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Sidebar menu items are disabled (ST3 and OS X)

#1

Just downloaded ST3. Everything seems to work fine, except that none of the sidebar menu items work:

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It doesn’t matter which project I have open and whether I’m clicking on a file or a folder… the menu items are always inactive. ST2 works fine. I’ve tried to download an older version of ST3 and no luck there.

I’m on the latest version of ST3 and OS X. Any suggestions on how to fix this?

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#2

Does it work when you revert to a freshly installed state?

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#3

Can I do that and revert back to my current state?

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#4

Yes:

  • Preferences -> Browse Packages
  • close ST
  • Go up until you find Sublime Text 3
  • rename it
  • restart ST

To get back, just delete the created Sublime Text 3 folder, and rename your renamed folder to Sublime Text 3.

For your problem

Have you tweaked the file side_bar.py in the Default package? Have a look in the console for any traceback. (a syntax error would disable all these commands since they’re defined in the same file). That’s probably the problem.

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#5

Did you you said and sure enough, after deleting side_bar.py, it worked. The “Default” folder seems pretty full of all kinds of stuff. Why is that Is it because I’ve installed a theme of some sort?

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#6

Did you perchance copy your ST2 folder to ST3 when you started using it?

Unless you have explicitly create overrides for default functionality, there shouldn’t be a Packages/Default/ folder with ST3. The Default package is shipped as a .sublime-package and is stored in a subfolder of the folder containing the executable.

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#7

I might have. I’ll try to delete it. I think I wanted to import my settings and such.

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