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Goto-file feature
In large projects a shortcut to quickly find files based on fuzzy-match is of immense help. One possible way to have this in Nightcode could be to add a Go to text-box in the left pane. An apt keyboard shortcut should be used; other editors' shortcuts are listed below:
| Editor | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Sublime Text | Ctrl+P (go to anything) |
| Emacs Textmate mode | Windows/Cmd+T (go to file) |
| Eclipse | Ctrl+Shift+T (go to Java class), Ctrl+Shift+R (go to file) |
| IntelliJ IDEA | Ctrl+N (go to Java class), Ctrl+Shift+N (go to file) |
One thing I've been thinking about is making use of the empty space in the editor pane when a folder is selected. We could display a search box there, which only searches within that folder. It would also be great to use that space to display a visual representation of all the files within it. I plan on exploring this more in the near future, and I think it will overlap fairly well with this feature idea.
+1 Using the empty space in editor pane is a good idea! It can also be used for other related features, e.g. grep within files.