atom-terminal-tab Enable basic keyboard navigation

Thanks for the package! This could be the start of something compelling.

Are the following possible with the keyboard?

Navigate to an existing terminal from the editor
Navigate back to the editor from a terminal
Toggle the terminal dock open & closed

At the moment, I've made some hacky changes to my keyboard mapping to get some of the way there, but it's not pretty

Additionally, cmd-shift-t is a already a heavily used keyboard shortcut - there are hundreds of other alternatives.

Tangentially related to: https://github.com/jsmecham/atom-terminal-tab/issues/18

Feb 08 '18 04:02 max-sixty

Here are a couple of scripts I've added to my init.coffee to enable some of this. (I'm learning as I go, so please correct me if there are errors / easier ways to do this)


atom.commands.add 'atom-workspace',
  # return focus on editor
  'custom:focus-on-editor': ->
    atom.views.getView(atom.workspace.getActiveTextEditor()).focus()

atom.commands.add 'atom-workspace',
  # either focus on the currently open terminal, or open a new one if there isn't one visible
  # (this will create an new instance if there's one open but hidden, which may not be intended)
  'custom:terminal-focus-or-new': ->
    pane = atom.workspace.getBottomDock().getActivePane()
    if pane.activeItem.getTitle() == 'Terminal'
      pane.focus()
    else
      editorElement = atom.views.getView(atom.workspace.getActiveTextEditor())
      atom.commands.dispatch(editorElement, 'terminal:open')

Feb 08 '18 23:02 max-sixty

My next focus of work is going to be on key bindings and compatibility. See #66 where I will be tracking this work. Thanks!