What happened to the package explorer in Eclipse?

Question

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://s

Answer 1

At the top right corner, there is a button called Open Perspective. Click on it, and then Java Default. Everything will come back to normal.

Answer 2

For me I needed to do two things:

• Reinstall the "Eclipse Java development tools" via Help → Install Software → Programming Languages
• Delete and recreate the .metadata Eclipse Workspace settings.

Honestly, deleting the .metadata directory is probably sufficient - try that first.

Answer 3

Are you sure you are in the Java perspective?

As views are related to perspectives this could be the problem. The current perspective can be found in the upper right corner.

Answer 4

I think you were actually still in the Debug perspective, since that was what did it for me. As someone mentioned above, I had to go to the top right and hit "Java perspective" to get back to my normal views.

Answer 5

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.