WeBuilder: Open file to folder where current file is located

[Masino Sinaga]

Hi,

In Notepad++, when I am working with the current file and then I want to open a file, then it will automatically point to the directory where the current/selected file is located. In other words, if I want to open the file which is located in the certain folder I want, then I will have to make sure that the latest file I selected in the current active tab is the file which is located under that directory I want.

Let me give you an example regarding this:
1. Run WeBuilder application
2. Open "customers.php" file in "C:\Dir1"
3. Open "countries.php" file in "C:\Dir2"
4. Open "orders.php" file in "C:\Dir3"
5. Currently, the latest selected file is: "C:\Dir3\orders.php".
6. I want to open another file in "C:\Dir2", then I will have to select "countries.php" tab
7. When click on "File" -> "Open" menu, then it should point me to the "C:\Dir2" directory, so I could open another file(s) from "C:\Dir2" directory. Unfortunately, WeBuilder has not implemented this feature.

I am really sure, that it is very helpful for developers who want to open the files which are located on the certain folder based on the latest selected/active file is located.

So, please... add this feature in WeBuilder. Thank you.

Sincerely,
Masino Sinaga

[Karlis]

Save As does this, because it makes sense there, however of Open it is a bit controversial.

What if I want to look at customers.php from Dir1 and at the same time open yet another file from the last-used folder? What if I am used to the last-used folder concept and rely on it beause it is how most apps work? If we change this, we will receive requests like this, because a lot (most) of users are used to the strong last-opened-folder concept. And what if another user doesn't figure out this "smart" operation and considers this behavior as "random"? These are questions that bother me.

Your idea IS cool, and I DO like it, however for now I have to leave this discussion open to collect more opinions. If we receive a bunch of argumented requests from many users, we may consider taking an action, but at the present time we will take no action for fear of breaking consistency and historic behavior and causing a lot of sad users who liked the current behavior.

[Masino Sinaga]

Hi Karlis,

Thank you so much for your quick response. I really really appreciate it.

What if I want to look at customers.php from Dir1 and at the same time open yet another file from the last-used folder? What if I am used to the last-used folder concept and rely on it beause it is how most apps work? If we change this, we will receive requests like this, because a lot (most) of users are used to the strong last-opened-folder concept. And what if another user doesn't figure out this "smart" operation and considers this behavior as "random"? These are questions that bother me.

Roger that.

In order to answer your questions above, then let me propose the scenario as follows to accomodate the existing condition and also the new feature:

1. You may add a new setting item regarding this new feature so that we, as the WeBuilder users, are able to either disable or enable it under the following menu: Options -> Preferences... -> Files -> General.

For example, let's name the new setting as When open a file: which has two options:

- Open file from the latest accessed directory, <-- this is the default option
or:
- Open file from the directory of the latest accessed/active file <-- this is the new feature which we will implement in WeBuilder

2. To use the existing condition, then let's make Open file from the latest accessed directory as the default option. This will answer the questions as you mentioned above.

3. So, for those who want to use or enable the new feature, they should simply choose Open file from the directory of the latest accessed file option. If, for somehow, there is no file is active/opened, then the first option above will be used. In other words, the second option will only be used whenever there is at least one file is currently opened/active.

Your idea IS cool, and I DO like it, however for now I have to leave this discussion open to collect more opinions. If we receive a bunch of argumented requests from many users, we may consider taking an action, but at the present time we will take no action for fear of breaking consistency and historic behavior and causing a lot of sad users who liked the current behavior.

Yes, and thank you. Hopefully, my proposal/opinion above will be also helpful for you to implement it. Again, thank you for your kindly response.

Sincerely,
Masino Sinaga

[Masino Sinaga]

@Aivars,

Could you please add this to your list? I know this is very easy for you to implement it, but for me, this will help us a lot to work quickly with many files from different folders. Thanks.

Sincerely,
Masino Sinaga

[Aivars]

Ok, I will, but note that when the change control decides which features to implement for the next version, the critical and most requested features are picked first. This however has only been requested by you so far, so let's hope others will want this feature, too.

[Masino Sinaga]

Great. Thanks so much for your kindly response.

Sincerely,
Masino Sinaga

[G-Sun]

I'd love to see a list of recently used folders, with paths-column as an option.

[Masino Sinaga]

I received your marketing email about the new release of WeBuilder 2016.

Unfortunately, after evaluating this latest version, my feature that I proposed about three years ago has not be implemented, yet. So sad to see this condition.

Sorry, I won't upgrade my WeBuilder until this feature request is added. Thanks!

Sincerely,
Masino Sinaga

[Aivars]

Sorry about that. We are very careful about changing things that existing customers could be relying on.