[news.eclipse.tools.jdt] Re: .jar in lib folder not visible, no filter s

["Walter Harley" <wharley@xxxxxxx>]

"Paul A. Rubin" <rubin@xxxxxxx> wrote in message 
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> Lars Vogel wrote:
>> Hi Paul,
>>
>> not sure what you mean. If I copy on the file system for example a file, 
>> e.g. an icon, and press F5 on the folder the new file becomes visible.
>>
>> Are you saying .jars behave differently?
>
> No, jars behave the same in that regard.  Copying a jar into a project 
> folder and hitting F5 should make the jar visible in the project explorer.


You're describing the *project* explorer, but earlier Lars was talking about 
the *package* explorer.  These are not the same thing.

Is the lib folder on the build path?  If not, then its contents won't show 
in the package explorer, I think.