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Adaptive Goto File/Anything result list

Stian Grytøyr 14 years ago • updated by Jon Skinner 13 years ago • 8
Make the default result list in Goto File/Anything (before you have typed anything) ordered by when you last opened the file, so that the previous file you worked on is at the top, the file you opened before that second etc. This would make keyboard based file navigation much more efficient, imho.

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Jon Skinner 13 years ago
This was added in 2126
cz 14 years ago
Yes to this a thousand times.
scrambler 14 years ago
Oh yeah, I too would love to see this implemented. ST2 already appears to maintain the necessary stack for this, as seen in the new Switch file menu.
Johan 13 years ago

YES! YES! This is one of the major things I'm missing after switching from TextMate. 

Jeremy Gordon 13 years ago
Would be HUGE!  Really miss this from TextMate.
Qinfeng Zhong 13 years ago
+1 for this.
Spencer Creasey 13 years ago
Perhaps it would be easy if you could cycle through the last used search terms with the left and right arrow keys.
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Jon Skinner 13 years ago
This was added in 2126
Alexander S. 13 years ago
Not quite working here (build 2164). For example:


1. I open a new window.

2. I create files A, B, C in tabs.

3. I close file C.

4. I run "Open Anything" but don't type anything.

5. The list now shows A and B, but not C.


It seems that closed files are not included in the list, only currently opened ones, followed by the files in the root of the project.


It's also weird about what is made the first choice:


1. New window.

2. Open files A, B, C.

3. I make A active (by clicking its tab). "Open Anything"'s first choice is now C.

4. I make B active. "Open Anything"'s first choice is now C.

5. I make C active. "Open Anything"'s first choice is now A.

6. I make A active. "Open Anything"'s first choice is now C.

5. I make C active. "Open Anything"'s first choice is now C.

etc.


Seems it's always two steps behind. However, if I select something from the "Open Anything" list, the next top choice is always the previous file, which is correct.

Charles Roper 13 years ago
Yeah, I'm on 2164 here and the most recent files only appear in the Ctrl-P list if they're open. When I close them, they disappear from the menu and the list is sorted alphabetically as it always was.

If I start typing the first few letters of a file that was recently closed, it jumps to select that file, even if there are several that named similarly, but that's not as useful as having a list of the most recently opened files right there at the top of the list.

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