Yet another plugin I have made available for NetBeans IDE 8.1 is "One Click Open Sesame":

http://plugins.netbeans.org/plugin/53723/one-click-open-sesame

The source code is available here and you are welcome to fork it:

https://github.com/GeertjanWielenga/OneClickOpenSesame

Simplest of all is to install the mysterious 'ocos' (the initial letters of 'One Click Open Sesame') directly from the Plugin Manager, under the Tools menu, in NetBeans IDE 8.1. The verification community has approved the plugin, which is why it is in the Plugin Manager:

Indeed, the display name and description could be a lot better, will work on that for the next release of the plugin.

Once installed, open a file by selecting it. No double-clicking of files should be needed. If you find that you can't close a file that you've opened, try closing it again after selecting a folder instead of a file in the explorer window. Maybe there could be some glitches also in other scenarios, though basically it works as described.

