# Showing an element in the Package Explorer view

You can reveal an element's location in the Package Explorer view

- 1. Select a Java element or activate a Java editor.
  2. From the menu bar, select Navigate > Show In > Package Explorer. If the Package Explorer is not already open, then it opens in the current perspective. The workbench navigates to the selected element (or the edited compilation unit).
- From the Java editor's pop-up menu, select Show in Package Explorer. The currently edited compilation unit will be revealed.

Note: The element might not be revealed if Package Explorer filters are active or the Window > Preferences > Java > Appearance > Show Members in Package Explorer preference is cleared.

Java views

Setting execution arguments
Renaming a compilation unit
Opening a type in the Package Explorer
Organizing existing import statements

Java Base preference page
Package Explorer