Auto sort tabs (real-time)

Alan Kilborn

@Ekopalypse said in Auto sort tabs (real-time):

Yep, the same script that works with PS3 does not uninstall the callback when you using PS2.

Thanks for the confirmation.
I keep forgetting about PS3.
But, in truth, I have a few project where I need non-UTF8 encodings, so I’m a bit afraid to make the jump anyway.
I will make a note in my copy of the script that it can’t be uninstalled under PS2.
But, if it is something that someone will use, I don’t think they’ll uninstall it, and will set up the install part in startup.py.

Alan Kilborn

@Alan-Kilborn said in Auto sort tabs (real-time):

The ideal way would be to tie it into the “buffer activated” callback.

So I ended up doing this to the script.
To avoid the script “retriggering” itself, I added a new member variable in the init:

self.is_installed = False

and then changed the callback function (its name, too!) a bit:

    def buffer_activated_callback(self, args):
        if self.in_callback: return  # the script moving tabs around will cause more callbacks to trigger; prevent this
        self.in_callback = True
        ...
        ...what it was doing before...
        ...
        self.in_callback = False

It seems to work okay.
If there’s interest, I can republish the entire script with the mods.

PeterJones

@Alan-Kilborn said in Auto sort tabs (real-time):

I added a new member variable in the init:\
self.is_installed = False
...
    if self.in_callback:

Was that a typo in the first line, or am I confused and those are two separate things?

Assuming that first line should have been self.in_callback = False, I was able to see that work for me.

It’s fun to try to “fight” it: try to rearrange the tabs manually while the script is in effect. ;-) But I guess the kind of person who would want this running all the time would not be the kind who would try to fight it, so wouldn’t accidentally trigger the fight.

Good work on that.

Given that it was multiple changes (adding a variable, changing method name, changing the notification it’s hooked to), it might be good to re-publish, so that future readers won’t make mistakes while piecing the script together, and then complain at you that it doesn’t work.

Thanks for the fun diversion.

Alan Kilborn

@PeterJones said in Auto sort tabs (real-time):

Was that a typo in the first line

Yep, dammit. Sorry.

it might be good to re-publish

OK, will do.

Alan Kilborn

@PeterJones

It’s fun to try to “fight” it: try to rearrange the tabs manually while the script is in effect. ;-)

I certainly did NOT do any type of testing like that!
If it fails during something of that nature, well, sorry, but the user is to blame in that case. :-)

and then complain at you that it doesn’t work.

Hey, how did you make that little complain-at-you popup text?

Okay, so here’s an “a” version of the script, with all the changes previously discussed:

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

from Npp import editor, notepad, NOTIFICATION
import os

class SFTBFa(object):

    def __init__(self):
        self.installed = False
        self.in_callback = False

    def install(self):
        if not self.installed:
            notepad.callback(self.buffer_activated_callback, [NOTIFICATION.BUFFERACTIVATED])
            self.installed = True

    def uninstall(self):
        if self.installed:
            notepad.clearCallbacks(self.buffer_activated_callback)  # <---- may not work until PS 3.0.4+; see https://github.com/bruderstein/PythonScript/issues/153
            self.installed = False

    def is_installed(self):
        return self.installed

    def buffer_activated_callback(self, args):
        if self.in_callback: return  # the script moving tabs around will cause more callbacks to trigger; prevent this
        self.in_callback = True
        current_view = notepad.getCurrentView()
        other_view = 1 if current_view == 0 else 0
        if notepad.getCurrentDocIndex(other_view) == 4294967295L: other_view = None
        curr_view_paths_list = []; curr_view_sorted_paths_list = []
        other_view_paths_list = []; other_view_sorted_paths_list = []
        for (filename, _, index_in_view, view) in notepad.getFiles():
            if view == current_view:
                curr_view_paths_list.append(filename)
                curr_view_sorted_paths_list.append(filename)
            else:
                other_view_paths_list.append(filename)
                other_view_sorted_paths_list.append(filename)
        curr_view_sorted_paths_list.sort(key=lambda x: x.rsplit(os.sep, 1)[-1].upper())
        curr_view_already_sorted = True if curr_view_paths_list == curr_view_sorted_paths_list else False
        other_view_sorted_paths_list.sort(key=lambda x: x.rsplit(os.sep, 1)[-1].upper())
        other_view_already_sorted = True if other_view_paths_list == other_view_sorted_paths_list else False
        if not (curr_view_already_sorted and other_view_already_sorted):
            processed_other_view = False
            if other_view != None and not other_view_already_sorted:
                self.rearrange_tabs_in_view(other_view, other_view_sorted_paths_list)
                processed_other_view = True
            processed_current_view = False
            if not curr_view_already_sorted:
                self.rearrange_tabs_in_view(current_view, curr_view_sorted_paths_list)
                processed_current_view = True
            if processed_other_view and not processed_current_view:
                # leave the view we started in as the active one:
                notepad.activateIndex(current_view, notepad.getCurrentDocIndex(current_view))
        self.in_callback = False

