Small feature request

[James Reynolds]

One thing that really confuses me when I have a folder open in BBEdit is
that the "Project" sidebar highlights files that aren't currently
displayed in the editor. I used to think this was a bug but I've finally
realized that the "Currently Open Documents" is the true reflection of
what's shown in the editor. It would be nice if the "Project" sidebar
removes highlighting a file when that file is no longer shown in the
editor. It would also be nice if the "Currently Open Documents" panel
could be dragged above the "Projects" panel.

James Reynolds

[Rich Siegel]

On 11 Jul 2022, at 14:02, James Reynolds wrote:

> One thing that really confuses me when I have a folder open in BBEdit is that the "Project" sidebar highlights files that aren't currently displayed in the editor. I used to think this was a bug but I've finally realized that the "Currently Open Documents" is the true reflection of what's shown in the editor. It would be nice if the "Project" sidebar removes highlighting a file when that file is no longer shown in the editor. It would also be nice if the "Currently Open Documents" panel could be dragged above the "Projects" panel.

If you would like the "Project" section to highlight the active document, you can do this.

Here is an excerpt from the Expert Preferences help <https://www.barebones.com/support/bbedit/ExpertPreferences.html#proj>:

BBEdit will not automatically reveal documents in the project list when you select them; View => Reveal in Project List works for this purpose. If you want automatic revealing:

defaults write com.barebones.bbedit AutoRevealSelectedDocumentInProjectList -bool YES

R.