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    • StimmenhotelS
      Stimmenhotel
      last edited by

      Hello,

      since I am using NP++ with many files sharing the same name, I am searching a way to show the file path in the tab or like directly below the tab inside the editor window.
      The files differ only form the path I am opening them from.
      They are located inside different project folders and in temporary paths from FTP-Clients.

      I found a way to show it in the document list, but since I am not using this, it is no solution.

      Is there a way to show the path in the tab or like a header ontop of the editor window?
      Maybe using a modifed theme?

      Thanks

      Br
      Stimmenhotel

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      • guy038G
        guy038
        last edited by

        Hello, @stimmenhotel and All,

        I suppose that the option, below, in Settings > Preferences... > MISC must be checked. In this case, just uncheck it !

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        Best Regards,

        guy038

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        • StimmenhotelS
          Stimmenhotel @guy038
          last edited by

          @guy038 Thanks for the quick tip!
          I have the path in the title bar, but is usally not the place my eyes are used to look. I will try to look more often on the titlebar, but I hoped there is maybe another way too.

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          • Alan KilbornA
            Alan Kilborn @Stimmenhotel
            last edited by

            @Stimmenhotel

            The titlebar approach works if the tab you are interested in is the active one. Hovering the mouse over an inactive tab will cause a little popup to appear with the full path of the tab in it.

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            • Alan KilbornA
              Alan Kilborn @Stimmenhotel
              last edited by Alan Kilborn

              @Stimmenhotel

              What’s your end goal?
              I presume it is to switch to the tab at a definite path (that you have in mind but can’t immediately see), but I wanted to make sure this would be your next step…

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              • mkupperM
                mkupper @Stimmenhotel
                last edited by

                @Stimmenhotel Please see https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/24627/rename-the-tab-not-the-file which is similar to what you are asking about.

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                • Alan KilbornA
                  Alan Kilborn @mkupper
                  last edited by

                  @mkupper said in Showing File-Path in Tab or above editor window:

                  which is similar to what you are asking about

                  I don’t think the OP here wants to rename tabs…

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                  • Mark OlsonM
                    Mark Olson
                    last edited by

                    Sadly, this is yet another person who would have benefited from my recent PR that enabled showing the directory or the path in the tab bar.

                    I’m not even going to suggest that the OP raise an issue, because it will just get rejected as a duplicate. ☹️

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                    • StimmenhotelS
                      Stimmenhotel
                      last edited by

                      To add further information:

                      I am working with a few configuration files, one of them is on a test system inside a TEMP folder managed by WinSCP.
                      The files have the same name, as I often compare them and check for errors and/or similarities.

                      I think renaming tabs would not be possible, as the temp folder sometimes changes. Same for colorcoding.
                      Also I am not exclusively use NP++ for this case, so closing and opening tabs, workfolders, searching, etc. happens a lot.

                      @Mark-Olson That would have nailed the problem, yes. Sadly it was rejected.
                      Does it still make sense to add a comment to the PR?
                      Maybe this can be added as a plugin?

                      I think I will stay with temporary coloring for now or change the read-only status.

                      Thanks for your suggestions.

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                      • Alan KilbornA
                        Alan Kilborn @Mark Olson
                        last edited by

                        @Mark-Olson said in Showing File-Path in Tab or above editor window:

                        Sadly, this is yet another person who would have benefited from my recent PR that enabled showing the directory or the path in the tab bar.

                        I’m not even going to suggest that the OP raise an issue, because it will just get rejected as a duplicate.

                        Yes, but OP could add a comment in the rejected issue; this would help show the author that the functionality is important to yet another person.

