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navigator view not tracking the selected file [message #833064]

Fri, 30 March 2012 19:09

Eclipse User

If I select a file using Ctrl-Shift-R, the file opens, but in the navigator view the correct file is not navigated. In a different install of same eclipse version, the navigator view highlights the file under the folder in the hiearchial tree, so that I will know the folder where the file is in, and it is easier to go to another file in the same folder or a parent folder. Basically eclipse automatically expands the tree where the selected file is in.

Now I have to manually open each subfolder and select a file, click to see it displayed. Any inputs appreciated related to fixing this

Re: navigator view not tracking the selected file [message #835146 is a reply to message #833064]

Mon, 02 April 2012 17:18

Eclipse User

Sounds like you have Link with Editor selected in one install and not in the other. Linked with Editor is a double arrow in the toolbar of the Package Explorer. It always selects the active editor file with its entry in the Package Explorer. The double arrow toggles the action.

Re: navigator view not tracking the selected file [message #835792 is a reply to message #835146]

Tue, 03 April 2012 13:19

Eclipse User

Thank you David. it works.

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