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Andriy Bazanov
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Hi there,

Navigate | Select in... | Project View

Also check https://stackoverflow.com/a/27281201/783119

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Elena Pogorelova
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there is a Scroll from source button in the Project view toolbar - it selects the currently opened file in the project tree.

 

Also, you can assign a preferred shortcut to Select in Project View action in Preferences | Keymap | Other.


If you need to enable auto-scrolling from source for all files, open Project view options dropdown and choose the Autoscroll from source - when it's enabled, current file is auto-selected in the Project view on opening.

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Richardson8491
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Thank you very much I have been trying to find this for a long time

 

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Aprice2704
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Likewise, many thanks. In the new UI (Dec 2022) it is called "Always Select Opened File" in the Project views options -- much clearer, nice work JetBrains!!

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pk
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  1. I enabled the Always Select Opened File but the tree view remains expanded which sometime can be a hassle in large projects.
  2. I use the "Foldable ProjectView" extension to cleanup the ProjectView of not frequently used files.
  3. But what worked best for me to assign a Keyboard Shortcut for Select File in Project View

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Vadiru
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Relying on auto-scroll or a keyboard shortcut for this is inefficient.

What if we don't want the panel to always scroll to the focused file location?

Why should we have to rely on / assign / remember a keyboard shortcut when it's just more intuitive to double-click the file name in the breadcrumb trail at the top? I don't know why JetBrains hasn't already made that functionality, especially considering similar functionality exists for class names and method names in that same breadcrumb trail.

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Elena Pogorelova
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Please vote for https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-259816/Double-click-on-file-name-in-Navbar-should-select-file-in-project-view to get notified on any progress with it
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Amy B
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This would be much better if it wouldn't expand TS files to show the “nested” js file. That's annoying and something that's the opposite of anything I'll ever need.

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Amy B
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Note I'm actually a Webstorm user, but I assume it's the same codebase.

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Ekaterina Valeeva
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Amy B unfortunately currently there's no option to keep a file nesting another one always collapsed in Project view during navigation. There's a similar request, IDEA-261209, please upvote it and follow for updates.

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