Side Panel File Navigator
- Dominant language
- JavaScript
- Stars
- 34
- Forks
- 71
- Avg merge
- 2d 11h
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 29
Description
**User Story:**
As a user who is authoring in a document, I would like an easier way to access my other documents without having to go back into the file navigator window.
**Acceptance Criteria**
**Non-functional**
- user is able to access directory in a side panel while in document
- side panel consists of the files/directory the user is currently in
**Functional**
- documents of current directory are listed
- user is able to up level the file navigator to find what they are looking for
- when a user selects a document, document will open in a new tab
- while on a file line item, user is able to select a copy button, which copies the file path URL to clipboard (ex: user is building a page but needs to reference a particular fragment, no more going back to find fragment, preview, get link, go back to page, paste it)
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/83f04aa0-64dd-4676-8c97-382b558fb3f4
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by locating the existing file navigator window and document tab behavior. Trace how the current directory and document selection are represented, then determine how a side panel could expose the current directory, parent navigation, opening documents in new tabs, and copying file path URLs. Done means all listed acceptance criteria work together while authoring in a document.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100