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Drag and Drop files and folders on Sidebar: Bug or non existing feature?

#1

I am on Windows 7 64 bits. I am wondering if I am the only one to be frustrated that it is not possible to drop files directly onto the side bar tree structure or to move them around? Is that a bug or a non feature? It is very frustrating.

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#2

No, this feature does not exist. You can only drop files or folders from outside of ST into it to open them.

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#3

Ok thank you. Considering ST is about enhancing productivity, I am surprised such an obvious feature is not yet implemented.

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#4

Arguably move is much more complicated than delete or rename. Since ST is a text editor you have to ask yourself if limited development resources are better spent elsewhere rather than on something that is always available in another application that is always running on most platforms.

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#5

You might want to use FileManager which provides a move feature: it’s not as good as drag and drop, but it does the job…

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#6

For what it’s worth, “move” and “rename” are two words for the same thing…

/dir1
  foo.txt
/dir2

Right click on foo.txt and rename it to ../dir2/foo.txt to get:

/dir1
/dir2
  foo.txt
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#7

see also

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