feat: a middle click on a folder opens it in a new tab by alextakitani · Pull Request #229 · thisisgm/flea

alextakitani · 2026-09-30T19:10:53Z

What changes

A middle click on a folder opens that folder in a new tab: the browser convention, and the mirror of the middle click that already closes a tab in ui/TabBar.qml.

Listing: in the list, the grid and all three columns of the columns view (the neighbour columns included). It moves neither the cursor nor the selection of the tab being left; on a file it does nothing.
Rail: on the Places and Favorites rows. A remote favourite (smb://…), which has to mount before it has a path, says "opens in this tab only.". The Trash, shares and volumes do not react.
The nine-tab limit still holds (Tabs.openNew).

How

ui/js/Tap.js: tabTarget (the decision, pure) and tappedTab, which calls Tabs.openNew.
ui/js/PlaceMenu.js: openTabAt resolves the path the same way Sidebar.openFavourite does.
keys.toml: four [[pointer]] rows with does = "openTab" (listing dir/file, neighbour dir, rail place); ui/js/Keymap.js regenerated.
tools/flea-file-budget: ui/Sidebar.qml goes from 566 to 568 for the two lines that wire the signal.

Tests

tests/js/tap.js drives the new pointer-table rows; tests/js/placemenu.js covers openTabAt's refusals.
Full makepkg: cargo test --release (1049 ok), tests/js.sh (4814 checks, 0 failed), tests/keymap-gen.sh, tools/flea-qmllint-gate with no regression, tools/flea-file-budget ok.
tests/ui.sh middleclick (new case): a file opens no tab; a folder opens a new tab in the list, grid and columns; the Trash opens none; a favourite opens one. Not run: omarchy-drive is not on this machine, only bash -n was checked.
Tested by hand at the real window (package installed through makepkg): works in the listing and on the rail.

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New Features
- Middle-clicking a directory in list, grid, or column views opens it in a new tab. Middle-clicking a file does not open a tab.
- Middle-clicking a home or favorite place in the sidebar opens it in a new tab when supported.
- Middle-clicking a directory in a neighboring column opens it in a new tab.
Bug Fixes
- Middle-clicking Trash does not open a tab. Remote favorites remain in the current tab.

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Middle-clicking directories in listing, grid, and column views now opens them in new tabs. Middle-clicking supported sidebar places also requests a new tab. Middle-clicking files and Trash rows does not add a tab.

Changes

Middle-click tab navigation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Define middle-click actions and tab targets `keys.toml`, `ui/js/Keymap.js`, `ui/js/Tap.js`, `tests/js/tap.js`	Pointer mappings define middle-click actions for directories, files, neighbour columns, and rail places. Tap logic validates directory targets and opens valid targets in a new tab. Tests cover the mappings and listing targets.
Route listing and column requests `ui/ColumnPane.qml`, `ui/ColumnsArea.qml`, `ui/GridArea.qml`, `ui/List.qml`, `tests/ui.sh`	List, grid, and column handlers route middle-click tab requests through Tap. UI tests cover directory, file, and Trash behavior across views.
Open sidebar places in tabs `ui/SidebarRow.qml`, `ui/Sidebar.qml`, `ui/js/PlaceMenu.js`, `tests/js/placemenu.js`, `tools/flea-file-budget`	Sidebar rows emit tab requests for home and favorite entries. PlaceMenu opens supported file URLs and reports favorite-record errors or messages for other URI schemes. The recorded Sidebar.qml line ceiling increases from 566 to 568.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant User
  participant List
  participant Tap
  participant Tabs
  User->>List: Middle-click directory row
  List->>Tap: tappedTab(row, path, pane)
  Tap->>Tabs: openNew(target)

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The test now returns to the original tab using a GUI click and checks the restored directory before continuing. No actionable merge-blocking issue was found. The real-window middle-click test remains unexecuted.

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alextakitani · 2026-09-30T19:17:09Z

@thisisgm the tests/ui.sh middleclick case was not run: omarchy-drive is not on this machine, the same gap #128, #132, #197, #201 and #212 report. Could you run ./tests/ui.sh middleclick on your box before merging?

In the list, the grid, all three columns of the columns view, and on the rail's Places and Favorites rows. It is the browser convention and the mirror of the middle click that already closes a tab on the tab bar. It moves neither the cursor nor the selection of the tab being left; on a file it does nothing. - ui/js/Tap.js: tabTarget (the decision, testable) and tappedTab. - ui/js/PlaceMenu.js: openTabAt resolves the path the way openFavourite does; a remote favourite says it opens in this tab only. - keys.toml: four [[pointer]] rows with does = "openTab"; Keymap.js regenerated. - tools/flea-file-budget: Sidebar.qml goes from 566 to 568 for the two lines that wire the signal.

Presses the middle button at the real window: a file opens no tab (the negative control), a folder opens a new tab in the list, the grid and the columns, the Trash row opens none and a seeded favourite opens one. Not run here: omarchy-drive is not on this machine, only the syntax was checked.

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thisisgm · 2026-10-06T00:26:42Z

merged as authored; a middle click opens a folder in a new tab (fa294c2, v0.3.8). Thanks @alextakitani! https://github.com/thisisgm/flea/releases/tag/v0.3.8

# Conflicts: # tests/ui.sh # tools/flea-file-budget # ui/Sidebar.qml

alextakitani added 2 commits September 30, 2026 16:17

alextakitani force-pushed the middle-click-new-tab branch from c985752 to cd16a12 Compare September 30, 2026 19:17

alextakitani changed the title ~~feat: clique do meio numa pasta abre em nova tab~~ feat: a middle click on a folder opens it in a new tab Sep 30, 2026

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test(ui): return to the first tab with click_tab, not the tui-only digit

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Middle-click a folder to open it in a new tab #219

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thisisgm merged commit 7a53330 into thisisgm:main Oct 6, 2026
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Merge the PR thisisgm#229 middle-click branch into 0.3.8

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# Conflicts: # tests/ui.sh # tools/flea-file-budget # ui/Sidebar.qml

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