Improvement for the list of files (and bug?)

ppo commented 4 years ago

Currently: The list of files to diff with contains all the files in the workspace!
(VS Code 1.45.1 and Diff 1.4.0)

Expected: List only opened files.

Cherry on the cake:

List first the file on the right, then a separator, then all the other opened files ordered as opened from left to right.
If only 2 files opened, immediately execute the diff with the other file.
If in split view:
- If only 2 split views, automatically diff the files that are opened side-by-side (cf. Atom split-diff). Maybe provide a settings option to disable this.
- Else, list in the first part (above separator) all the current files of each view. And below the separator, separate the list of files per view.
(Possible?) Allow to select the other file by clicking on the editor tab or in the file explorer.

fabiospampinato commented 4 years ago

Somewhat surprisingly I don't think there's an API for retrieving a list of all opened files.

(Possible?) Allow to select the other file by clicking on the editor tab or in the file explorer.

Single click, no, right click menu item, yes.

ppo commented 4 years ago

For reference, VS Code issue: API Access to "Open Editors" #15178 (current status: open)

fabiospampinato commented 7 months ago

As of v2.1 open files are listed at the top, showing other kinds of files can be disabled, and you can also enable relative paths.

If only 2 files opened, immediately execute the diff with the other file.

This seems not worth the extra command or setting, it's just a keypress away if only a single other file is found now.

(Possible?) Allow to select the other file by clicking on the editor tab or in the file explorer.

Let's track this in #5

fabiospampinato / vscode-diff