Development Environment

Current Directory Browser

To search for, view, open, and make changes to MATLAB related directories and files, use the MATLAB Current Directory browser. Equivalent functions are documented for each feature of the Current Directory browser.

To open the Current Directory browser, select Current Directory from the View menu in the MATLAB desktop, or type filebrowser at the Command Window prompt. You can also open it from the Launch Pad, under MATLAB. The Current Directory browser opens.

The main file operations you can perform using the Current Directory browser are:

• Viewing and Making Changes to Directories
• Creating, Renaming, Copying, and Removing Directories and Files
• Opening, Running, and Viewing the Content of Files
• Finding and Replacing Content Within Files

You can also set preferences - see Preferences for the Current Directory Browser.

File Operations

Viewing and Making Changes to Directories