That's an Apple window manager issue; with drawers like the file browser, it attempts to remember which side you had it on last, but if that side of the window is too close to the edge of the screen when reopened, it will automatically move the drawer to the side which has more room.

I obviously can't speak for the developer, but I do not believe this is something that can be "fixed", and even if the above behavior was implemented in a buggy fashion I doubt anyone but Apple could fix it =)

Regards, Jeff

On Jan 13, 2006, at 5:08 PM, Simon Dorfman wrote:

When opening a folder in TextMate, sometimes the "file browser" thingy opens on the right and sometimes it opens on the left.

Does anyone know how to make it always open on the left?

Thanks, Simon

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I obviously can't speak for the developer, but I do not believe this is something that can be "fixed", and even if the above behavior was implemented in a buggy fashion I doubt anyone but Apple could fix it =)

yep, it's definitely possible: just use [theDrawer openOnEdge:NSMinXEdge] and [theDrawer openOnEdge:NSMaxXEdge] to open it on the left vs. on the right instead of calling the vanilla [theDrawer open].

(quick fix) if you want the drawer to appear at the left side of the window just push the window itself to the opposite side before opening the drawer -- or hide it then show it again.

ciao,

Domenico

Hello Simon

On 13.01.06, you wrote:

When opening a folder in TextMate, sometimes the "file browser" thingy opens on the right and sometimes it opens on the left.

Does anyone know how to make it always open on the left?

It depends on textmate window position and how much space is on left or right side of it.

regards,