Switch Editor Tab From Any View

[FloppyDisco]

My Goal was to be able to switch the Editor tab from any view. for example switch editor tabs while focused on the project panel or the outline panel.
maybe i'm missing something about the context and commands but I am not figuring out a way to do this in a simple manner.
I cannot seem to find a command that will do it.

the command I am currently aware of is Pane::ActivateNextItem

i currently have these set to:

{
 bindings: {
      "ctrl-tab": "pane::ActivateNextItem",
      "ctrl-shift-tab": "pane::ActivatePreviousItem"
    },
}

despite being set globally, they do not work when in other views.
i suspect because if you are not focused on a 'Pane' then telling it to Activate the Next Item would be pointless, I don't know.

I was however able to create a work-around that is a little verbose, but works exactly as intended.

you will need the keybindings for moving back to the Active Pane, and keybindings that move focus to the view that you want to work in.

      "cmd-e": "workspace::ActivateNextPane",
      "cmd-shift-e": "project_panel::ToggleFocus",
      "cmd-o": "outline_panel::ToggleFocus",

with those set you can achieve the desired behavior with workspace::SendKeystrokes

  {
    "context" : "OutlinePanel",
    "bindings: {
      "ctrl-tab": [
        "workspace::SendKeystrokes",
        "cmd-e ctrl-tab cmd-o"
      ],
      "ctrl-shift-tab": [
        "workspace::SendKeystrokes",
        "cmd-e ctrl-shift-tab cmd-o"
      ],
   }
}

effectively:
move the focus back to the active pane, switch tabs, move focus back to the outline panel.

i was able to do the same for the project panel and the git panel.

just figured i'd leave this here in case someone is looking.

[lriesebos]

@FloppyDisco appreciate sharing the workaround. though I am still interested in getting the global key binding to work. do you have any idea if something happened for that? otherwise I might just make an issue if you did not already.

[FloppyDisco]

I have not seen anything for this, but I'm hardly an authority! lol

This solution may be a little stale now that there is action::Sequence and editor::Focus but I have not tried these myself yet.

I'm gonna leave some thoughts here incase they are useful to anyone.

Amending my previous statement: I don't think Pane::ActivateNextItem works when focused on the docks, because you are not actually focused on a pane at all. And telling the "current pane" to change wouldn't in anyway tell the application to change the pane that happens to have an editor in it.

Some relevant key contexts:

• "Pane > Editor"
  In the editor you would obviously want the current editor pane to cycle.

• "Dock > Pane > TerminalPanel"
  In the TerminalPanel you would want the terminal panel to cycle

• "Dock > GitPanel"
  But in the GitPanel or ProjectPanel you would want the action to retrieve the same Editor Pane that is retrieved by editor::Focus and cycle that Pane, and these views are not children of Pane

So if the action were to somehow check if you are in a dock but not in a pane and cycle the recent editor, that would probably be the desired behavior with the least amount of change.

[FloppyDisco]

@lriesebos
i think i figured out a solution.
submitted the pr for review
#42588

[lriesebos]

ha, maybe you are an authority after all! appreciate the thoughts and the PR, will definitely keep some 👀 on that!