[txmt-dev] Re: Main Window UI Concept

[Scott Richardson]

Heh. Not sure how i missed that page. looks good. Thanks

-s

On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 1:18 PM, Timothy Bates <timothy.c.bates at gmail.com>wrote:

> well spotted.
> I mocked up an idea here...
> https://github.com/textmate/textmate/wiki/Go-to-file-Window-%28⌘-T%29
>
> On 20 Sep 2012, at 15:45, Elia Schito <elia at schito.me> wrote:
>
> > I think adding new datasources for the file browser to meet different
> needs is a good way to go. This is even suggested here (#4) (for example I
> would like to see a locked project window as in TM1)
> >
> > Elia
> >
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> >
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 4:34 PM, Timothy Bates <
> timothy.c.bates at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 20 Sep 2012, at 5:30 AM, Scott Richardson <
> scott.richardson at visionsystemsinc.com> wrote:
> > > I like the new UI concept, however, I would like the features of the
> Go To File pallet to be more easily exposed.
> > > For instance, I think a little search bar at the bottom of the side
> bar that searched for a file in the project to open would be very useful
> (like XCode does).
> >
> > definitely.
> >
> > > I also like having a list of open windows. A tab bar only serves me
> for so long. Pretty soon I fill it up to the point where I cant flip
> between files quickly anymore. The file browser doesnt work well for this
> either when projects have large numbers of files. However, I rarely work
> with more than ~20 files at a time so leaving them open works well enough.
> Maybe a list of bookmarked files and a list of recent files (per project)
> would better fill this role.
> > A list focussed on files that have been opened, perhaps with a
> user-setable cap (last n) would be very helpful to me.
> >
> > I think it’s important to consider that not all people work in the same
> way, or on the same collections of files, and thus have different needs:
> > compare person working in one svn project, to person working on a
> website with 1000s of files to person working on half a dozen projects
> which change from week to week
> >
> > This recently used tab would have a list of files that suits the search
> needs of the latter type of user, and somewhat the person working in
> folders with thousands of files, where maybe only a dozen are relevant to
> them.
> >
> > tim
> >
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