Brackets: [Feature request] Find/open a file by searching filename

[yatendra]

Capability to search for a file by file name that would display a list of matching files along with relative path and open the file user clicks on.

[RaymondLim]

I think you're asking for Quick Open which is already in Brackets. Have you tried with Ctrl+Shift+O (or Cmd+Shift+O) or Navigate > Quick Open?

[yatendra]

What I want to suggest it something that autosuggest/autocomplete filename along with relative path as you keep typing. It could be very useful for example for projects using angular where there are model, controller, view and service files for each entity

[RaymondLim]

We do have URL code hinting in css files and src attributes of img tags in HTML files. So I think it can be extended to cover your angular scenarios. Can you provide an example in angular?

[yatendra]

The use case I am talking about is not about code hinting in css files and src attributes of img tags in HTML files but rather its about being able to open required file in the editor. When working on a complex webapp using angular that has a few entities, we end up having a lot of files where we
would have a model, a controller, a view and a service file for each entity, among other files. And depending upon the way the project is structured files may be scattered in different folders. In such case lets say you are working on AccountController.js in /scripts/angular/controller and you want to change Account.html in /views folder currently you are required to use the project tree to navigate and locate the file to be opened. If lets say in quick open or in a different feature we could start typing
"accou...." which suggests -

• /script/angular/controller/_Accou_ntController.js
• /script/angular/model/_Accou_nt.js
• /script/angular/service/_Accou_ntService.js
• /views/_Accou_nt.html

and clicking on one of displayed files opens that file.

This could be a very useful feature to help navigate easily between files when working on a project that has a lot of files and a non trivial nested folder structure.

Thanks,
Yatendra

[RaymondLim]

@yatendra Quick Open should be able to do what you're describing, assuming your have opened your project root that has the script and views subfolders as in your example. Is that not working for you when you type Accou ?

[yatendra]

@RaymondLim I tried quick add when you told me about it but somehow this was not working for me and auto complete didn't show up. But it started working after restarting my machine, though it took a few seconds the first time but its quick enough now. Thanks for letting me know about this feature. This was exactly what I was looking for.

[RaymondLim]

I'm glad that it works for you. Please reopen it or open a new issue if you can find out a case that is not working for you.