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Is anyone else seeing a strange issue on Linux where the sidebar doesn't toggle open/close folders correctly? The folder icon toggles between open and closed,

by gchp 12y ago

Is anyone else seeing a strange issue on Linux where the sidebar doesn't toggle open/close folders correctly? The folder icon toggles between open and closed, however the files inside are not displayed. I can still open files via the command palatte, but I'd like to be able to browse via the sidebar too... Update: My desktop environment is xubuntu 14.04.

lutusp 12y ago
> Is anyone else seeing a strange issue on Linux where the sidebar doesn't toggle open/close folders correctly? Linux doesn't have sidebars, desktop environments do. Which desktop environment are you describing?
- gchp 12y ago
  Good point, I'm using xubuntu 14.04.
- gbl08ma 12y ago
  Actually I don't think the sidebar/file manager in question is provided by the desktop environment, it is rendered by Sublime Text itself.
- vertex-four 12y ago
  > Linux doesn't have sidebars, desktop environments do. No, either the GUI toolkit that ST3 uses, or ST3 itself, renders the sidebar. What desktop environment you're using has nothing to do with it - you can run Qt apps on GNOME without them somehow magically turning into GTK apps.
  - lutusp 12y ago
    >> Linux doesn't have sidebars, desktop environments do. > No, either the GUI toolkit that ST3 uses, or ST3 itself, renders the sidebar. Translation: yes. > What desktop toolkit you're using ... Please locate where I said "desktop toolkit".
    - veidr 12y ago
      Translation: you didn't understand what he said, but still couldn't refrain from a snarky reply. Sublime renders the sidebar itself, and doesn't rely on whatever UI toolkit the user has installed
      - lutusp 12y ago
        > Translation: you didn't understand what he said ... I understood him perfectly. He said, "Is anyone else seeing a strange issue on Linux where the sidebar doesn't toggle open/close folders correctly?" That's not Linux, and because there's more than one desktop environment in common use, the OP needed to identify what he was referring to. He speaks as though everyone who runs Linux uses the same desktop environment. > and doesn't rely on whatever UI toolkit the user has installed Locate my use of the word "toolkit". I said "desktop environment". Linux is not a desktop environment -- that's something that, among other properties, has sidebars.
        nknighthb 12y ago
        As pertains to Linux desktops, a "desktop environment" is a loose term for something like Xfce, KDE, or GNOME, and typically provides things like taskbars, application launch menus, desktop icons, and to a greater or lesser extent, a suite of interoperating applications. Which DE a user is currently running is irrelevant to the rendering of Sublime Text's sidebar. The Sublime Text process is sending commands directly to the X server. The DE is not involved.
        coldtea 12y ago
        >I understood him perfectly. He said, "Is anyone else seeing a strange issue on Linux where the sidebar doesn't toggle open/close folders correctly?" That's not Linux. 1) Nope. That's Linux (in that he refers to the Linux version of ST3, running on Linux). >and because there's more than one desktop environment in common use, the OP needed to identify what he was referring to. 2) Nope again. The desktop environment doesn't have anything to do with ST's sidebars. It's all about the GUI toolkit ST uses, and the bug would be there whether the user used Gnome, GTK, fwvm, Englightnment, or whatever. So, even if ST used, say, GTK for it's graphics, your answer would be wrong, because the toolkit a program uses has nothing to do with the user's "desktop environment". A user can run Gimp under KDE for example. But you're doubly wrong, because ST doesn't even use a toolkit associated with a desktop environment in the first place, but instead uses it's own GUI code: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2822114 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2822114
elentirmo 12y ago
Yeah, I had that problem as well. I solved it by removing .config/sublime-text-3/Local/Session.sublime_session WARNING: this will clear some history, e.g. the list of recently opened projects!
- gchp 12y ago
  This solved it, thank you!
ishansharma 12y ago
On Elementary(Ubuntu 12.04 based), this happens due to file permissions. If you assign correct permissions (if you're doing web development, this may happen due to files being owned by some other user/group, happened this morning!

by gchp 12y ago

lutusp 12y ago

> Is anyone else seeing a strange issue on Linux where the sidebar doesn't toggle open/close folders correctly? Linux doesn't have sidebars, desktop environments do. Which desktop environment are you describing?

gchp 12y ago
Good point, I'm using xubuntu 14.04.
gbl08ma 12y ago
Actually I don't think the sidebar/file manager in question is provided by the desktop environment, it is rendered by Sublime Text itself.
vertex-four 12y ago
> Linux doesn't have sidebars, desktop environments do. No, either the GUI toolkit that ST3 uses, or ST3 itself, renders the sidebar. What desktop environment you're using has nothing to do with it - you can run Qt apps on GNOME without them somehow magically turning into GTK apps.
- lutusp 12y ago
  >> Linux doesn't have sidebars, desktop environments do. > No, either the GUI toolkit that ST3 uses, or ST3 itself, renders the sidebar. Translation: yes. > What desktop toolkit you're using ... Please locate where I said "desktop toolkit".
  - veidr 12y ago
    Translation: you didn't understand what he said, but still couldn't refrain from a snarky reply. Sublime renders the sidebar itself, and doesn't rely on whatever UI toolkit the user has installed
    - lutusp 12y ago
      > Translation: you didn't understand what he said ... I understood him perfectly. He said, "Is anyone else seeing a strange issue on Linux where the sidebar doesn't toggle open/close folders correctly?" That's not Linux, and because there's more than one desktop environment in common use, the OP needed to identify what he was referring to. He speaks as though everyone who runs Linux uses the same desktop environment. > and doesn't rely on whatever UI toolkit the user has installed Locate my use of the word "toolkit". I said "desktop environment". Linux is not a desktop environment -- that's something that, among other properties, has sidebars.
      - nknighthb 12y ago
        As pertains to Linux desktops, a "desktop environment" is a loose term for something like Xfce, KDE, or GNOME, and typically provides things like taskbars, application launch menus, desktop icons, and to a greater or lesser extent, a suite of interoperating applications. Which DE a user is currently running is irrelevant to the rendering of Sublime Text's sidebar. The Sublime Text process is sending commands directly to the X server. The DE is not involved.
      - coldtea 12y ago
        >I understood him perfectly. He said, "Is anyone else seeing a strange issue on Linux where the sidebar doesn't toggle open/close folders correctly?" That's not Linux. 1) Nope. That's Linux (in that he refers to the Linux version of ST3, running on Linux). >and because there's more than one desktop environment in common use, the OP needed to identify what he was referring to. 2) Nope again. The desktop environment doesn't have anything to do with ST's sidebars. It's all about the GUI toolkit ST uses, and the bug would be there whether the user used Gnome, GTK, fwvm, Englightnment, or whatever. So, even if ST used, say, GTK for it's graphics, your answer would be wrong, because the toolkit a program uses has nothing to do with the user's "desktop environment". A user can run Gimp under KDE for example. But you're doubly wrong, because ST doesn't even use a toolkit associated with a desktop environment in the first place, but instead uses it's own GUI code: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2822114 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2822114

elentirmo 12y ago

Yeah, I had that problem as well. I solved it by removing .config/sublime-text-3/Local/Session.sublime_session WARNING: this will clear some history, e.g. the list of recently opened projects!

gchp 12y ago
This solved it, thank you!

ishansharma 12y ago

On Elementary(Ubuntu 12.04 based), this happens due to file permissions. If you assign correct permissions (if you're doing web development, this may happen due to files being owned by some other user/group, happened this morning!