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                        • Alan KilbornA
                          Alan Kilborn
                          last edited by PeterJones

                          Perhaps a script helps here…

                          Maybe when you need to go to a specific file that you see over and over in your tabs (“So which tab do I want??”), you run a script and it shows you all of the paths to these same-named tabs, and from there you could double-click the one you need to navigate to, and it would take you there; example:

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                          I call the script ListDuplicatelyNamedTabsShowingFullPaths.py :

                          # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
                          from __future__ import print_function
                          
                          #########################################
                          #
                          #  ListDuplicatelyNamedTabsShowingFullPaths (LDNTSFP)
                          #
                          #########################################
                          
                          # references:
                          #  https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/24685
                          
                          #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                          
                          from Npp import *
                          import inspect
                          import os
                          
                          #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                          
                          class LDNTSFP(object):
                          
                              def __init__(self):
                          
                                  self.this_script_name = inspect.getframeinfo(inspect.currentframe()).filename.split(os.sep)[-1].rsplit('.', 1)[0]
                          
                                  self.this_script_path_without_ext = inspect.getframeinfo(inspect.currentframe()).filename.rsplit('.', 1)[0]
                                  self.results_file = self.this_script_path_without_ext + '.txt'
                          
                                  self.original_file = None
                          
                                  editor.callback(self.doubleclick_callback, [SCINTILLANOTIFICATION.DOUBLECLICK])
                          
                              def run(self):
                          
                                  pathlist_by_tabtext_dict = {}
                          
                                  view_0_tabtext_list = []  # for detecting cloned-files
                          
                                  for (pathname, buffer_id, index, view) in notepad.getFiles():
                                      if not os.path.isfile(pathname): continue  # skip any soft-named tabs
                                      tab_text = pathname.rsplit(os.sep, 1)[-1]
                                      if view == 0:
                                          view_0_tabtext_list.append(tab_text)
                                      elif tab_text in view_0_tabtext_list:
                                          continue  # don't consider a cloned file as a duplicate tab for purposes of this script
                                      if tab_text not in pathlist_by_tabtext_dict:
                                          pathlist_by_tabtext_dict[tab_text] = [ pathname ]
                                      else:
                                          pathlist_by_tabtext_dict[tab_text].append(pathname)
                          
                                  results_file_line_list = [
                                      'DOUBLE-CLICK A PATHNAME LINE TO CLOSE THIS FILE AND OPEN THAT PATHNAME',
                                      'DOUBLE-CLICK SOMEWHERE IN WHITESPACE TO CLOSE THIS FILE AND RETURN TO ORIGINAL FILE',
                                      '',
                                  ]
                          
                                  have_at_least_one_duplicate_tab_name = False
                          
                                  for tab_text in pathlist_by_tabtext_dict:
                                      if len(pathlist_by_tabtext_dict[tab_text]) > 1:
                                          have_at_least_one_duplicate_tab_name = True
                                          results_file_line_list.append(tab_text + ' :')
                                          for path in pathlist_by_tabtext_dict[tab_text]:
                                              results_file_line_list.append('\t' + path)
                          
                                  if have_at_least_one_duplicate_tab_name:
                          
                                      self.original_file = notepad.getCurrentFilename()
                          
                                      notepad.activateFile(self.results_file)  # in case it is already open
                                      if notepad.getCurrentFilename() != self.results_file:
                                          open(self.results_file, 'w').close()  # so notepad.open() won't prompt or fail on non-existent file
                                          notepad.open(self.results_file)
                                          assert notepad.getCurrentFilename() == self.results_file
                          
                                      eol = ['\r\n', '\r', '\n'][editor.getEOLMode()]
                                      editor.setText(eol.join(results_file_line_list))
                                      notepad.save()
                                      editor.setReadOnly(True)
                          
                                  else:
                          
                                      self.mb('Currently there are no duplicately named tabs.')
                          
