Hi all,
in https://github.com/textmate/textmate/issues/699 it is currently discussed whether or not the file browser should default to left or right position.
I appreciate that the position can easily be changed via preferences, so I don't care too much for the preset default position -- but I would like to point out one factor that led me to changing it back to 'left' after short testing time.
It is argued that, with the file browser on the right hand side, the left border of the text view will not move when the file browser is shown or hidden (which I fully understand). However, when switching to full screen mode, the text view will be stuck at the leftmost corner of the screen. With a large widescreen display, I personally prefer to have the text editor (at least approximately) centered on the screen, and with the file browser to left, one could easily use the file browser width to achieve centering of the main text view in full screen mode. So far, I have not found an option to get the text away from the left border of the screen if the file browser is on the right hand side.
Maybe I'm missing something, so please tell me should such an option exist. I may well give the new default setting another try when it is actually possible to have the text view centered on the screen also in full screen mode.
Thanks, dAlembert
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+1 I kept it on the left up until now for the same reason
(though currently I'm giving a try to the right side as allan suggested)
Elia
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On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 8:42 AM, dAlembert nablamalnabla@yahoo.com wrote:
Hi all,
in https://github.com/textmate/textmate/issues/699 it is currently discussed whether or not the file browser should default to left or right position.
I appreciate that the position can easily be changed via preferences, so I don't care too much for the preset default position -- but I would like to point out one factor that led me to changing it back to 'left' after short testing time.
It is argued that, with the file browser on the right hand side, the left border of the text view will not move when the file browser is shown or hidden (which I fully understand). However, when switching to full screen mode, the text view will be stuck at the leftmost corner of the screen. With a large widescreen display, I personally prefer to have the text editor (at least approximately) centered on the screen, and with the file browser to left, one could easily use the file browser width to achieve centering of the main text view in full screen mode. So far, I have not found an option to get the text away from the left border of the screen if the file browser is on the right hand side.
Maybe I'm missing something, so please tell me should such an option exist. I may well give the new default setting another try when it is actually possible to have the text view centered on the screen also in full screen mode.
Thanks, dAlembert
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