Hey edanm,
This summarizes perfectly my opinion. I donāt think itās a positive thing, thoughā¦ I love Sublimeās design and personality, and the new tree view looks like compromising both. However, if the majority of users ask for it, then thereās little that can be done about it.
[quote]* Tree views are much better for things having to do with exploring the project. For example, on a new project, I like to look around it to see what files there are, what the directory structure is like, etc. This makes it much easier.
- Creating new dirs/files is also much easier when using a treeview.[/quote]
Maybe Iām too used to use the command line, but these things seem to fall out of Sublimeās scope at the moment. I consider it a text editor, not a file browser. In any case, I see your point.
The current search in project feature is quite solid. I think the tree view is convenient because itās familiar, so weāre back to point #1. Iām not claiming that the existing features are perfect, but Iād much rather see them evolve than see the editorās become less consistent andāworse yetāmore mainstream. On the positive side, this is probably a sign that itās doing well commercially.
Also, even tree views are becoming obsolete in OSes in favour of search, which is what Sublime offered up to now.
Iāll try to be more constructive later by posting some ideas to add to the quick panel view and maybe even to the project panel.
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