<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Single click to open file in workspace]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Enhancement request.</p>
<p dir="auto">Similar to single clicking on a file in document list panel to open it, can we do the same on folder as a workspace?</p>
<p dir="auto">It would appear that in folder as a workspace, a person has to double click on the file to open it.</p>
]]></description><link>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/26776/single-click-to-open-file-in-workspace</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 13:43:42 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/26776.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2025 14:47:31 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Single click to open file in workspace on Sat, 12 Apr 2025 15:37:32 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/joe-bruns-0" aria-label="Profile: Joe-Bruns-0">@<bdi>Joe-Bruns-0</bdi></a> said in <a href="/post/100974">Single click to open file in workspace</a>:</p>
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<p dir="auto">Enhancement request.</p>
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<p dir="auto"><a href="/topic/15741">FAQ: Feature Requests</a> aren’t tracked in the forum.  If you want the developer to see your request, you’ll have to follow the instructions in the FAQ.  But we can talk, and get ideas/feedback from other users here.</p>
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<p dir="auto">Similar to single clicking on a file in document list panel to open it, can we do the same on folder as a workspace? It would appear that in folder as a workspace, a person has to double click on the file to open it.</p>
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<p dir="auto">The two interfaces have a slightly different mindset, so, IMO, it would be a bad idea.  In the Document List panel, you are dealing with files that are already open in Notepad++; in that mindset, then you’d want it to behave more like the tabbar, where a single click activates that already-open file.  But in the Folder As Workspace (FaW) panel, the interface is much more like Windows Explorer: in Explorer and explorer-like interfaces, the user’s expectation is that single-clicking a file will <em>select</em> it, not launch it; and breaking that expectation in an explorer-like interface of the FaW panel will cause confusion on the part of many users, even though for some, it might be desired.  If it were an <em>option</em>, I’d be okay with it; but unexpectedly forcing <em>your</em> preferred interface on everyone, especially on people who have been using Notpead++'s FaW for years (given how old the feature is, maybe even more than a decade) would be a bad experience for a large portion of the users.</p>
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