# Open Projects Dialog Box

The Open Projects dialog box enables you to view all available projects in the cloned (or checked-out in case of Subversion) sources as a tree with the path to the project on a disk and select which projects to open in the Projects window of the IDE.

Element | Description
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Nodes | Displays the list of project names available in the cloned (or checked-out for Subversion) repository.
Paths | Displays a local path to the project.
Open Required | If you select a project that depends on other projects, the other projects will be opened as well.

You can click the column headings above the listed projects and paths to sort the files and paths by name.

You can right-click each project name in the Nodes column to open a context menu listing commands that you can run on that project.

Command | Description
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Tools | Opens a sub-menu with a command.
Add to Palette | Adds a new component to the Palette.
Show only rows where | Filters revisions in accordance with the filter specified (Path ==, Path <>, Path >, Path <, Path >=, Path <=, No Filter).

Use the buttons to perform the following tasks.

Element | Description
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Change visible columns | Displays the Change Visible Columns dialog box in which you can enable or disable the display of the Paths column in the table.
Open | Opens the selected projects in the Projects window of the IDE.
Cancel | Cancels the Open Projects dialog box.

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