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Add "Properties" to the main File menu. "Properties" is only available in the context menu in Projects, Files and Favorites, but this does not help if the file is ad-hoc and not part of a project.
There's menu Window - IDE Tools - Properties which opens a new window that shows the properties of currently selected node(s).