Hello. I think there is a misunderstanding here. Or else I misunderstand
something. See below.
On 6 Nov 2018, at 11:34, Hussein Shafie wrote:
On 11/05/2018 01:52 AM, Leif Halvard Silli wrote:
I would like a feature for opening the parent folder of the current
file
in Finder/File Explorer of the operative system.
The feature could be available in every Tab. But it could also -
instead
or in addition - be available XMLmind XML editor’s file browser.
Justification: The file browser of XMLmind XML editor is limited.
Hence
it is necessary to inspect files in the Finder/File Explorer now and
then.
This feature is already implemented:
Menu item "File|Folder|Open Current Folder",
http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/help/folderMenu.html
This menu item has a *very* *useful* shortcut Cmd+Shift-O,
http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/quickrefcard/quickrefcard-Mac-A4.pdf
I use this shortcut all the time. However, all it does - for me - is
that it opens XMLmind XML Editor’s internal file browser. Yes, it
shows the parent folder of the current file - and that is why I do it.
But shows it within XMLmind XML Editor’s own file browser - and not in
Finder (that is: the Finder app).
But, OK: So far so good. Now, if there had been a shortcut or menu
inside XMLmind XML editor’s file browser, which would allow me to open
the same folder in Finder (thus switch to Finder and show me the same
folder there) then I would have agreed that the feature is allready
implemented. But as much as I can tell, there is no such feature.
Btw: The feature I request is a pretty "normal" feature in many native
Mac applications: Namely, they allow you to see the current document
inside Finder. (Thus switch from current application to the same
folder/location in the Finder.) One example is: You edit an image in a
graphical program (such as Graphic Converter). Then you want to switch
to Finder in order to double click the file in Finder or whatever. Often
this can be done - within the current app - by clicking the title or
name of the current file. You will then get a menu which shows the
parent folder - you select that folder and are then back in Finder, in
the file’s parent folder.
We'll see if we can further improve this feature by giving the user
the choice to use the native Finder/File Explorer rather than XXE's
file browser.
That sounds like a good thing. Not because I dislike the current file
exploer. But I expect - or hope - that if you are able to do something
like that, then you may also finally make it so that it is possible to
double click a file in Finder and have XMLmind XML editor open it. (On
Mac, this is not possible, you know.)
Leif Halvard Silli
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