NetBeans IDE plugin which adds menu action to open the OS'es file explorer.
Adds a new menu item, "Explore Location in OS", to the context menu (aka right-click menu) in the following explorer views in the IDE:
- in the Projects Explorer: All folder-type nodes which represent a real folder on the disk has the menu item.
- in the File Explorer: All folder-types nodes has the menu item.
Right-click on a source code folder:
Right-click on a Project:
The plugin is available from the Official NetBeans Plugin update center under the name of "Explore Location in OS".
From within the NetBeans IDE: Go to Tools --> Plugins --> Available Plugins and you will find the plugin in the list.
The action simply uses Desktop.open() and should therefore work equally well on any platform supported by AWT/Swing.
The plugin is somewhat similar to some previous plugins by various authors, now no longer maintained, most notably the Explore-from-here plugin.
However, the plugin presented here is a lot simpler than its predecessors and therefore easier to maintain.