What’s your BBEdit setting for Application -> Open Documents into the front
window if possible ?
If it’s not checked, simply double clicking a file in the finder will open it
in a new window.
Is that what you're after, or have I misunderstood your objective?
— Bruce
_bruce__van_allen__santa_cruz_ca_
> On Jan 13, 2024, at 10:34 AM, James Greenwood <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi, I'm looking for a way to right-click a file in Finder and select an
> option to open it in a new BBEdit window. Currently I can only see a way
> (from Finder) to open a document in the existing active BBEdit window.
>
> The existing process I use to achieve this is quite slow, so I'm looking for
> a faster replacement from this:
> 1. I'm in Finder, looking at the file I want to open in a new BBEdit window
> 2. Switch to BBEdit, then File > New > Text Window; make sure the new window
> is active
> 3. Switch back to Finder, then double-click file
> 4. In BBEdit, switch to the unwanted empty document that's also open in new
> BBEdit window
> 5. Close the empty document
> 6. Switch back to the document I just opened
>
> Does anyone know a way to achieve this (ideally without needing a 3rd-party
> utility)?
>
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