Just wanted to know if it is possible in Eclipse to sort Maven dependencies by alphabetical order?
It's bothering me to have a list of 200 jars not ordered... :(
7 Answers
Finally it is possible with Eclipse Photon now.
Just tick the checkbox Sort library entries alphabetically in Package Explorer under Preferences → Java → Appearance
See also here under 'Sort library entries alphabetically in Package Explorer'.
Unfortunately theres a bug, at least for me, that the source folders are also reordered, see here.
It worked for me when I used the Java perspective instead of the Java EE perspective. On my computer, the dependencies were not sorted in the Java EE perspective, also not when I checked the checkbox in Java | Appearance. I had to choose the Java perspective instead. Then the checkbox did work and I could have sorted dependencies.
I had an issue where Sort library entries alphabetically in Package Explorer under Preferences → Java → Appearance was checked, but the dependencies were still unsorted.
Right clicking the library path and clicking Show in -> System Explorer fixed the issue for me.
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