[CLOSED] Top Level Folder in Sidebar is confusing

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Issue by mikechambers
Wednesday May 23, 2012 at 17:04 GMT
Originally opened as adobe/brackets#928

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The top level of the folder hierarchy in the project panel is confusing:

http://imgur.com/mj2YR

It is not really clear what it is as:

• It is a lighter font than the sub-folders
• It is not selectable, or collapsible like the subfolders are

Basically, it is a folder, but is styled differently from all other folders, which makes it a bit confusing, and not clear what it actually is.

Furthermore, because it is not selectable, it doesn't appear possible to create a file in the root of the project directory.

I would recommend styling it like all other folders, and give it the same functionality.

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Comment by njx
Wednesday May 23, 2012 at 17:13 GMT

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+1--the visual hierarchy doesn't seem right right now. I'm not sure it should look exactly like a folder--if anything it should maybe be a little more prominent than the folders.

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Comment by pthiess
Wednesday May 23, 2012 at 17:15 GMT

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Garth - this isn't urgent but if you had time please take a look.

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Comment by peterflynn
Thursday May 24, 2012 at 00:47 GMT

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I believe Garth has a proposal to make that heading more prominent as well as add an "Open Files" heading over the working set. I remember it looking much more clear in those mockups.

@mikechambers: Re creating a file in the top level, you can do that by selecting any file at the top level before choosing File > New. When a file is selected the new file will be its sibling.

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Comment by mikechambers
Thursday May 24, 2012 at 00:59 GMT

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@peterflynn Yeah, that is part of the issue though. It is different than any other folder, and thus not intuitive.

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Comment by GarthDB
Thursday May 24, 2012 at 01:31 GMT

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You had me at "and thus"

Sent from my iPhone

On May 23, 2012, at 5:59 PM, Mike Chambersreply@reply.github.com wrote:

@peterflynn Yeah, that is part of the issue though. It is different than any other folder, and thus not intuitive.

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Comment by pthiess
Tuesday May 29, 2012 at 17:44 GMT

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Reviewed and leave it open since the design had been adressed in an earlier sprint.

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Comment by GarthDB
Friday Jan 04, 2013 at 22:56 GMT

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We a design update in the works, we played with labeling the working set we had trouble adding as it messes with indenting a bit.

You can see the design here.

I added a variation with a working set label here.

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Comment by GarthDB
Saturday Apr 27, 2013 at 01:53 GMT

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Fixed in the latest build.