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tree-view side pane - fixed position of the current folder

Version information

v4.18.10

Current issue

When navigating across folders, normally what matters are:

  1. view mostly parent's folders of the current active folder
  2. view the leaf of the current active path

Aka, one wants to focus on the neighborhood of the active folder.

Often, this is unsatisfactory, so one uses the vertical or horizontal sliders.

See picture

Thunar - left panel tree view active folder positionning.png

Enhanced vision

Because, one most often wants to focus on the neighborhood of the active folder, I propose to dynamically change the tree view by fixing the position of the active folder.

Something as:

treePane.activeFolder.posY = treePane.windowHeight*2/3 (or a number btw [0.6 to 0.8])

treePane.activeFolder.aligment = right

Thanks