open files fast in netbeans

To open any file within seconds in your large project use the following netbeans plugin. Although the plugin page list the netbeans version till 6.9 it is working also in netbeans 8.0

http://plugins.netbeans.org/plugin/16495/open-file-fast

To install follow these instructions :

1. Click the download button and save the plugin file
2. Go to Tools -> Plugins -> Downloaded and click add plugin to browse your package downloaded.
3. Install and restart netbeans
4. Create a custom shortcut for the file using Tools -> Options -> Keymap

To open a file residing deep inside a directory use the following method :

If you have a file say user/category/index.php just type u/c/index.php in the open file fast textbox it will show the matching file.