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I am more familiar in Eclipse and need the IntelliJ equivalent. In Eclipse, I could open a java class, right click, show file in package explorer and it would highlight the file on the left. What is the IntelliJ equivalent.

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    Not sure what you're looking for, but does ALT-F1 (or Navigate/Select In... in case it's not the same as on the Mac) do what you need? Commented May 17, 2013 at 16:48
  • No, that opens different views. Let's say I have a file open, I need to highlight/select that file on the 'left' view. E.g. I have expanded/exploded view on the left but can't find the file that I have open in the explorer. Commented May 17, 2013 at 16:53

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You can highlight a file you have open in the editor in a number of views using the Select In...menu that can be opened using ALT-F1 when the editor window has the cursor.

The most usual ones (Project/Packages) are found under the menu opened by ALT-F1 and then right arrow.

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If using a Mac keyboard, you might have to use alt/option + fn + f1.
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You can also double click the circle/cross button ontop of the Project view

it will show you the current active file in the project structure

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this is the best way!
You can also click the cog icon and select "Always Selected Opened Files" if you prefer it this way.
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You can turn on Autoscroll from source in Project Tool Window so that the file/class to the left is scrolled to as soon as you open a file for edit.

If this option is on, IntelliJ IDEA automatically navigates from a file in the editor to the corresponding node (file, class, field, method, etc.) in the Project tool window. Note that selecting this option makes the Scroll to Source button unavailable.

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although the other answer is correct given the question, this is what actually everyone is looking for. +1
This should be the actual answer.
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It is called "select in project view".

You'd better edit your keymap ! (alt+F1 right arrow is not very efficient...)

file > settings > keymap > select in project view : alt+E for example

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You can press Alt-Home, it goes to the navigation bar.

Go to or select the package by pressing left arrow.

Press F4 now to see it in the project view.

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