                              def doubleclick_callback(self, args):
                          
                                  if notepad.getCurrentFilename() == self.results_file:
                          
                                      double_click_pos = args['position']
                          
                                      if double_click_pos == -1:
                          
                                          # not close to any text; simply return to original document
                                          notepad.close()  # close the file double-clicked in
                                          if self.original_file is not None:
                                              notepad.activateFile(self.original_file)
                                              self.original_file = None
                          
                                      else:
                          
                                          double_click_line = editor.lineFromPosition(double_click_pos)
                                          dclick_line_content = editor.getLine(double_click_line)
                                          pathname_to_open = dclick_line_content.strip()
                                          if os.path.isfile(pathname_to_open):
                                              notepad.close()  # close the file double-clicked in
                                              notepad.activateFile(pathname_to_open)
                                              self.original_file = None
                          
                              def mb(self, msg, flags=0, title=''):  # a message-box function
                                  return notepad.messageBox(msg, title if title else self.this_script_name, flags)
                          
                          #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                          
                          if __name__ == '__main__':
                              try:
                                  ldntsfp
                              except NameError:
                                  ldntsfp = LDNTSFP()
                              ldntsfp.run()
                          

                          The script opens a new file and then waits for you to do something (i.e., double-click) in that file. When that happens, this special file closes and you are back on your way with what you need to work on next.

                          –
                          Moderator EDIT (2024-Jan-14): The author of the script has found a fairly serious bug with the code published here for those that use Mac-style or Linux-style line-endings in their files. The logic for Mac and Linux was reversed, and thus if the script was used on one type of file, the line-endings for the opposite type of file could end up in the file after the script is run. This is insidious, because unless one works with visible line-endings turned on, this is likely not noticed. Some detail on the problem is HERE. The script above has been corrected per that instruction.

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                          • Mark OlsonM
                            Mark Olson @Stimmenhotel
                            last edited by

                            @Stimmenhotel said in Showing File-Path in Tab or above editor window:
                            I’m glad that you think my PR would have been useful!

                            Maybe this can be added as a plugin?

                            In any case, the NavigateTo plugin is good for working with large numbers of files in general, and it’s also pretty good for dealing with files that have duplicate filenames.

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                            As shown in the above example, NavigateTo is really useful for sifting through files that may have the same name or similar names. If you do decide to use NavigateTo, I highly recommend downloading a recent release.

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                            • Alan KilbornA
                              Alan Kilborn
                              last edited by

                              Here’s NavigateTo showing my fileset…not bad:

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                              • StimmenhotelS
                                Stimmenhotel @Mark Olson
                                last edited by

                                @Mark-Olson Quite clunky, but perfect for now. Thanks for the recommendation.
                                @Alan-Kilborn Thanks for the script, I will try it anyway. Especially as it shows me the way of using scripts, I will definitely try it anyway.

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                                • Alan KilbornA
                                  Alan Kilborn @Stimmenhotel
                                  last edited by

                                  @Stimmenhotel said in Showing File-Path in Tab or above editor window:

                                  Quite clunky

                                  I think you mean the NavigateTo approach?

                                  I find invoking that plugin clunky (in the sense of keyboard usage) and have made a suggestion that it should be made better; see HERE.

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                                  • Mark OlsonM
                                    Mark Olson @Mark Olson
                                    last edited by

                                    @Mark-Olson said in Showing File-Path in Tab or above editor window:

                                    Sadly, this is yet another person who would have benefited from my recent PR that enabled showing the directory or the path in the tab bar.

                                    After a little more discussion, the PR that I mentioned above is firmly rejected, so there is definitely no point in trying to comment there.

                                    Maybe there is some other way that might get accepted to change Notepad++ directly to make duplicate files easier to work with, but it seems doubtful to me.

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                                    • Alan KilbornA
                                      Alan Kilborn
                                      last edited by

                                      If you’ve used a script in this thread, you might want to double check your copy of it for a bug I’ve discovered.
                                      Look to previous postings in this topic thread where the script has been changed – find the text moderator edit (2024-Jan-14).
                                      There’s a link there that describes the bug in more detail, and shows what needs to be changed in an old copy (or you can simply grab a copy of the current version).

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