Project title in main window title

[matsen75]

It would be nice to have the name of the current project in the title of the main window. I usually have several windows of brackets running and alt-tabbing between. It gets confusing without the title :)

[peterflynn]

We should merge this with the user story https://trello.com/card/update-native-window-title-to-show-current-document-file-name-path/4f90a6d98f77505d7940ce88/570

[njx]

Reviewed. Move to backlog.

[njx]

Will consider this as part of https://trello.com/c/PIwkuyYM

Will consider this as part of https://trello.com/c/PIwkuyYM

This task is set to Done on Trello (if I'm understanding it correctly), but Brackets still doesn't show the root/project folder name in the window title.

This feature is really useful -- Here's another person's feedback who has asked for it:
"When switching between project windows, for example in the OSX Dock, there is nothing that tells them apart. The title bar currently includes the filename, but not the root folder which is kind of the project name."

The editor I'm using for now (Sublime Text) has this.

Can you create a new task in Trello for adding this? Thank you very much.

[peterflynn]

@DEVTIME: Hmm... is this a Mac-only thing? When I launch Sublime on Windows, it shows the current filename's absolute path, but it doesn't include any succinct label for the root "project" folder.

@peterflynn Did you save the file as part of a project? The command for this is: Project | Save Project As...

[peterflynn]

@DEVTIME Oh, oops. If I use File > Open Folder I see something like this:

() - Sublime Text 2

Is that what you're seeing? I guess one question I have is, how often is the current file's absolute path short enough that the folder name is visible in places like the OS X Dock labels, the Windows Taskbar butons, etc.?

(Sorry for taking so long to answer... I was on vacation first, and then life got in the way...)

<full absolute path> (<project folder name>) - Sublime Text 2

Is that what you're seeing?

No, in OS X Sublime Text displays: <current file basename> — <project folder basename>

It only displays a longer filename if there are two files with the same basename open in tabs for the current window.

I like this, because it is both short, clear, and useful:

• Displays the current filename.
• Displays the project's folder basename always, which allows us to identify the right project window immediately (e.g., from a list of windows).

[peterflynn]

Reopening -- sorry this stalled.

We'd like to add the project root's folder name to the titlebar, so the overall titlebar string should look like this:

() - Brackets

Whereas currently Brackets shows just this:

- Brackets