    def rearrange_tabs_in_view(self, view, sorted_name_list):
        notepad.activateIndex(view, notepad.getCurrentDocIndex(view))  # get switched into the correct view
        remembered_active_filename = notepad.getCurrentFilename()
        destination_index = 0
        num_of_tabs = len(sorted_name_list)
        while destination_index < num_of_tabs:
            current_order_list = []
            for (filename, _, index_in_view, v) in notepad.getFiles():
                if v == view: current_order_list.append(filename)
            curr_location_index = current_order_list.index(sorted_name_list[destination_index])
            move_left_count = curr_location_index - destination_index
            if move_left_count > 0:
                notepad.activateFile(current_order_list[curr_location_index])
                for _ in range(move_left_count): notepad.menuCommand(MENUCOMMAND.VIEW_TAB_MOVEBACKWARD)
            destination_index += 1
        notepad.activateFile(remembered_active_filename)

if __name__ == '__main__':

    if 'sftbf_a' not in globals(): sftbf_a = SFTBFa()

    # each running of the script toggles install/uninstall:
    sftbf_a.uninstall() if sftbf_a.is_installed() else sftbf_a.install()
    notepad.messageBox('SortFileTabsByFilename {}INSTALLED!'.format('' if sftbf_a.is_installed() else 'UN'), '')

Alan Kilborn

@Alan-Kilborn said in Auto sort tabs (real-time):

how did you make that little complain-at-you popup text?

I think that I may have…

Well, not quite, because when I click on mine it takes me somewhere (bad) whereas clicking on @PeterJones 's it doesn’t go anywhere.

PeterJones

@Alan-Kilborn said in Auto sort tabs (real-time):

Hey, how did you make that little complain-at-you popup text?

See How to Markdown Code on this forum. 😉

No, really, it’s there:

This is a simple [here](https://www.google.com “go Google!”) link with custom hover pop-up text

The popup hover text is the “title” text of the link. It’s also described at the no-longer-officially-linked daringfireball markdown spec

And then, while I’m typing, you said

I think that I may have [figured it out myself]…

Congrats. Of course, if I weren’t wanting the bragging rights, I wouldn’t have been able to post this reply, since you went and figured it out.

Well, not quite,

Oh, sure, you realize you had a problem while I am still writing about your problem. Let me type this reply! 😠

[text](# "hover") will do what you want. The # is the HTML shortcut for “go to the unnamed anchor on the current page”, which has been HTML shorthand for “do nothing with this link” forever (or, at least, from early forms of HTML in the 90s)

Maxitrol - Mat

looks like auto-sort is really a rocket science…

Alan Kilborn

@Maxitrol-Mat said in Auto sort tabs (real-time):

looks like auto-sort is really a rocket science…

Why do you say that?

Daniel Tomberlin

Regardless of other’s sense of entitlement, I certainly appreciate the free software of notepad++ :D

@alan-kilborn, I have a couple of questions:

How could I modify this to work so I can get my tabs to sort by ‘creation date’ since I accidentally sorted by ‘Name’ when I hit that ‘Sort Tabs’ button in the existing feature? … Maybe there is a simpler method since I’m not in need of automation?
Also, how does one run a script for notepad++?

Btw, there is another post for my particular request by @Ashil-Krishnan here, but no solution. However, @PeterJones referenced this post, which brought me here to inquire.

Thanks!

Alan Kilborn

@daniel-tomberlin said in Auto sort tabs (real-time):

sort by ‘creation date’

This may be problematic as tabs unsaved into the filesystem, with names such as new 1, new 3, etc. make determining a “creation date/time” difficult.

Alan Kilborn

@daniel-tomberlin said in Auto sort tabs (real-time):

how does one run a script for notepad++?

Well presuming you mean a PythonScript, and thus that you have that plugin installed, and a script file created and saved, the most basic way of running it is to pull down this menu structure and select your desired script:

You can also bind a script running to a keycombination for easier execution.

Daniel Tomberlin

@alan-kilborn, I see. I presume it would be the same for ‘modified date’ too. Well, I’ll keep my eye out in case you feel like conducting another “mental exercise.” ;)

Btw, thanks for the script tip!

Alan Kilborn

@daniel-tomberlin said in Auto sort tabs (real-time):

Well, I’ll keep my eye out in case you feel like conducting another “mental exercise.”

Unlikely because I never work with unsaved tabs (such as the mentioned new 1, etal). I did the original script because I thought it might be of some use to me. I don’t tend to code “complicated things” for others if I have no use for them.

