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Recent Files
Recent Files is a small popup that lists the files you worked on last, newest first. Press Cmd+E, then Enter, and you are back in the file you had open before this one.
Press Cmd+E (Ctrl+E on Windows and Linux), or choose Edit > Recent Files... in the menu bar. It also works while the caret is in the editor. On the Mac it works from the terminal too; on Windows and Linux, Ctrl+E in the terminal stays with the shell, where it moves to the end of the line.
The list shows each file's type icon, its name, its folder, and its git state in color, the same colors as in the Files Panel. A small dot after the name means the file has unsaved edits.
When your workspace has several folders, each folder path starts with the workspace folder's name.
The file on screen is first in the list, and the file before it is already selected. So:
- Cmd+E, then Enter switches to the previous file.
- Press it again and you are back where you started.
This is the quickest way to move between the two files you are working on.
- Type to filter the list. The letters you type must appear in order in the file's folder and name, but not next to each other:
crtfindscart.ts. The list keeps its order, newest first. - Up and Down (or Ctrl+N and Ctrl+P) move the selection. They wrap around at the ends. Page Up and Page Down jump ten rows.
- Enter opens the selected file. A click does the same.
- Cmd+Enter opens it in another editor group, when the split editor is on.
- Esc, or a click outside the popup, closes it and puts the focus back where it was.
Press Cmd+E again while the popup is open, or click Edited only at the top, to see only the files you changed in Nibtree. The title changes to Recently Edited Files. Press it once more to see every file again.
A file counts as edited as soon as you type in it, even before you save.
Select a file and press Delete (on a Mac keyboard without a Delete key, Cmd+Backspace while the filter is empty), or click the x at the end of its row. This only takes it off the list; the file itself is not touched.
If a file was deleted or moved outside Nibtree, choosing it shows a short note, and it is taken off the list for you.
- Every file you show in the editor joins the list, at the top. Opening a file from the Files Panel, Search Everywhere, Quick Open, a link or Back and Forward all count.
- Terminal, commit and Git tabs are not files, so they never join it.
- The list holds the last 50 files.
Each workspace has its own list, and it is kept when you quit, so it is still there the next time you open the same folder or workspace. It is stored in ~/.nibtree/state.json. See Settings.
The same list feeds the Recent Files section of Search Everywhere and the Recently opened section of Quick Open (Cmd+P), so all three agree.
Recent Files is on by default. To turn it off, open Settings > Editor and switch off Recent Files under Tabs.
While it is off:
- Nibtree does not keep the list. That saves very little: the mark beside the setting says about +1 MB, which is within what we can measure. The popup itself uses about 17 MB more only while it is open, and gives it back when it closes.
- Cmd+E shows a short note that Recent Files is off, with an Open Settings button that takes you to the setting.
- Quick Open and Search Everywhere show only the file on screen and your open tabs as recent files.
The lists already saved are kept. Turn the setting on again and each workspace gets its list back.
While you type a commit message, Cmd+E opens your earlier commit messages instead. You can turn that off with Settings > Git > Message history; then Cmd+E opens Recent Files there too. See Changes and Commits.