Cursor does not focus on file created when creating file with nested directory

[GZLiew]

Description

Cursor does not focus on file created when creating file with nested directory

Neovim version

NVIM v0.7.2
Build type: RelWithDebInfo
LuaJIT 2.1.0-beta3

Operating system and version

Linux-5.19.12

nvim-tree version

6ca6f99

Minimal config

require("nvim-tree").setup({
  update_focused_file = {
    enable = true
  },
  git = {
    ignore = false
  },
  actions = {
    open_file = {
      quit_on_open = true
    }
  },
  view = {
    width = 200,
    number = true,
    relativenumber = true,
    side = 'left',
    mappings = {
      list = {
        { key = "-", cb = tree_cb("close") },
        { key = { "<BS>", "<C-o>" }, action = "close_node" },
      }
    }
  }
})

Steps to reproduce

1. nvim
2. a
3. somefolder/anotherfolder/a.c
4. cursor focuses on the top of the tree

Expected behavior

Cursor should focus on the top of the tree

Actual behavior

Cursor should focus on the file created

[alex-courtis]

Confirmed:

Occurs whenever a file is created in a directory specified via the input.

Open / closed state of the directories has no effect.

[alex-courtis]

Problem: the current (focused) node is synchronously refreshed, but not the node in which the file is created.

Solutions:

1. open the tree to the folder containing the new file and focus it
2. focus the file only if the folder is already open

1 would be best achieved via a find file action
2 would require refreshing the folder if it is open

[alex-courtis]

Unrelated bug: FolderCreated event is dispatched with the created file's absolute path.

[alex-courtis]

@GZLiew I will be grateful if you can test the fix #1722

cd /path/to/nvim-tree.lua
git pull
git checkout 1716-focus-file-dir-on-creation

[GZLiew]

hi @alex-courtis the fix works! Thanks for dropping a pr!

Tested with both single nest and multi nested directory

[alex-courtis]

Unfortunately I have had to back out this change as it breaks update_focused_file.enabled and renderer.group_empty

Attempting fix again.