Daniel Tomberlin

@alan-kilborn, ah, I understand.

Just an FYI, I did notice that the sessions.xml file in the Notepad++ folder under …\AppData\Roaming\ path does have a date at the end of the “backupFilePath” parameter. So the end of the path reads “…\new1@yyyy-mm-dd_123456,” however, saved file paths do not have anything populated in that parameter. There are also the parameters “originalFileLatModiTimestamp” and “originalFileLatModiTimestampHigh” that are “0” in the “new” tab, but have 8 numbers in the saved file, one negative and the other positive respectively. I may be able to figure out a way to manually sort my tabs by modifying the startPos=“2488” and endPos=“2488” in this file if I figure out what those numbers mean, including the number at the end of the aforementioned “backupFilePath” parameter too.

Btw, below is an example of what I’m seeing in case anyone has any answers here, but maybe answer on the other post as it is more appropriate.

<File firstVisibleLine="0" xOffset="0" scrollWidth="9423" startPos="120" endPos="120" selMode="0" offset="0" wrapCount="1" lang="SQL" encoding="-1" userReadOnly="no" filename="\\mypath\myfilename.sql" backupFilePath="" originalFileLastModifTimestamp="-386892058" originalFileLastModifTimestampHigh="30736076" mapFirstVisibleDisplayLine="-1" mapFirstVisibleDocLine="-1" mapLastVisibleDocLine="-1" mapNbLine="-1" mapHigherPos="-1" mapWidth="-1" mapHeight="-1" mapKByteInDoc="1140719616" mapWrapIndentMode="-1" mapIsWrap="no" />

<File firstVisibleLine="6" xOffset="0" scrollWidth="3990" startPos="2488" endPos="2488" selMode="0" offset="0" wrapCount="18" lang="SQL" encoding="-1" userReadOnly="no" filename="new 1" backupFilePath="C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++\backup\new 1@2020-09-01_101742" originalFileLastModifTimestamp="0" originalFileLastModifTimestampHigh="0" mapFirstVisibleDisplayLine="-1" mapFirstVisibleDocLine="-1" mapLastVisibleDocLine="-1" mapNbLine="-1" mapHigherPos="-1" mapWidth="-1" mapHeight="-1" mapKByteInDoc="0" mapWrapIndentMode="-1" mapIsWrap="no" />

Anyway, thanks for the reply.

Alan Kilborn

@daniel-tomberlin

Are you posting the exact same comment in TWO threads? If so I’d say “Why?” and also “That’s not a great idea”.

Daniel Tomberlin

@alan-kilborn, not exactly. One is speaking to you with reference to the other post. I’m basically cross posting the code part since it’s related.

Alan Kilborn

@daniel-tomberlin said in Auto sort tabs (real-time):

since I accidentally sorted by ‘Name’ when I hit that ‘Sort Tabs’ button in the existing feature?

It’s funny that you mention this.
I did the same thing once.
As a warning to myself for the future, I changed the text on that sort button:

The first thought is that it will only change the ordering on the list on this window, NOT the real tab ordering.

PeterJones

@daniel-tomberlin said in Auto sort tabs (real-time):

I’m basically cross posting the code part since it’s related.

Please don’t. The regulars all read posts from all (or most) of the categories (I will admit: I filter out the “Boycott” section and a handful of other specific “ignore” settings, as reading those is not good for my blood pressure; other than that, I read every post; I am guessing others of the regulars are similar).

All you have succeeded in doing is splitting your conversation into three different chunks, and people who are interested in your topic now have to go to three different locations to see the whole conversation, and to see what pieces have been addressed in which conversation.

To help future readers, the three discussions (hopefully not “and counting”):

Auto sort tabs (real-time) (this discussion) => this is where the sessions.xml sub-discussion started
Sort tabs by creation date => forked to a second discussion, which sometimes has the same content posted in both discussions; in that thread, the startPos and endPos are described
Need Explanation of a few Session.xml Parameters & Values => a brand new discussion to ask what the meaning of the originalFileLastModifTimestamp and originalFileLastModifTimestampHigh attributes, despite that having already been mentioned here in #1 and over in #2 (albeit with misspellings in some of the instances of the attribute names); Alan kindly did some investigation for Daniel, and showed the MS canonical docs that likely correspond to those two entries.

Daniel Tomberlin

@peterjones, sorry… I tried my best to not hijack a thread with another issue, which is why I approached it this way since I had 3 different questions to hash out. I don’t see this happening in the future and will just make a new post with my need and only focus on questions related to other posts without expanding outside of the scope… Btw, I couldn’t update that typo because of the 3 minute rule, but since the shared code was correct, I figured it would be figured out.