Option to keep file selected in sidebar without forcing a scroll

[clounie]

• VSCode Version: 1.10.2
• OS Version: macOS Sierra 10.12.3

This is closely related to #14745.

Summary:

I want the selected file in the sidebar to always be my active tab - but do not want the sidebar to scroll just because the file is currently not visible in the sidebar.

That scrolling is the entire reason I turned off autoReveal in the first place.

Options Not Used + Why:

1. autoReveal - (see Stop changing selection in explorer when autoReveal = false #14745) automatically scrolling / causing the user to lose their place in the file tree is extremely annoying.
2. Open Editors Panel - When there are two files close together in the hierarchy, with the same name, it's too easy to accidentally misread the file paths (especially when they're very long) for that to be a satisfactory replacement for the traditional hierarchy.
3. Keyboard Shortcut - keyboard shortcuts are great, but this should be one of those "don't make me think" things - not a key combo that has to be pressed hundreds of times/day.

[bpasero]

@clounie so what is missing when you set explorer.autoReveal to false?

[clounie]

You can't tell what file in the tree is currently focused in the editor, or where it is in the tree.

This is because the file highlighted in the sidebar doesn't change unless you manually click to make it so, when autoReveal is false.

[bpasero]

@clounie ok I understand your request now, you want to select the file but without scrolling (unless needed).

[clounie]

Yes - if any scrolling is needed, the user should do it.

[chimit]

Agree with @clounie. If explorer.autoReveal is set to false, active files are not highlighted in the explorer anymore. Why not?

Auto-revealing is unwanted because of file tree jumping, not because of highlighting active files.

[relloyd]

+1 one from me on this please.

[vadym-huza]

+1

[zenoven]

+1, I want the file highlighted in explorer but the scroll position not changed