textmate - moving project drawer to right side

Question

is this seriously the solution to this problem?

this should be a preference setting : show project drawer on? right or left. — braitsch, Jun 13 '12 at 19:24

score 24 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 12 '11 at 06:58

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You can do it this way:

in the menu -> View -> Hide project drawer

then move the textmate window to the side of the screen e.g. far left if you want the drawer on the right side

then back to the menu -> View -> show project drawer

it will open on whichever side it has room based on where you placed the window on the screen.

answered Aug 12 '11 at 06:58

Greg

This solution is not working for TextMate 2. Please look at this solution http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3795726/how-to-move-the-textmate-file-explorer-to-the-right-side in case if you are using latest versions. – maniempire Sep 20 '14 at 13:54

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 27 '10 at 01:50

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Unfortunately, yes. As far as I know, that is the only way to force TextMate to change the side the drawer is on.

answered Apr 27 '10 at 01:50

Michael Melanson

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered May 18 '15 at 04:31

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If you have it installed, go to Preferences > Project+ > Sidebar and select "Show sidebar on the right side of the window".

answered May 18 '15 at 04:31

Nikhil Thombare

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 05 '11 at 15:08

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Here is a better solution.

defaults write com.macromates.textmate OakProjectDrawerPrefersRightEdge -bool NO

answered Feb 05 '11 at 15:08

tim

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this doesn't work, the drawer will still open on whatever side it has more room on. – braitsch Jun 13 '12 at 19:26
`defaults write com.macromates.TextMate.preview fileBrowserPlacement right` should work for OSX. Changing the last part of the command from `right` to `left` will switch it back to the left side. – Peter Berg Jun 26 '13 at 15:01

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