Brackets: Suggestion: open multiple projects in separate windows

[MoralCode]

i posted this suggestion here (https://github.com/kooohei/brackets-synapse/issues/94) and then realized that this may be something that would have to be done by adobe or the brackets team...

The full description for the suggestion is linked above.

[redmunds]

@DeveloperACE You can open a second Brackets window using Debug > New Brackets Window, but this is experimental (which is why it's in the Debug menu). As long as you're not editing any files in both windows, it should be ok, but watch out for any weird behavior.

[MoralCode]

"As long as you're not editing any files in both windows, it should be ok, but watch out for any weird behavior."

Does this apply to all files in general or only to the same file/files from the same project? I would really like to be able to have two projects open at once in separate windows and be able to switch between them. (My main reason for this is because wakatime, my time-tracking app for coding, is lumping all files I open under one project, Even if they are part another project I'm working on.)

[redmunds]

I meant that the files being edited in one Brackets window should not be edited in any of the other Brackets windows.

Case to avoid: make edit to a file in a Brackets window and before saving to disk, make a different edit to same file in another Brackets window. Brackets will save changes for one or the other, but won't merge changes. You'll lose one of the changes. This is also true between Brackets and any other editor.

[MoralCode]

So open two separate projects with separate files is fine?

Okay thank you!

[fnetX]

I would recommend to add an option to switch between multiple projects somewhere.

[ChrisBeeson]

+1

[SharkyZg]

+1 this feature is pretty essential for anyone that doesn't program everything out of his head.

[ErikThiart]

This will be super useful.

I must add this ability Debug > New Brackets Window is already a plus.

Would be good to just add some warning ability to prevent you from overwriting changes.

Case to avoid: make edit to a file in a Brackets window and before saving to disk, make a different edit to same file in another Brackets window. Brackets will save changes for one or the other, but won't merge changes. You'll lose one of the changes. This is also true between Brackets and any other editor.

Solution: when the user have unsaved edits in window 1, prevent the user to safe in window 2 or which every way. Logic - can only edit 1 instance of a file at a time.

[goducks09]

+1

[Smugger21]

+1 and +1 to the person that said the ability to switch between multiple projects/folders (that saves open files in project @ in file locations/lines), like session manager in notepad++