Jumping back and forth between nvim-tree directory view and opened files with Ctrl-O and Ctrl-I

[d1vanov]

Hi there. I'm trying to migrate from nerdtree to nvim-tree and can't seem to implement the following workflow: I usually open some directory, open some file from it, inspect it, maybe edit and save, then go back to directory with Ctrl-O, open another file and the cycle repeats. With nvim-tree Ctrl-O from opened file gets me to some other file which I opened previously instead of the directory from which I opened the current file. Could someone please tell me if it's possible with nvim-tree to implement the behaviour I'd like to have instead? Maybe it's possible with some other hotkey than Ctrl-O?

My current setup for nvim-tree is as follows:

require('nvim-tree').setup({
    respect_buf_cwd = true,
    sync_root_with_cwd = true,
    update_focused_file = {
        enable = true,
        update_root = {
            enable = true
        }
    },
    actions = {
        change_dir = {
            enable = false,
            global = false
        },
        open_file = {
            quit_on_open = true,
            eject = false,
            resize_window = false
        }
    },
    renderer = {
        group_empty = true,
        icons = {
            show = {
                git = true,
                file = false,
                folder = false,
                folder_arrow = true,
            },
            glyphs = {
                folder = {
                arrow_closed = "⏵",
                arrow_open = "⏷",
            },
            git = {
                unstaged = "✗",
                staged = "✓",
                unmerged = "⌥",
                renamed = "➜",
                untracked = "★",
                deleted = "⊖",
                ignored = "◌",
            },
        },
    },
}

[alex-courtis]

What is <C-O> mapped to? It's not one of the nvim-tree defaults and nvim default is to go back in the jump list. It sounds like <C-O> is working as intended.

I'm not exactly sure what you're after, but <c-w>l and <c-w>h will move focus between windows.

If you want to directly focus (or open/toggle/...) nvim-tree you can use :help nvim-tree-api.tree.focus() and its sibling functions OR the equivalent commands :help nvim-tree-commands

[d1vanov]

Yes, Ctrl-O simply goes back. I guess my problem is that when I open a directory with nvim-tree it isn't added to a jump list so I cannot jump back to this directory after I opened some file from the said directory.

[alex-courtis]

That could be added, although it would need to be optional as it would disrupt existing users.

Feature Requests and Pull Requests are always welcome.