Lock Structure Window focus OR open a duplicate project window
Hello!
Not sure if there's a way to do this... but I'm trying to "lock" the structure window to a JSON file that I'm referencing as I'm editing a PHP file. The issue here is that the structure window keeps changing to whatever file I currently have in focus. I can open the JSON file in another window, but the structure window will still follow whatever I'm currently editing in either window. So sad times there.
So my question is.... can I somehow "lock" the structure window to a particular file? Or alternatively... is there an easy way to open the entire project in two entirely separate windows?
I'm hoping that someone's run into the desire to do this before and I've just missed something extremely obvious!
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Hi there,
1. Sadly you cannot lock the Structure panel as it works with content of the currently active editor tab/currently focused file (e.g. in the Project View panel). I'm not aware of any workarounds here.
2. Yes, you can open the same project twice .. but you would need to set up 2 IDE installations and play around with a main config file in the 2nd so it points to different config folders.
The easiest solution for you here would be making a separate TEMP project and then just copy wanted file into it and open it there: each project by default is opened in a separate frame/window.