The problem
since I use the “Sliding Panes” plugin, there’s always a bunch of files open in my Obsidian. Sometimes I switch to Obsidian with a very clear goal of opening a specific file, so I press Command+O and type in the file name to find it. Because I don’t want to check whether the file is open or not (rather say there’s no way to check open files quickly). As this process repeats for a while, some files will have redundant panes, the panes are bloated and the workspace ends up being a mess.
Quick Switcher++ is a very helpful tool, it allows you to search for open editors by typing a special prefix (edt by default) in the quick switcher. But I think it’s still not very intuitive, I want the “search any file and open it” action and “search for existing open file and activate it” to be combined into one thing to use.
The solution
I tried to fork Quicker Switcher ++ and add a new setting item called “Include open files”. When it’s enabled, the switcher modal shows all the open files at the top with a different color style. If the open file is chosen, make that pane active; Other suggestions behave the same as the original, opening the file in the active pane.
Summary
I’ll test this new feature in my workflow for a while to see if it’s actually useful. Meanwhile, I’d love to hear from the community. What do you think about it? Do you have a better idea for my problem?