Faster search for files in Netbeans

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Rahul picture Rahul · Oct 29, 2009 · Viewed 59.9k times · Source

Is there an existing plugin or tweak that speeds up the "Go To File" search in Netbeans ? Compared to Eclipse, Netbeans search is way too slow specially if one has multiple large size projects.

I know I can use CTRL+O for "Go To Type" but often I need to search for other file types like XMLs, property files etc. across thousands of files in multiple projects.

I installed the Quick Search plugin but even that doesn't search for non Java file types.

Answer

Truong Chuong Duong picture Truong Chuong Duong · Jul 27, 2011

You can focus on the Project Tree and simply type the file name which you want to looking for. Press Up/Down to select if more than one file match your search.

Or use keyboard shortcut to open the search file form:

  • Windows/Linux:

Alt+Shift+O

  • Mac OS:

Control+Shift+O

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