Sublime Text 2 - Show file navigation in sidebar

I just switched to Sublime Text as my new editor. If I open the sidebar it shows the opening file, but what I want is a file navigation sidebar, is it possible to change that without downloading plugins?

Solution 1:

You have to add a folder to the Sublime Text window in order to navigate via the sidebar. Go to File -> Open Folder... and select the highest directory you want to be able to navigate.

Also, 'View -> Sidebar -> Show Sidebar' if it still doesn't show. In the new version, there is only an 'open' menu and no separate option for opening a folder.

Solution 2:

You may drag'n'drop your folder to Side bar. To enable Side bar you should do View -> Side bar -> show opened files. You'll got opened files (tabs) tree and folder structure at Side bar.

Solution 3:

Use Ctrl+0 to change focus to the sidebar.

Solution 4:

Instead of opening a folder, try adding a folder by going to "Project" -> "Add Folder to Project..." which opens a Folder choosing dialog. This way the folder won't open in a new window and will be added to your current workspace.

If you then go to "Project" -> "Save Project As..." you can even save your current setup (cells setup, opened files, unsaved changes, etc...), this makes it easy to hotswitch between multiple projects without loosing control and unsaved changes which could be unsafe to be saved right now, but would be a loss if you just ditched them. (Just be sure to have the "hot_exit" setting set to true.)

And Ctrl + Alt + P (Linux and Windows) / Super + Ctrl + P (Mac) lets you switch between the saved projects.

This way you don't have to setup your editor every time you want to work on one of your projects.

Hint: Try http://sublime-text-unofficial-documentation.readthedocs.org/en/sublime-text-2/ which is a wonderful resource for beginners, it teaches you the ropes and shows you the power of your "new" editor, just start with the "Editing" chapter.

Solution 5:

open ST ( Sublime Text )
add your project root folder into ST : link : https://stackoverflow.com/a/18798528/1241980
show sidebar : Menu bar View > Side Bar > Show Side Bar
Try Ctrl + P to open a file someFileName.py

Does a navigation panel for openned files and project folders appear in the left of ST ?

Extra : Want view the other files that are in the same directory with someFileName.py ?
While I found ST side bar seems doesn't support this, but you can try Ctrl + O (Open) keyshort in ST to open your system file browser, in which the ST will help you to locate into the folder that contains someFileName.py and it's sibling files.