[CLOSED] Drag a folder into Brackets opens folder as a new project

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Issue by ghost
Thursday Feb 14, 2013 at 07:56 GMT
Originally opened as adobe/brackets#2868

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Feature Request: So my feature is that when you click+drag a folder and/or file into on top of the sidebar in the Brackets window, or even the entire Brackets window, it automatically imports the folder into the editor as a new project.

I've tried coding this feature myself, but I ended up getting frustrated and gave up. So it's probably better for you all to do it yourselves before I break something..

Thanks,
Tom Kilpatrick.

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Comment by ghost
Thursday Feb 14, 2013 at 07:57 GMT

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Oh, if you're wanting my code as a starting point, email me at zumbowie@icloud.com .

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Comment by WebsiteDeveloper
Thursday Feb 14, 2013 at 08:07 GMT

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this feature is beeing worked on in this pull requests #2653, adobe/brackets-shell#190

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Comment by WebsiteDeveloper
Thursday Feb 14, 2013 at 08:07 GMT

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@tomkilpatrick so this issue can be closed

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Comment by redmunds
Thursday Feb 14, 2013 at 16:06 GMT

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@WebsiteDeveloper Those pull requests are for dragging files, not folders, so don't close this just yet.

@tomkilpatrick You are welcome to submit a pull request that implements this feature. Consider yourself email'ed :)

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Comment by WebsiteDeveloper
Thursday Feb 14, 2013 at 18:02 GMT

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sorry my mistake i thought this pull included that

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Comment by redmunds
Thursday Feb 14, 2013 at 18:10 GMT

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Re-opening.

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Comment by ghost
Friday Feb 15, 2013 at 02:45 GMT

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@redmunds The stuff I've coded worked until I broke it somewhere, it'll be easy to fix.

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Comment by njx
Wednesday Feb 20, 2013 at 21:33 GMT

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Reviewed, marking move to backlog.

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Comment by gruehle
Friday May 10, 2013 at 20:39 GMT

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Added a user story for this. Closing.

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Comment by ghost
Saturday May 11, 2013 at 22:30 GMT

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@gruehle Saw your post on the Trello card for this; "Need to determine if this should replace the current project or open a new window with the dropped folder."

So it would open the folder that you drag into it; so yes, it would replace the current project. Also, maybe Brackets should check if the folder(s) have a index/default.html file in it, and make that the current file.

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Comment by shazron
Thursday May 16, 2013 at 00:22 GMT

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Check out TextMate and BBEdit for how they handle this (replace current project / open new window with new project)

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Comment by ghost
Friday May 17, 2013 at 00:00 GMT

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Rodger.