And, if not, probably best to create a symlink from there to where you want to work with your projects:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/498578/circular-symbolic-link-in-var-www Gj On Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 5:53 PM Geertjan Wielenga <geert...@apache.org> wrote: > When you go to the Favorites window in NetBeans (under the Window menu), > are you able to add the /var/www folder there into the Favorites window? > > If not, possibly the folder is a symlink of some kind and not actually a > folder. > > Gj > > On Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 5:47 PM Charles Brockman <c...@cbpwd.com> wrote: > >> On 7/16/19 12:43 AM, Geertjan Wielenga wrote: >> > Also, NetBeans may not be showing the directories because they're >> > hidden, so try this: >> >> > 1. Go to the Options window, under the Tools menu. >> > 2. Click Miscellaneous. >> > 3. In the Files tab, delete the content of 'Ignored Files Patterns' and >> > also uncheck 'Ignore all .dotted files in home folder'. >> > 4. Click OK. >> >> I made the changes you suggested but the situation has not changed. The >> /var/ directory is shown in the Select Site Root dialog but the >> /var/www/ subdirectory is not shown. >> >> If I manually enter the path to the Website files into the Site Root >> field, the error message shown is "Site Root is not a valid path." What >> triggers that error message in the Linux version of NetBeans? >> >> -- >> Charles Brockman >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@netbeans.apache.org >> >> For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists >> >>