https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=477050
Bug ID: 477050
Summary: Auto-reload Projects sidebar
Classification: Applications
Product: kate
Version: 23.04.3
Platform: NixOS
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: wishlist
Priority: NOR
Component: general
Assignee: kwrite-bugs-n...@kde.org
Reporter: a.beer_...@live.ca
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
It's very annoying to have to manually click the reload button in the Projects
sidebar whenever the folder layout changes.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Enable the Projects plugin.
2. Show the Projects sidebar.
3. Open a Git project.
3. Open a file in that project.
4.a) Right-click on the file's tab and rename it.
b) Rename the file outside of Kate.
OBSERVED RESULT
The Projects sidebar still shows the file under its old name.
EXPECTED RESULT
If there's a filesystem event listener system that would allow the Projects
sidebar to immediately know whenever a directory tree changes without just
polling the filesystem, then it should use that to immediately reload the view
of the current project whenever its contents change. If there is no such
system, then:
a) The Projects sidebar should automatically reload the view of the current
project whenever a file within it gets created/renamed/deleted in Kate.
b) The Projects sidebar should automatically reload the view of the current
project every so often, in order to catch changes from outside of Kate. If
you're concerned about performance, then set the period to something huge like
10 seconds, pause the feature while the window isn't focused, and immediately
reload whenever the window gains focus.
And either way, whenever the user switches the current project, it should
reload the newly selected one.
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.9
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.106.0
Qt Version: 5.15.10
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
I'm experimenting with replacing some uses of VSCodium with Kate, and this lack
of functionality struck me as downright bizarre. KDevelop has it, and with a
period that appears to be about 1 second, including when the window isn't
focused. Is there a specific benefit to having the reload be only manual?
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