Add tree view for browsing files and directories in Files pane

[phibya]

Hi, is there any plan for browsing files and directories in tree view mode?

[ronblum]

@hungbya This is an interesting idea, and we'll consider it for future versions of RStudio.

[iuiu34]

any update on this?

[damienjacques]

+1 This kind of view, typical in web development IDEs, is starting to become critical for shiny app development with many files (modules, golem package...).

[luciorq]

There is any plan from the team to implement this?

[ronblum]

@luciorq We don't have a plan, as such, for when we would develop this. However, we regularly review all our requests—both recent and older—as we decide what to prioritize and implement in each release. So, we don't have a decision and date for when we would implement this, but the request is not forgotten! Also, the thumbs up to the original message help us identify what features are highly desired.

[mikebessuille]

@GCRev how difficult do you think this would be, assuming we build it by embedding something on GWT, not trying to use GWT?

[pdeffebach]

Bumping this. I think it would be a really good feature.

[avraam-inside]

Hi. It's 2023, very necessary, when?

[luciorq]

If the actual file panel is necessary to be kept in the way it is, and/or hard to change, a solution could be to create a temporary, replaceable panel for a tree viewer.
At least in the preview/daily edition.

[Sinansi]

Any update on this feature request?

[Sinansi]

After five years, I dont think this feature will ever be added to RStudio.
I recommend checking "R Language for IntelliJ" which does provide tree view for files.
You can use this plugin in pycharm.
https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/6632-r-language-for-intellij

[avraam-inside]

R dies with RStudio. Instead of making the necessary features, refining the IDE and Shiny, the gentlemen renamed themselves and began to deal entirely with python, there is no strength/money for R.

Doing data analysis on python where there are no pipelines and Pandas is sad.

Companies developing only Python - 100500. Companies developing only R - now 0.

Let's remember! Amen

[Sinansi]

The tree view for browsing files is much more important than many of the optional features in RStudio. They should have implemented the more important features before the optional features..

[ronblum]

Renaming the company to Posit reflects a commitment to supporting data science beyond R. However, it doesn't mean that we no longer support or develop for R. As a statement of our commitment, you can see the blog post about the name change: https://posit.co/blog/rstudio-is-becoming-posit/ I'll note a key phrase:

What about our open source software? Similarly, not much is changing: our open source software is and will continue to be predominantly for R.

We continue to develop for R. For example, we've expanded autocompletion to include auto preview of data. We're in the middle of implementing the integration of Copilot for R (#10148), one of our most requested features ever. Etc., etc.

With that in mind, we review every bug and enhancement request that comes in, and assess its urgency and importance by a number of factors. Unfortunately, there are many that even one of us might have a particular affinity for (me, I think this would be very useful!) but given limited resources, we can only implement so much.

Now, what does this mean for this issue? It's pretty popular based on upvotes, and so I've raised its priority level. So when we re-review issues and look at their priorities, this will be considered before many others. However, I can't guarantee if and when it will be implemented, only that we'll reconsider it.

In short: Do we support Python? Yes. Do we still support R? Absolutely yes! Heck, I can tell you that when testing bugs and enhancements with our continuing development, I have to use R code a lot more than Python.

By the way, if anyone comes up with a way to implement this feature, we'd love it if you were to do so! RStudio is open source with a public repository, and we welcome community development. In fact, if anything, we'd love to see more of it! If anyone has a solution, instructions are available in the RStudio wiki: https://github.com/rstudio/rstudio/wiki/A-Beginner's-Guide-to-Writing-RStudio-IDE-Features

Whew, this was a handful. But I really want to underscore our continued commitment to R. 😄

[Sinansi]

Thank you so much @ronblum
Very informative answer.

[psychelzh]

Would you like to add some priority? This is really a must-have. And without tree view, I found myself coding a lot with vscode.

[aradar46]

Renaming the company to Posit reflects a commitment to supporting data science beyond R. However, it doesn't mean that we no longer support or develop for R. As a statement of our commitment, you can see the blog post about the name change: https://posit.co/blog/rstudio-is-becoming-posit/ I'll note a key phrase:

What about our open source software? Similarly, not much is changing: our open source software is and will continue to be predominantly for R.

We continue to develop for R. For example, we've expanded autocompletion to include auto preview of data. We're in the middle of implementing the integration of Copilot for R (#10148), one of our most requested features ever. Etc., etc.

With that in mind, we review every bug and enhancement request that comes in, and assess its urgency and importance by a number of factors. Unfortunately, there are many that even one of us might have a particular affinity for (me, I think this would be very useful!) but given limited resources, we can only implement so much.

Now, what does this mean for this issue? It's pretty popular based on upvotes, and so I've raised its priority level. So when we re-review issues and look at their priorities, this will be considered before many others. However, I can't guarantee if and when it will be implemented, only that we'll reconsider it.

In short: Do we support Python? Yes. Do we still support R? Absolutely yes! Heck, I can tell you that when testing bugs and enhancements with our continuing development, I have to use R code a lot more than Python.

By the way, if anyone comes up with a way to implement this feature, we'd love it if you were to do so! RStudio is open source with a public repository, and we welcome community development. In fact, if anything, we'd love to see more of it! If anyone has a solution, instructions are available in the RStudio wiki: https://github.com/rstudio/rstudio/wiki/A-Beginner's-Guide-to-Writing-RStudio-IDE-Features

Whew, this was a handful. But I really want to underscore our continued commitment to R. 😄

I was using pycharm for R and I did not know how painful Rstudio is. Now I have to work with it and congrats to Rstudio developers for making such a outdated product. It is like browsing with early Internet explorer of 2006 in 2024.

[Sinansi]

I use PyCharm for R too.

[ronblum]

@aradar46 I'm sorry you feel this way, but I understand being unhappy with a product. However, please maintain a civil tone and refrain from insulting our developers.