Oracle SQL Developer - How to add folders to frequently used locations in Open Folder interface

Question

How do you add folders on the left side of the Open Folder interface? In one of my previous versions of the installation I had a couple different folders I frequently used in that part of the interface. Now I can't figure out how I got them there.

Using the standard Windows Folder icon to open a file (or File -> Open, or Ctrl-O). The window that pops up has on the left side "Home", "Desktop", and "Documents" as shortcuts to click on. There's space for more shortcuts and in a previous installation I actually had two more shortcuts to locations I used frequently. How do you add folders to that shortcut list?

Solution 1

Turns out that if you open a certain folder often enough that it will add a shortcut to that location above the "Home", "Desktop", and "Documents" icons.

I still don't know if there's an option somewhere to manually add frequently opened locations to the File Open (Ctrl-O) dialogue window or what if you wanted to edit which shortcuts you have available there in a case where maybe you have multiple folders you open files from often. Sounds like a quality of life improvement opportunity for the developers of the software.

Solution 2

If your version is 3.2.20.09 then you can set it up at Tools > Preferences > Database > Worksheet > Select default path to look for scripts

Comments

[Menachem]

I have the opposite question: I want to remove a directory from the list...

[JustAGuy]

Using the standard Windows Folder icon to open a file. The window that pops up has on the left side "Home", "Desktop", and "Documents" as shortcuts to click on. There's space for more shortcuts and in a previous installation I actually had two more shortcuts to locations I used frequently. How do you add folders to that shortcut list?

[Ren]

I see. This is so called PlacesBar, on file dialog. Unfortunately, Java applications like SQLDeveloper use their own definition for places, so general rules for PlacesBar as Windows understand it doesn't apply here. I don't even know, if Java version is somehow easily editable but the question is related more to Java, than SQLdeveloper itself. Try to google for something like java placesbar, but brief try didn't reveal anything relevant.

[JustAGuy]

Thanks for trying to help, I do appreciate it. The question is not about Java, it's about the design and use of the Oracle SQL Developer application itself. When I have a problem with a feature or the User Interface of MS Excel I don't go to a C++ forum (or whatever language/tool MS Excel is created from) for an answer. Maybe I posted this question in the wrong place?

[Ren]

I understand but I am not aware that SQL Developer supports editing placesbar, thus you're actually hacking the app, in which case you shouldn't be surprised there's no ready-to-serve answer. Anyway, try to ask in Oracle SQL Developer community, I'm pretty sure someone asked that question before. community.oracle.com/community/database/developer-tools/…

[beipawel]

Any ideas how it works almost 2 years later? I cant figure it out either

[beipawel]

I found (this)[winfaq.de/faq_html/Content/tip1000/onlinefaq.php?h=ti‌​p1415.htm], but that's really ugly.

[DavidPostill]

Please read the question again carefully. Your answer does not answer the original question. OP wants to add folders not remove them.

[Matthew]

Brilliant. Still works in Version 19.2.0.206.

[Ramhound]

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