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Show the target dir (or more specifically ${project.build.directory}) in the Projects view. Often it is required to check the generated output. This would avoid the need to switch between Projects view and File view. Note: This is also the behavior of Eclipse.
sorry, if there's ever need to see what's in target/ folder, then there's the Files view for it. The projects view is to contain just important information used for development daily.
This is a pity, as I found this quite inconvenient in the past resp. quite useful in Eclipse. Especially since the selections in Projects view and Files view are not 100% synchronized.
how often do you check the output directory?
If I want to check/ work on e.g. - the Javadoc - Maven filtered resources - Maven Assembly outputs - Generated Maven sites - Generated Maven artifacts - OSGi POM-first generated Manifest files - etc. then for each of those tasks there might be many iterations of "tweak, re-build, check".
Maybe there could be an option (global, project group, project) to show or hide ${project.build.directory} in the Projects view?