Request to allow disabling of "Preview Tab/View"

[bizoo]

https://twitter.com/#!/xubz/status/181829294807449600

Very frustrating this issue/feature, I need to close the editor many times in a day. Please do something.

Welcome back !!!

[quarnster]

Would something like this work for you?

Code: Select all

import sublime
import sublime_plugin


class ClosePreview(sublime_plugin.EventListener):
    def __init__(self):
        super(sublime_plugin.EventListener, ClosePreview).__init__(self)
        self.last_activated = None

    def on_load(self, view):
        if self.last_activated != None and view.file_name() != self.last_activated:
            sublime.active_window().open_file(self.last_activated)

    def on_activated(self, view):
        fn = view.file_name()
        if fn != None:
            self.last_activated = fn

    def on_close(self, view):
        if view.file_name() == self.last_activated:
            self.last_activated = None


[tito]

Thank you very much for trying, but this is not working.

We need from jon to Please remove the preview caused from clicks on sidebar tree, both from left and right clicks.

[tito]

I considering quitting from this editor and community. This is the most disruptive behaviour I have seen in a software.

[C0D312]

I considering quitting from this editor and community. This is the most disruptive behaviour I have seen in a software.

don't leave... we'll miss you

[jps]

Sometimes the files that I right-click start loading and I can't use any function of my plugins because the file is locked by the editor.

What functionality doesn't work for you while a file is being loaded, is it just delete and rename?

[bizoo]

Thank you very much for trying, but this is not working.

We need from jon to Please remove the preview caused from clicks on sidebar tree, both from left and right clicks.

I don't want the preview to be disabled !!! It's a great feature, maybe disturbing at first but very useful after.

Maybe I'm the only one here, but I don't need (and don't want) my text editor to be a file manager (my OS as already one) or a complete version control manager.
IMHO, you try to use sidebar for something that it was not intended for.

[nick.]

I think tito just wants an option to disable it. Seems reasonable -- any user-facing feature should be toggle-able, IMO.

[tito]

Yes, just an option to disable it. The ability to disable the feature from the clicks on sidebar would be enough.

What functionality doesn't work for you while a file is being loaded, is it just delete and rename?

I can't delete/rename or use git/hg/svn or any other useful function provided by a package while a file is loading. This is expected behaviour if were opening the file. But I never opened the file. I clicked or selected it.
Think of right click revert/checkout to/cut/paste. CTRL+ Click, click, click cut/paste. This is not possible with some files at the moment.

The other unacceptable problem of this feature is that makes me lose focus of the current tab on every click.

[hced]

FWIW, here's another formal request to make the sidebar's preview-on-click functionality optional.