Putting the currently selected files directory path in the title bar is very useful.  We have numerous source paths in
our project which makes it hard to tell what you are working on in NetBeans.  This simple feature makes it much easier
to tell where the file is when editing.  The old JBuilder 2006 IDE had this feature.  Simple easy to implement and very
useful.  

The full path is available in tooltip over titlebar in the editor. What I really miss is the way to divide opened editors to particular projects, but have no idea how it could be organized ...

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I fully agree to my predecessors. Netbeans is great! I used Eclipse PDT 2 for months and was so annoyed by myriads of bugs and missing important features. Yet this one silly thing is missing in Netbeans and I think it would increase usability enormously at least for some of us.

I very much need this improvement. It would save me confusions and a lot of time especially when I am working with a lot of files which are same name (different folder names though)

Thanks for giving this bug a much higher priority. Thanks for your great work!!

I also would like to see this enhancement

Well, my point of view is for people like me, who are using Paymo (www.paymo.biz) or other title-reading software like rescue time.

The point is further billing: currently I see in the list of apps & time spent there, only the title of the project and I cannot distinguish between the individual tasks.

If there would be an title of currently open file, that would made our lifes easier.

I would love to have this enhancement.

Some of my projects have the same filenames but in different folders. I often cannot tell which file I'm viewing/editing.

Having to mouseover the tab each time just to find out the filename makes us less productive.

Having to keep a properties panel open just to see the full path takes up precious screen property, especially when working on a laptop.

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It can be easily implemented the following way. (It works for me, but i am not sure if it works in all cases. I am not a netbeans platform guru.) 

I will provide a module in a few days, so that you do not have to wait for the next release...

package org.foo;

import java.beans.PropertyChangeEvent;
import java.beans.PropertyChangeListener;
import org.openide.filesystems.FileUtil;
import org.openide.loaders.DataObject;
import org.openide.modules.ModuleInstall;
import org.openide.windows.TopComponent;
import org.openide.windows.WindowManager;

/**
 * Shows the path of the current {@link DataObject} in the title of the main
 * window.
 *
 * @author markiewb
 */
public class Installer extends ModuleInstall {

    private static final long serialVersionUID = -2422104143131463778L;

    @Override
    public void validate() throws IllegalStateException {
        TopComponent.getRegistry().addPropertyChangeListener(new PropertyChangeListener() {

            @Override
            public void propertyChange(PropertyChangeEvent evt) {
                TopComponent activeTC = TopComponent.getRegistry().getActivated();
                if (null == activeTC) {
                    return;
                }
                DataObject lookup = activeTC.getLookup().lookup(DataObject.class);

                String title;
                if (null != lookup) {
                    // if it is a file then get the absolute path
                    title = FileUtil.toFile(lookup.getPrimaryFile()).getAbsolutePath();
                } else {
                    //else get the name
                    String result = activeTC.getDisplayName();
                    title = (result != null ? result : activeTC.getDisplayName());
                }
                WindowManager.getDefault().getMainWindow().setTitle(title);
            }
        });
    }
}

(In reply to comment #12)
> I will provide a module in a few days, so that you do not have to wait for the
> next release...

See http://code.google.com/p/show-path-in-title-netbeans-module/

Confirming that markiewb's plugin works form me on 6.9.1

I've also verified that this works with .php, .css, .js, .yml, .ini files on 7.1

I cannot tell you how excited I am for this plugin...previously, the lack of an all-time visual indicator of full file path has been a HUUUGE pain in the behind for me.  This limitation alone has prevented me from adopting NetBeans over both Eclipse and JetBrains' new PHPStorm. Try opening 75 "index.php" files and making sure you don't inadvertently edit the wrong one. This plugin helps immensely.

The plug(In reply to comment #13)
> (In reply to comment #12)
> > I will provide a module in a few days, so that you do not have to wait for the
> > next release...
> 
> See http://code.google.com/p/show-path-in-title-netbeans-module/

The plugin is noew also available at "NetBeans Plugin Center" - http://plugins.netbeans.org/plugin/42000 AND available via "NetBeans Update Center" within your IDE.

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@markiewb the plugin works well. Thank you very much for your work!
But of course it would be nice if this functionality will be included into Netbeans Core.

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Well,  you can use Long Path Tool for such issues.

In Netbeans 8.0 you can find the option 'Show full file path' in Tools -> Options -> Appearance -> Document Tabs

If you check this option, The full path of the activated tab is shown between tab panel and editor.

Resolve as wontfix because there is a 3rd party plugin for that.

http://plugins.netbeans.org/plugin/42000