You can navigate archives in the Archives Browser either by opening them from the Navigator or by using the integration with the Eclipse File System. For the EFS (Eclipse File System) integration you must right click the archive in the Navigator and choose Expand Zip Archive. All the standard Eclipse Navigator actions are available on the mounted archive. If you decide to close the archive you can use the Collapse ZIP Archive action located in the contextual menu for the expanded archive. Any file opened from the archive expanded in the EFS will be closed when the archive in unmounted.
If you open an archive as an Eclipse editor, the archive will be unmounted when the editor is closed.
Browsing an Archive
The following operations are available on the Archive Browser toolbar:
New folder... - Creates a folder as child of the selected folder in the
browsed archive.
New
file... - Creates a file as child of the selected folder in the browsed
archive.
Add
files... - Adds existing files as children of the selected folder in the
browsed archive.You can also add files in the archive by dragging them from the file browser or Project view and dropping them in the Archive Browser view.
Delete - Deletes the selected
resource in the browsed archive.
Archive Options... -
Opens the Archive preferences
page.The following additional operations are available from the Archive Browser contextual menu:
Open - Opens a
resource from the archive in the editor.
New folder... - Creates a folder as child of the selected folder in the
browsed archive.
New
file... - Creates a file as child of the selected folder in the browsed
archive.
Find/Replace in
Files - Allows you to search for and replace specific pieces of text inside
the archive.
Refresh - Refreshes the
selected resource.