty after the recovery, but at least I
recovered their names.
Config: Eclipse Oxygen.2 Release (4.7.2) with Java 1.8 on Windows 10.
Got this issue on returning to an Eclipse project on a VM after leaving it untouched for maybe a couple of weeks.
I started to apply the accepted answer, but when I got to the step of renaming the folder and had exited Eclipse, I saw there was an instance of Eclipse still running. I realized Windows had for some reason started a second instance of Eclipse when I hit the taskbar button. The second instance had been unable to access the workspace while the first instance was using it.
Once I undid my folder rename, and closed and restarted the original instance of Eclipse, I was able to use File->Switch Workspace to get my normal workspace back.
Solution that Cerin provide, importing each time that this problem happens, could be boring.
So I've implemented a script that control if workspace setting exits: if not, restore it to default.
I have an eclipse shortcut icon on the top panel that execute:
/opt/eclipse/checkWorkspace && /opt/eclipse/eclipse
Script checkWorkspace is the seguent:
#!/bin/bash
ECLIPSE_CONFIG_PATH="/opt/eclipse/configuration"
ECLIPSE_CONFIG_FILE="config.ini"
ECLIPSE_CONFIG_SETTING="osgi.instance.area.default"
DEFAULT_WORKSPACE_PATH="#user.home/workspace"
ECLIPSE_LOG="/var/log/eclipse.log"
cd ${ECLIPSE_CONFIG_PATH}
function sedeasy {
sed -i "s/$(echo $1 | sed -e 's/\([[\/.*]\|\]\)/\\&/g')/$(echo $2 | sed -e 's/[\/&]/\\&/g')/g" $3
}
WORKSPACE_EXISTS=$(cat ${ECLIPSE_CONFIG_FILE} | grep ${ECLIPSE_CONFIG_SETTING})
# If workspace setting doesn't exists
if [ -z "$WORKSPACE_EXISTS" ]; then
echo "worskspace setting not exists, resetting to default." >> ${ECLIPSE_LOG}
newConf=${ECLIPSE_CONFIG_SETTING}"="${DEFAULT_WORKSPACE_PATH}
echo ${newConf} >> ${ECLIPSE_CONFIG_FILE}
else
# if setting exist but it is empty
vals=(${WORKSPACE_EXISTS//=/ })
length=$(echo ${#vals[#]})
if [ "${length}" -lt 2 ]; then
newConf=${ECLIPSE_CONFIG_SETTING}"="${DEFAULT_WORKSPACE_PATH}
confToReplace=$(echo ${vals[0]})
sedeasy ${confToReplace} ${newConf} ${ECLIPSE_CONFIG_FILE}
echo "worskspace exists but is empty, resetting to default." >> ${ECLIPSE_LOG}
else
echo "Worskspace already set:" "${vals[1]}"
fi
fi
Maybe could be semplified, but works.
I tried many solutions. I found mine in the drop down menu of the Entreprise Explorer:
- Deleting org.eclipse.core.resources has no effect.
- "Top Level Elements -> Projects" was already checked for me; swtiching with Documents has no effect.
- Selecting all extensions in the filter option of the drop down menu has no effect at first sight, maybe it solve part of the problem.
The solution come from "Unselecting documents" (third choice in the Entreprise Explorer drop down menu). I think that choice reset the filtering of documents displayed in the Explorer.
Hope it'll helps
JN Gerbaux
Tedious but it worked for me (Kepler):
Using the OS zip utility, zip everything below the project workspace folder to a zip file, to be placed in a separate directory (will use c:\tmp\workspace.zip as an example).
Unzip workspace.zip to the c:\tmp directory. Assume there's a project folder called Project1
a. Ensure all the files in Project1 have Full Control permissions for Everyone or at least 777 permissions.
Remove all the project folders in the Eclipse workspace.
Recreate each project one by one according to its original type (Java, Dynamic Web, etc.). (Will use Project1 as an example.) Do not add anything.
In Eclipse, do File -> Import -> File System. Then select c:\tmp\Project1 as a source
Select the workspace Project1 as a destination. Do not overwrite any file.
In Eclipse, refresh the project and test it. It should work.
Also had this Problem.
My Solution was to uncheck the Box PyDev: Closed Projects, even if those hidden Projects are PHP and NOT Python Projects. (Strange BUG in Eclipse/Aptana???)
