Sidebar sort: list files before subfolders?

[kirkjerk]

Just paid for my copy of sublime text!

One issue: I hate how the side bar folders section is arranged… because subfolders are listed before files, to me it looks like the files in the parent folder are actually “inside” the final subfolder listed, because the only visual indication they’re not is that the triangle is pointing down (and the indention is technically the same, but it looks like the files are extra indented because they don’t have triangles) is there a way to fix that?

Also is there an way to tweaky my color theme so that unsaved files have a more visually obvious marker than x vs o?

PS what’s going on with the lack of CSS for the sublime text forums?

[FichteFoll]

One issue: I hate how the side bar folders section is arranged… because subfolders are listed before files, to me it looks like the files in the parent folder are actually “inside” the final subfolder listed, because the only visual indication they’re not is that the triangle is pointing down (and the indention is technically the same, but it looks like the files are extra indented because they don’t have triangles) is there a way to fix that?

No and yes. No, you can not change the order in which files or folders are listed, but I assume that the file types icons as they have been added in Sublime Text 3 (I think you are using 2?) could help with this. Alternatively, try a different theme.

[quote=“kirkjerk”]
Also is there an way to tweaky my color theme so that unsaved files have a more visually obvious marker than x vs o? [/quote]

Yes, but I suggest you download a pre-customized theme instead: packagecontrol.io/search/theme

[quote=“kirkjerk”]
PS what’s going on with the lack of CSS for the sublime text forums?[/quote]

I don’t know, this is only the second time this has happened in years. The server was responding with 500 to requests for the .css resource.

[kirkjerk]

This is Sublime 3.

So here’s what i mean:

I think it looks as if “component.js” is a child of “chirp-message” rather than “chirps-list”. (yes I know the triangle for “chirp-message” is closed, but that’s not an at-a-glance difference) This would be averted if there was an option (or better yet a default) to list files first, before subfolders, so the indentation was less critical and finicky.

Are any options available for the appearance of that?

Also, I dig themes like solarized light but I don’t know how to look for one that uses a different color for the name of a file in an unsaved tab… the dot vs x difference is extremely subtle (especially since I’m coming from IntelliJ, which had a policy of “no explicit save needed ever”-- I don’t mind having to save but I’d like a stronger reminder!)

[FichteFoll]

I personally use packagecontrol.io/packages/Theme%20-%20Nil, which has an orange line at the bottom of the tab for unsaved changes. I don’t use the tab bar though and have all my files managed in the sidebar.