Eclipse: Making Eclipse's "search in project" less unhelpful?

Question

Eclipse's "find in project" took is, as far as I can tell, blindingly stupid.

Let me illustrate. This is what I get when I run a "find in project":

And when I click to see what's in that "closed" skinning folder I get...

... and so on.

So how can I make this more helpful? Am I doing something wrong?

Ideally, I'd like to see something along the lines of, say, ack, the tool I normally use:

Ok, yes, sorry… It is a bit ranty… I've edited it to make the question clearer, though. Hopefully it's a bit better now. — David Wolever, Mar 13 '10 at 00:04
Thank you for verbalizing a pain point that I've also been experiencing. — David J., Aug 08 '11 at 23:25

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 13 '10 at 00:01

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Clicking the "Expand All" icon (the tiled squares with + on the front one) can help, but I don't think you can hide the top level items.

answered Mar 13 '10 at 00:01

wsorenson

Ah, I completely missed that button. Good to know. Thanks! – David Wolever Mar 13 '10 at 00:05

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 13 '10 at 00:16

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How about using the little triangle menu in the search results, and selecting "View as List"?

answered Mar 13 '10 at 00:16

JW.

Awesome! Now it shows me all the files… But not the matching lines. Is there any way to get it to show those, too? – David Wolever Mar 13 '10 at 00:18
Yeah, that's sort of annoying that you can't see the lines in that mode. – JW. Mar 13 '10 at 00:23

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