Be aware that even "Closed Projects" (a Topic above Pydev closed projects) is also unchecked. So you have to uncheck both Settings.
this: eclipse shows only "open projects" in project explorer
All of my projects were closed and I had hid the closed projects in the settings.
So to open projects go to top right view menu, and uncheck Closed Projects option. Assuming it is checked already.
Do the following steps
File --> Import --> Existing Projects into Workspace
Select the root directory as ur old root folder
Finish.
Yahoo.. There is ur old projects again in ur project explorer
1) File > import > Existing projects into workspace
2) Choose your workspace folder
3) select all of your projects
4) finish
All are OK with above way !!!
File - Import - Existing projects into workspace - browse - choose your workspase - done!
If Eclipse was killed during a shutdown, the projects database may become corrupted (the project database is normally located in: workspace/.metadata/org.eclipse.core.resources/.root/1.tree).
A message like this will be logged in Workspace/.metadata/.log:
!MESSAGE Could not read metadata for '.../.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.core.resources/.root/.markers'.
The data is lost. You need to import your projects again (File->Import ->
General->Existing Projects into Workspace).
The list of projects that were in the workspace can still be seen in .metadata/org.eclipse.core.resources/.projects/.
Projects located outside the workspace will have a .location file with the path to the project.
I also had the same problem.
file>restart.
Projects and modules appeared after restarting the eclipse, but faced new error;
An internal error occurred during: "AppXray Indexing...". java.lang.NullPointerException.
So it's good to be on safe side, import the project again in a new workspace.
if you go to Quick Access and type in Projects you will get it your projects back.
I noticed that I had a project named RemoteSystemTempFiles which I never have created. After googling it seems to be plugin feature on eclipse, but didn't got any other idea of it.
Can any one please give me a better idea, of what could I have done and bit explanation on this folder? and also if its not harmful to my other projects!
If you want to remove the RemoteSystemsTempFiles, just go under Window -> Preferences -> General -> Startup and Shutdown and uncheck "RSE UI". Then you can remove the folder and eclipse won't recreate it.
You can delete it if you wish, it doesn't do any harm to other projects.
It is created by the remote systems explorer that comes with eclipse.
In Window->preferences type 'remote'. Click on remote systems view and uncheck the box that says 'reopen remote systems view to previous state'.
Eclipse already adds the .metadata folder - why does it add extra clutter?
If you're still seeing unwanted results in RemoteSystemsTempFiles when searching for a resource (e.g. CTRL+SHIFT+R), you can manually show the Eclipse resource in the Project Explorer and remove it...
Project Explorer view > Customize View... > Filters > Uncheck "RSE Internal Projects" > OK > find it in the Project Explorer tree > expand it > remove old folders.
You'll need to remove the Remote System Explorer End-User Runtime package.
Help > Installation Details > Installed Software and scroll down until you see it.
It has several sub-packages, all of which are removed altogether with their parent package.
I've been struggling with this folder for some time now, since NO solution I've tested so far worked..
Fortunately, today I found the solution that solves this issue:
from eclipse\plugins folder remove all the (org.eclipse.rse.*.jar) files (or backup them for your confort).
This are the ones responsable for the creation of this folder.
Eclipse works perfectly without them (I do not use any functionality from those packages).
Enjoy!
I would like to add that there might be situations in which you actually do not have the RSE UI plug-ins installed. However, the RemoteSystemTempFiles will still appear in your search results :-(
Example: For instance you have used an earlier version of Eclipse, including the RSE UI plug-ins. Later you have installed a newer version, probably to a different folder, but reusing the old workspace (via conversion). This time you have not installed the RSE UI plug-ins so your IDE has no option about this damn thing (which in fact is a very nice tool while working on Remote Systems).
However, despite the fact it doesn't have the plug-ins installed, Eclipse will still update/use that old/existent RemoteSystemTempFiles repository/container/whatever and thus it will always appear in your Search Results. Pretty annoying, I know!
The solution is quite simple:
In only 2 steps: install the plug-in then disable it.
select Help -> Install New Software, then choose the "http://download.eclipse.org/releases/[your-version-here]", then enter remote in the filter box.
search for the Remote System Explorer End-User Runtime & co. Probably the plug-ins could be found within the General Purpose Tools group, but this group may change from one edition/platform to other
install it/them then restart your IDE.
