What happened to the package explorer in Eclipse?

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Relequestual picture Relequestual · Sep 30, 2009 · Viewed 40.6k times · Source

I have recently been setting up SVN in Eclipse using the Subversive plugin (I am still a bit lost, but that's another issue).

I have been using this guide (http://soledadpenades.com/2008/12/10/add-svn-support-to-your-eclipse-installation/) and finally got it working! The only problem now is, I can't seem to find the Package Explorer, which is the only explorer I could ever seem to get working how I wanted it to (grouping projects into working sets).

Normally, you get it from going to Window → Show View → Other, and then select it from the list. The only thing is, it's not IN the list of views... leaving me rather confused.

Just to be clear, I was using the package explorer before with no problems. I am running the latest version of everything as I did the auto update.

Any suggestions as to what is wrong here?

Answer

Rich Seller picture Rich Seller · Sep 30, 2009

I'm guessing you've made it a fast view or minimised it to it. You could try holding down Ctrl + F7 to see a list of all views, then up/down arrow to the View. If Package Explorer is in the list it has been minimised or something.

If you select it and still can't see it, try Window → Reset Perspective... to restore all views to their defaults.

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