Faster search for files in Netbeans

Question

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 la

Answer 1

You can install the recent file list plugin

This plugin is not as powerful as the intellij but to simulate the same behavior (open the recent files with ctrl+E):

After install the plugin assign the Ctrl+E shortcut to the "Recent Files" action: Tools->Options->Keymap->Search "Recent Files" and assign Ctrl+E shortcut

Answer 2

Press Ctrl + Shift + H.

On the screen appear option scope. Click on this text-box and choose the project you want to find needed text snippets, or you can find all of the projects. I am using Netbeans 8.1 Best regard !

Answer 3

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

Answer 4

I can only recommend using the Open File Fast plugin http://plugins.netbeans.org/plugin/16495/open-file-fast