After it reopens select Window -> Preferences then select the General -> Startup and Shutdown and uncheck the RSE UI. Now it is disabled even in Search Results. Additionally you may select Window -> Preferences then Remote Systems -> File Cache and click Clear Cached Files.
That would do the trick - hopefully ;-)
I had a similar issue when using the Javascript perspective. By default on the left side it has a 'Script Explorer' instead of a 'Project Explorer'. It seems it was by default showing the files in the workspace instead of just the projects. I imagine it is the same with the PHP perspective.
I had a similar issue using PHP Explorer perspective. I always had the problem that Eclipse could not save project metadata. I selected the "filters" to uncheck RSE Temporary Project. Once it appeared in the tree view, I right click to delete it.
Then I can check again to keep same initial config.
Easiest way to get rid of these files is remove them physically....
go to ../../eclipse-workspace/RemoteSystemsTempFiles and remove from there..
In fact, I find it quite useful during development, especially if I'm working on a project that has configurations, templates and properties files that are located outside of my project and I have no intention to include them in the package.
if you open the .project of RemoteSystemsTempFiles you can link a couple of external folders that you might want to work on and not ship or version.(look at the link tag)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<projectDescription>
<name>RemoteSystemsTempFiles</name>
<comment></comment>
<projects>
</projects>
<buildSpec>
</buildSpec>
<natures>
<nature>org.eclipse.rse.ui.remoteSystemsTempNature</nature>
</natures>
<linkedResources>
<link>
<name>CONFIG</name>
<type>2</type>
<location>C:/CONFIG</location>
</link>
</linkedResources>
</projectDescription>
I am trying to set up my dev environment and I got SVN running with Eclipse on my mac (with Subclipse). However, when I click on a file I've changed and go to Compare With -> Latest From Repository, I noticed I was getting (what I think is) a sub-par diff tool.
So, I went to Preferences -> Team -> SVN -> Diff/Merge to configure an external diff tool (called "DiffMerge"). However, no matter what I put in the "External" field and the "Parameters" field, I cannot get the DiffMerge tool to work.
For example, I tried "/Applications/DiffMerge" in the External field (I put the executable directly in the Applications folder for now) and made the parameters: "${base}" "${yours}". However, when I return to my modified file and hit compare with -> Lates from repository, I still get the same built-in diff tool.
Any ideas or resources you could point me to would be greatly appreciated (I've been hunting around stackoverflow myself for answers but to no avail).
I started using Mac recently and I faced the same problem. As suggested by Chris I got it working for DeltaWalker.
Steps :
1. Install BeyondCVS plugin with svn. This will ensure that BeyondCompare is added under Eclipse -> Preferences -> External Tools.
Open Eclipse -> Preferences -> External Tools -> Beyond Compare.
In the "Path To Beyond Compare" manually enter the installation folder for Delta Walker which on my machine is "/Applications/DeltaWalker.app/Contents/MacOS/DeltaWalker"
I beleive DiffMerge is a .app is it not? In that case i think you would have to give the path to actual binary which should be something like: /Applications/DiffMerge.app/Contents/MacOS/DiffMerge. If you right click on the app in Finder an do "Show Contents" it shoudl allow you to browse it like the regular directory it is... Or you can navigate into it from the command line and find the bianary you need.
Just out of curiosity whats worng with Subclipse's built in tool? IMO its the best Diff/Merge on OSX - but maybe im missing something.
I am using the BeyondCVS plugin with SVN. Despite its name, it works both Subclipse and Subversive. And it will launch comparison apps other than BeyondCompare, (I've used WinMerge), so it may work with DiffMerge on the Mac.
I was able to get this to work after some experimentation. You need to trick Subclipse into finding the right file to open.
Open finder and navigate to DiffMerge.app
Right click > "Show Package Contents"
Navigate to Contents/MacOS/DiffMerge
Right click > "Make Alias"
Drag and Drop the "DiffMerge alias" file to your home folder
In Eclipse, select the alias file as the external diff program
Set the parameters to "-m -t1=Theirs -t2=Merged -t3=Mine -r=${merged} ${theirs} ${base} ${yours}"