How to prevent Eclipse from showing the opened file in package explorer

Question

somehow I've ended up in a situation such that when I navigate through source files with Eclipse, the Eclipse always selects (and expands) the opened file with package explorer. With this I end up

losing my location on Package Explorer
Having my Package explorer expanded and pretty confusing.

With brief googling/exploring on the preferences I couldn't find this one..

Eclipse version is 3.4 if that happens to matter.

Thanks in advance, Touko

score 95 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 27 '15 at 10:39

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Turn off the "Link with Editor" option in the Package Explorer toolbar.

Package Explorer (the left/right arrow icon, turned on here)

edited Jul 27 '15 at 10:39

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answered Apr 28 '09 at 12:34

OtherDevOpsGene

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Thanks, didn't happen to find that one =) – Touko Apr 28 '09 at 12:38
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man, I was looking just for the opposite, thank you very much – mihail Jan 31 '14 at 13:42

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 28 '09 at 12:29

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Select a source file, right click on it, choose "Open with" and then "Java Editor". The Java Editor should be the default after that for all java files.

answered Apr 28 '09 at 12:29

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It's 10 years old answer, but can you please adjust your answer? :) – Pasupathi Rajamanickam Jun 27 '19 at 15:54

How to prevent Eclipse from showing the opened file in package explorer

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