Ada Project Explorer

The Ada Project Explorer provides an Ada-specific view of the project, including a contextual menu, without the additional information provided by the Navigator (for example) that might be extraneous in normal use.

Enabling the Ada Project Explorer

The Ada Project Explorer is a view, so to enable the this view, use the Window menu entry and select "Show View" -> "Other..." to bring up the dialog box shown below. Expand the "Ada" category and select "Project Explorer".

enabling the project explorer view

Press OK and the Explorer will open. You can move it to other positions within the Eclipse GUI as desired.

Viewing Project Source Directories and Files

The Ada Project Explorer shows the source directories, and source files within those directories, in tree format. Clicking on file names within these trees will open the corresponding files in the Ada-aware editor.

project explorer showing files

Browsing Unit Content

Additionally, the Ada Project Explorer includes browser functionality similar to that of the Outline View. In particular, if you expand a given file node you will see icons for the language-specific contents of the file. Clicking on one of these entities in the Project Explorer will take you to the source code for that entity, opening the file in an editor if not already open.

project explorer browsing

Contextual Menu

The Ada Project Explorer has a contextual menu offering specific commands for Ada development, as well as some general capabilities.

project explorer contextual menu