Hi there,

phped is a really great IDE for developing php "applications" but there's one tool i'm really missing.
As far as i can see, the only way to open a file in the current project is the mouse and the project-tree and this is a really time consuming task once you have more than 50 files in the project and a lot of subdirectories.

I'd like to see an "open file in project"-dialog to open files without using the mouse. It's already implemented in a lot of editors (e-texteditor, tipi, and much more). Just in case someone doesn't know how it would work exactly, i'll give a basic sample:

1. <press the shortcut of your choise>
2. the dialog opens
3. enter parts of the filename you want to open
4. get a list of all files in the project that match the current input
5. open the file by navigation to the correct entry in the list an press enter

it would be really great to see something like this in an upcoming release.

Best regards,
Daniel

btw: is there some kind of api to implement such things on my own? :idea:

you can do this in PhpED without opening any dialogs. Just assign a shortcut for Tabs->Workspace in the Tools->Settings->IDE Shortcuts, then press this shortcut and start typing file name. It will move focus to the first matching file, then press enter. Mouse is not needed for this.

thanks for your quick response.

I gave the proposed method a try but i don't really like it. It's really hard to find the correct file if you have multiple files with the same name. Right now I'm developing an application with the zend framework and i have something about 30 Files called "Abstract.php".

I swear to god i'll buy phped the moment it implements the suggested "open file in project/workspace" feature :)

Best regards,
Daniel