How to open a file on a single click?

[juli1]

When I click on a file in the file tab, the file open but the cursor/focus is not on the editor. I need to double click on the file to have focus on the editor.

The main issue comes from the confusion in terms of UX: when I click once, the code appears in the editor but I cannot move the cursor. I need to double click to bring the cursor. If the editor shows the code, I expect to bring the focus (e.g. as IntelliJ does: a single click selects the file but does not show it to the user, a double click shows the file and brings focus).

Is there a way (config file) to open the editor and focus the cursor on a single click?

Additional question: what is the binding to switch from the editor to the file panel?

[nstlgy]

This feature was recently added to zed as, preview tabs where on single click to view file and to pin them you have to double click the file, #4922

you can put this in your settings.json to turn this feature off

"preview_tabs": {
    // Whether preview tabs should be enabled.
    // Preview tabs allow you to open files in preview mode, where they close automatically
    // when you switch to another file unless you explicitly pin them.
    // This is useful for quickly viewing files without cluttering your workspace.
    
    "enabled": false,
    
    // Whether to open files in preview mode when selected from the file finder.
    
    "enable_preview_from_file_finder": false
  },

Also, the binding to switch from editor to explorer is CMD-SHIFT-E

[juli1]

Thank you for the binding! For the configuration, it still does not switch to the editor when opening the file. Is there a way to configure zed to automatically open the file when selecting it?

Thanks!

[bennetbo]

As of right now there is no way to change the behavior for a single click, it will always keep the project panel focused.

Here are a few alternatives which might be helpful to you:

• You can use project_panel::ToggleFocus to move the focus to the editor (by default bound to cmd-shift-e) after single clicking on a file
• Rebind project_panel::Open to project_panel::OpenPermanent, allowing you to automatically focus the editor when opening the selected item inside the project panel via space

[
  // other keybinds
  {
    "context": "ProjectPanel && not_editing",
    "bindings": {
      "space": "project_panel::OpenPermanent",
    }
  },
  // other keybinds
]