feature request: parent directory as a column/vsplit

stevearc / oil.nvim

Neovim file explorer: edit your filesystem like a buffer

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feature request: parent directory as a column/vsplit #349

Open ariel-frischer opened 2 months ago

ariel-frischer commented 2 months ago

Did you check existing requests?

[X] I have searched the existing issues

Describe the feature

Is it possible to have a ranger-like layout? Its nice to see parent directories and child files/dirs in a 3 column layout like ranger. Has anyone implemented something similar?

ranger-preview

Provide background

No response

What is the significance of this feature?

strongly desired

Additional details

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stevearc commented 2 months ago

Technically possible, would require some work. Not a priority for me, but I would be willing to review a PR that does this.

You could also check out mini.files, which exclusively uses this kind of view.