Faster search for files in Netbeans

Solution 1:

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

Solution 2:

The best way to search and open file in netbeans - Press CTRL+O and type file name you are looking for, it will search in current projects and list matching files

Solution 3:

why not right click on the project and click 'find'?

Solution 4:

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

Solution 5:

How to quickly find a file/files in netbeans. Maybe for someone it will be helpful.

1. In Netbeans projects files view select some directory where you want to look for the file.
2. Click ctrl+f to show the finder dialog
3. Pass your file name into 'file name patterns' input
4. In options set only 'Regular expression'
5. The 'Containing text' input has to be empty