Sunday, July 20, 2008

Open Command Prompt or Windows Explorer in Eclipse

One of the features I miss in Eclipse is an ability to open Windows Explorer and Command Prompt (like CMD Here) on the current file or folder.
So I decided to implement it myself and here it is.
I gave it a huge name, since I hope to add there some more plugins that I miss, but currently it contains only the above features.

Enjoy!

Update: Since this post was written back in 2008, the plugin had some updates. See tarlog-plugins tagged posts.

Recommended Reading

1. Eclipse Rich Client Platform (2nd Edition)
2. Swt/Jface in Action: GUI Design with Eclipse 3.0
3. EMF: Eclipse Modeling Framework (2nd Edition)
4. Effective Java


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21 comments:

  1. UnknownMarch 13, 2009 at 1:08 PM

    Are there any installation instructions for this plugin?

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  2. TarlogMarch 13, 2009 at 4:30 PM

    Put it in plugins folder and restart Eclipse.

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  3. AB KolanApril 2, 2009 at 10:52 AM

    Thanks for this.. Nice Work..

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  4. sandeepSeptember 2, 2009 at 9:45 AM

    works nice !

    One enhancement request - to be able to click on a java package and open an explorer/command prompt and not just on folder.

    ( I tried on eclipse 3.5)

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  5. TarlogSeptember 2, 2009 at 9:50 AM

    Hi sandeep,

    Thank you for your interest!

    I'm not sure what you mean by saying "click on a java package".
    You're able to click on java package from the Package Explorer and it will open explorer/command prompt.

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  6. sandeepSeptember 2, 2009 at 10:08 AM

    I meant the package explorer in Java Browsing Perspective

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  7. TarlogSeptember 2, 2009 at 10:19 AM

    Are you sure it doesn't work?
    Because it works for me and I'm using Eclipse 3.5...

    See http://picasaweb.google.com/tarlog/OtherUnlisted?authkey=Gv1sRgCOaujoLS5snxPA#5376765484545687778
    (cannot use img tag here)

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  8. sandeepSeptember 2, 2009 at 10:34 AM

    I do get the menu item, but clicking that does not show the command prompt of the explorer

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  9. TarlogSeptember 2, 2009 at 10:35 AM

    Which Windows version you use?
    I heard about problems with Vista...

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  10. sandeepSeptember 2, 2009 at 10:37 AM

    I am using windows xp

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  11. TarlogSeptember 2, 2009 at 10:41 AM

    Strange... do you see any errors in Eclipse log?

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  12. LennartSeptember 2, 2009 at 12:14 PM

    Nice plugin! Simple and works!

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  13. UnknownSeptember 25, 2009 at 2:09 PM

    Thanks for plugin!

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  14. HoppkeOctober 26, 2009 at 11:57 PM

    I was looking for that! Thanks :)

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  15. AndrewApril 30, 2010 at 8:37 PM

    Thanks, just what I was looking for!

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  16. ChrisNovember 17, 2010 at 2:34 PM

    Doesn't seem to work on Linux :(

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  17. TarlogNovember 17, 2010 at 2:37 PM

    @Chris: the windows/dos commands won't work on Linux. Isn't too surprising, right? :)

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  18. MatthewDecember 6, 2010 at 1:34 PM

    Dropped the jar into my plugins directory of Galileo on XP. Nothing showing up under Window->Preferences or when I right click a file.

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  19. TarlogDecember 6, 2010 at 1:58 PM

    I think last version of plugin is designed to work with Helios. Try upgrading to a newer version of Eclipse or download older version of plugin.

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  20. UnknownMarch 27, 2011 at 6:59 AM

    i am using eclipse 3.6, it worked like a charm.. really cook trick, thanks.
    i will recommend this blog to my friends

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  21. UnknownMarch 27, 2011 at 7:00 AM

    i m using eclipse 3.6 and it worked like a charm
    thanks for this cool trick..
    i will recommend this to my friends

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