Newly opened files should only open in an existing window if they're in the same directory as the other file opened there; otherwise should open a new window.

[raystubbs]

It gets really annoying when I open a new file from another project/directory and it gets mixed in with the existing, but completely unrelated tabs. It should open in a different window if it's from a different directory.

[50Wliu]

Should be fixed by #18608 and be available starting with the next beta! @smashwilson please let me know if I'm wrong.

[smashwilson]

Yeah, with #18608, if you open a new file from the command-line:

• If you don't provide --add, Atom will always open a new window containing only the named file;
• If you do provide --add, Atom will always open the named file in an editor in an existing window with a project folder containing its path, or the most recently opened window if there are none.

If you see this not being the case after 1.36.0-beta0, please let us know 🤞

[raystubbs]

Mm, this seems reasonable when working at the command line. But from a graphical point of view it doesn't fix the issue. When I double click a text file with Atom as my default editor the yes, it'd be better to open in a new window then to get mixed up with a different project. But it'd be much better if Atom would detect if the file is part of one of the projects (if it's in their directory tree) that are already open, and if so then open it in the respective window. Otherwise open it in a new window. It sounds like you already have the project/directory checking with the '--add' option. But it shouldn't just add it to the most recent window if there's no related project; it should open a new one. And this should be the default behavior I think. Just my opinion anyway. I like Atom, but this annoys me to no end.

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On Fri, Feb 1, 2019, 5:04 PM Ash Wilson ***@***.*** wrote: Yeah, with #18608 <#18608>, if you open a new file from the command-line: - If you don't provide --add, Atom will *always* open a new window containing only the named file; - If you do provide --add, Atom will *always* open the named file in an editor in an existing window with a project folder containing its path, or the most recently opened window if there are none. If you see this not being the case after 1.36.0-beta0, please let us know 🤞 — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#18770 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AGwXDyTqP_WVZd_6pQSKiAOtDmpOJemEks5vJGVvgaJpZM4aeRmV> .

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