Cannot Create Directory

"aldous bernardo" <no_mail@jetbrains.com> wrote in message
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A newb question:

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I've been trying to make a subdirectory in the project panel - I tried

right clicking and Alt+Insert, but there is no way to create a new
directory. I tried checking the help file but it says Alt+Insert, right
clicking or Edit>New>Directory.. but I can't seem to do it.

You are probably trying to create a directory where it can't be created,
e.g. inside jar file. If this is not the case, please provide some more
details.

Friendly,
Eugene.

This is normal behavior.

The directory you selected is a source package, therefore you select 'new package'. It will create a directory for the package.

Thanks Eugene!

I'm trying to create a subdirectory inside my Project directory. I want to create a subdirectory where I can place like XML or other resource files. Just a plain project :)

Does it mean that a package is also the same as a directory? I tried using add new package- But I found that classes store inside the package have a package declaration.

Several directories can map to the same package, but a directory can only have classes from one package.

There was quite a bit of discussion about this on the EAP forum, as this limitation was not there in IDEA 3.