The navigation pane (tree) on the left-hand side of Windows Explorer (in Windows 7) shows only folders and not files, as shown below:
Is there anyway to make it show files as well? I'm looking for something similar to what is provided in modern IDEs or text editors like Sublime). For instance, this is what it looks like in Sublime:
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I can't vouch for the latest version of TextPad because I haven't tried it. However Textpad v5.4.2 has a persistent folder/file tree. View > explorer.
Notepad++ has a plugin called Light Explorer that does Tree View with files. To Install:
You can also run Light Explorer in its own instance separate from another notepad++ install. It will take a separate space in the taskbar which is nice. See Below:
Here is an Autoit snippet from Yashied: https://www.autoitscript.com/forum/topic/124430-display-on-the-fly-a-directory-tree-in-a-treeview/
The above snippet has the correct icons for each file. It isnt as fast as the snippet below. No drag N drop features. But they could definitely be added.
Heres another Autoit snippet from spudw2k: https://www.autoitscript.com/forum/topic/80327-filebrowser-with-treeview/?do=findComment&comment=580714
The above snippet doesn't have the correct icons for each file, but is surprisingly fast. No Drag N drop.
Here is .NET source code that does exactly what your asking. All you would have to do is modify to suite your needs:
https://code.msdn.microsoft.com/windowsapps/File-System-Tree-View-3a28325c
For those who don't have the ability to modify the source, I have taken the above source code, made slight modifications, and compiled the executable. Here it is:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/xb4f3skrcs20om4/ExplorerTreee.zip?dl=1
Alternatively, there is a program called QTTabBar that can do this in the form of context menus:
There are two version of this program though. 1038 has a sorry install package, but is feature packed and awesome. 1.5.0.0 Beta 2 has an awesome install package but is not as awesome and doesn't have as many features.
Awesome version 1038
Awesome version 1038 plugins
Awesome version 1038 plugins source
Good installer version 1.5.0.0 Beta 2
Good installer version 1.5.0.0 Beta 2 all files
Good installer version 1.5.0.0 Beta 2 source code
You could probably make a plugin for the awesome version 1038 that would have a persistent Tree View w/files.
You could modify the source code of the Good installer version 1.5.0.0 Beta 2 to get the persistent Tree View w/files.
Sometimes the awesome version installs on some PCs just fine. I have had trouble installing the awesome version in the past, and what I have done to fix it is install the version that has the awesome installer.