Brackets editor questions

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Issue by kumar007git
Thursday Apr 23, 2020 at 03:51 GMT
Originally opened as adobe/brackets#15129

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I'm using latest version of Brackets on Windows 10, 64-bit. Can you please answer my questions about Brackets usage?

1. How can I set the default file type to text file (.txt), so that when I save a file Brackets automatically saves it as a .txt file?
2. On the same note, how can I tell Bracket to create a .txt file when I click File>New?
3. I have a file open in a tab and when I single click another file in sidebar then Brackets opens this new file in the active tab. How can I prevent this from happening i.e., when I single click a file in sidebar then it should be opened in a new tab just like when I double click a file in sidebar.
4. How can I auto hide the sidebar by default so that it is shown only when I move my mouse cursor to the left side of the editor?

Thanks!

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Comment by joeypencil
Thursday Apr 23, 2020 at 04:24 GMT

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1. This is counter-intuitive. This should not be so since the editor should leave it to the user to explicitly specify the extension of the file to be saved. You can simply specify the extension of the file when saving by selecting Text Files under the Save as type: field.
2. Just do the same as number 1.
3. The sidebar acts as the only tab for opened files. There's no need for a collection of active files in the top tab; it should actually be removed since we can already see the active file in the sidebar.
4. There's no auto-hiding it since it serves as the only indicator of open files. You can, however, hide the sidebar by going to View->Hide Sidebar, or pressing the key combination Ctrl Alt H.

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Comment by kumar007git
Thursday Apr 23, 2020 at 12:36 GMT

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Thanks for your replies. One more question.
Is there a portable version of Brackets? In other words, can I use brackets without using the installer and just extract a zip file and use it that way.

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Comment by joeypencil
Thursday Apr 23, 2020 at 12:54 GMT

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I don't think there is a portable installer. There are a lot of features that are dependent on having the IDE installed, so as to fetch crucial system information upon installation.

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Comment by kumar007git
Thursday Apr 23, 2020 at 15:51 GMT

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Thanks. It would be nice to have a portable version.

Going back to my question #3. let's say I have a file already open in the editor. When I single click another file in sidebar then the contents of already opened file in the editor on the right side is replaced with the contents of the new file I clicked. I would have expected this to happen only on double click. I guess what I'm asking is, I only want a file to be opened when I double click a file in the sidebar, single clicking on a file should not open file. How can I make this happen where essentially the sidebar should not open file on single mouse click. Thanks.