White package icons in my Eclipse's package explorer

Issue

I am getting these strange white package icons in my testing project. From what I've seen @ http://jamie.ideasasylum.com/images/icons.pdf, they signal "empty packages", but I don't know why.

My src/ folder is set is includedin the build path, so I don't get what the problem might be:

Thanks

Solution

This is most likely because you have chosen hierarchical package views. The hierarchical package view will show empty package icons for packages without any classes.

Switching to flat package views will allow Eclipse to display only packages that have classes in them.

Answered By - Vineet Reynolds