Maven tab
Use this tab to specify settings for Maven projects with WAR artifacts.
![the Maven tab the Maven tab](https://resources.jetbrains.com/help/img/idea/2024.2/maven_tab.png)
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Unpack nested archives | Select this option if you want IntelliJ IDEA to unpack nested JAR files. For example, you have a multi-module Maven project where a module depends on the other one and has an EAR or WAR artifact. In this case, when you import or deploy such module, IntelliJ IDEA creates a JAR file with module dependencies. If you want a dependency to such module be deployed as a folder instead of a JAR file, select this option. |
Show content of elements | Select this option if you want the contents of certain elements to be displayed in the layout tree. Click
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![JAR files with dependencies JAR files with dependencies](https://resources.jetbrains.com/help/img/idea/2024.2/ear_exploded_jar.png)
![Unpacked into directories Unpacked into directories](https://resources.jetbrains.com/help/img/idea/2024.2/ear_exploded_directory.png)