Re: Configure Filesystem Browser to show current project folder (analogous to behaviour of git window)

You can also reach out on the Kate group chat and ask for help there.

On Wed, May 18, 2022, 2:54 AM Waqar Ahmed <[email protected]> wrote:

> If you want to work on it yourself, you can just open an issue as I said
> earlier. That's fine
>
> On Tue, May 17, 2022, 11:14 PM Stefan Riha <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Thanks! For now I filed it in the bugtracker:
>>
>> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=453944
>>
>> At invent.kde, a message appeared:
>>
>> ```
>> Please note that all bug reports and feature requests should be filed on
>> bugs.kde.org
>> Issues on KDE Invent are used for tracking ongoing work and are for the
>> use of contributors and developers only.
>> ```
>>
>>
>> -----Original message-----
>> From: Waqar Ahmed
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 17 2022, 7:05 pm
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: Configure Filesystem Browser to show current project folder
>> (analogous to behaviour of git window)
>>
>> sounds reasonable to me.
>>
>> Best open an issue at https://invent.kde.org/utilities/kate <
>> https://invent.kde.org/utilities/kate> so that
>> more people can respond.
>>
>> On Tue, May 17, 2022 at 9:43 PM Stefan Riha <[email protected] <mailto:
>> [email protected]>> wrote:
>> >
>> > I just saw that the "options" action of the filesystem browser contains
>> an entry
>> >
>> > "automatically synchronize with current document"
>> >
>> > Would it be possible to make an entry:
>> >
>> > "automatically synchronize with the top-level project directory of the
>> current file"
>> >
>> > -----Original message-----
>> > From: Stefan Riha
>> > Sent: Tuesday, May 17 2022, 6:24 pm
>> > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>> > Subject: Configure Filesystem Browser to show current project folder
>> (analogous to behaviour of git window)
>> >
>> > The behaviour of the git window is to "follow" the currently edited
>> file, i.e. if the file belongs to a project, then open the project
>> automatically. This is great.
>> >
>> > I would like to configure the Filesystem Browser analogously, that is:
>> open the project folder in the Filesystem Browser window automatically (if
>> the file belongs to a project).
>> >
>> > Is this currently possible? I did not see anything related in the
>> browser's "configure" context menu. There is a "current document folder"
>> entry, but this is cumbersome. First, I have to actively press the button
>> (not automatic), and second, the files are often in a subfolder, and I
>> almost never want to switch to the subfolder of a project, but instead to
>> the project's parent folder.
>> >
>> > I am used to this behaviour from VScode.
>> >
>> > What would I have to do to implement this? Would this be best done with
>> a plugin?
>> >
>> > Thanks a lot for your help!
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>