How do I refresh Netbeans workspace?

Question

In Eclipse, there is something called refresh workspace or F5 that refreshes the files, to make sure to pick-up any files that are changed outside eclipse.

How do i do t

Answer 1

Within NetBeans:

select "Source" > "Scan for External Changes" 

this will force the IDE to look for changes and "Refresh" the file structure.

I develop PHP within NetBeans and am frequently creating new files outside of the IDE. This does the trick every time and works quickly.

Answer 2

Never Mind, found ScanOnDemand plugin and also there is source-->Scan for External Changes menu.

Answer 3

For Netbeans-IDE 7.2 and above

Go To Tools->Options->Miscellaneous->Files and uncheck Enable-auto-scanning of source. Then it will give an option like Refresh Folder.

You can refresh the folder or whole workspace.

Answer 4

Also, if you're using subversion, if you use an external subversion client you can run "update" in the subversion menu to update the diff highlighting.