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Adding Folders to Your Home Directory

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Open Beta Release: The cloud IDE is in open beta. Any use of Anypoint Code Builder in its beta state is subject to the applicable beta services terms and conditions, available from the IDE.

When you create a project, Anypoint Code Builder stores it in your home directory by default. You can create other folders for your projects in the IDE.

Don’t create the project within another project directory.

Create Project Folders in the Cloud IDE

To a folder for storing your Mule projects under your home directory:

  1. Open the Command Palette.

    Show me how

    • Use the keyboard shortcuts:

      • Mac: Cmd+Shift+p

      • Windows: Ctrl+Shift+p

    • In the desktop IDE, select View > Command Palette.

    • In the cloud IDE, click the (menu) icon, and select View > Command Palette.

  2. Select the following command:

    File: Open Folder...
    Finding the command in the Command Palette

  3. Select your Anypoint Code Builder home directory:

    Adding a home directory to the Open Folder field

    If prompted, trust the authors of the files in the directory:

    Trusting authors of the files in the folder

  4. After Anypoint Code Builder loads your home directory, right-click your Explorer view, and select New Folder.

    Selecting New Folder from the Explorer

  5. Name your new directory and press Enter.

  6. Close your home directory by clicking the (menu) icon and selecting File > Close Folder.

    Closing the folder from the File menu

Create a Project Folder in the Desktop IDE

To create a local folder for your projects from the desktop IDE:

  1. Open the Command Palette.

    Show me how

    • Use the keyboard shortcuts:

      • Mac: Cmd+Shift+p

      • Windows: Ctrl+Shift+p

    • In the desktop IDE, select View > Command Palette.

    • In the cloud IDE, click the (menu) icon, and select View > Command Palette.

  2. Select the following command:

     File: Open Folder...
    Opening a folder from the Command Palette

  3. Use your local directory to create a new folder.

Create a Project Folder from the Desktop or Cloud IDE

Use the terminal in the IDE to create folders.

  1. Ensure that no projects are open.

  2. From your IDE, open the Terminal window in the console:

    • In the desktop IDE, select View > Terminal.

    • In the cloud IDE, click the (menu) icon, and select Terminal > New Terminal.

    • For either IDE: Press Ctrl and then press the backtick key (`).

  3. Provide this command to create a folder:

    mkdir <name-of-your-folder>

    Replace <name-of-your-folder> with a name of your choice for the directory.