Project Explorer

Project Explorer view is where you can explore and organize the contents of your projects. Screen (.screen) and storyboard (.story) files have distinctive icons in this view. Double-click the file to open it using the Screen Editor or Storyboard Editor.

Drag & Drop screen and image files from Project Explorer directly into Screen Editor or Storyboard Editor. Dropping screen files into Screen Editor will automatically include them as components. Drag & drop can also be used to quickly create screen links. Before using drag & drop make sure to go to Project Explorer view and uncheck the Link with Editor option (Link with Editor).

Copy & Paste screen and image files from Project Explorer into Screen Editor to include them as components or images. Also screens can be added this way to Storyboard Editor.

Project Explorer view lets you rename and move files around. Make use of this feature and don’t be afraid to reorganize your projects – all cross-file links will be automatically updated.

Here you can also configure project references that are useful when working with components. Right-click on a project and then select Properties > Project References.

You can control how Project Explorer responds to single and double clicks. By default files are opened on double click. You can change this by going to Window > Preferences > General where you’ll find the Open mode preference.

Projects can be organized in Working Sets. Working Sets let you see only a subset of your projects and they are helpful when you work with many projects. You can create different Working Sets and then select which Working Set to display. Use drop-down menu in view’s toolbar to select and configure Working Sets.


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