Want to create an open file with filter in eclipse3.4

Question

I am using eclipse 3.4.I often keep searching for files in my project.I wanted to create a file search with filter.Like i should be able to configure the filter in preferences.later when i press ctrl+shift+ F (Assuming this is what i give the shortcut) it should display only those files. Why i came up with this is bcos i might want to avoid java files while searching.So life becomes little easier.

Answer 1

You can open the "Search" dialog and select the "File Search" tab. In File name patterns, you can fill this field by "choose" button without *.java, such as:

*.ant, *.class, *.cmof, *.confluence, *.css, *.dtd, *.ecore, *.ecore2xml, *.eimperativeocl, *.emof, *.ent, *.exsd, *.genmodel, *.gmfgen, *.gmfgraph, *.gmfmap, *.gmftool, *.htm, *.html, *.htpl, *.jardesc, *.jpage, *.log, *.macrodef, *.mediawiki, *.mod, *.oclecore, *.ocluml, *.oclxmi, *.pom, *.prefs, *.product, *.properties, *.shtm, *.shtml, *.target, *.textile, *.tracwiki, *.twiki, *.txt, *.uml, *.uml2, *.umlact, *.umlactivity_diagram, *.umlclass, *.umlclass_diagram, *.umlcomp, *.umlcomponent_diagram, *.umlcompositestructures_diagram, *.umlcsd, *.umldepl, *.umldeployment_diagram, *.umlprofile, *.umlprofile_diagram, *.umlseq, *.umlsequence_diagram, *.umlstatemachine_diagram, *.umlstm, *.umlusc, *.umlusecase_diagram, *.wml, *.wsdl, *.xhtml, *.xmi, *.xml, *.xpt, *.xsd, *.xsl, *.xslt

Answer 2

I use the open resource dialog, it's bound to Ctrl + Shift + R by default. It doesn't filter resources by type, but you can search by a sort of regular expression (so you can search for *test*.xml). It's really fast as well, powered by a lucene search index.