Highlight active document in binder

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For the record, this is where we “pooh-poohed” nevdev:

Let the binder reflect which split pane is active

Might it possible, for a future update, to include this small functionality: when you have two split panes, when you click in one, the relevant document in the binder should be highlighted; and when you click in the other pane, that other document should then be highlighted in the binder. It would help you to keep a visual track of which documents you are editing. As it is, only the last selected in the binder remains the highlighted document.

I think Ioa’s explanation hits the nail on the head:

@Ioa

Automatically revealing (and hiding what has been revealed prior) in the Binder would completely change it from the tool it is right now into something else. That is perhaps where the divide is between those requesting it and those saying it would be annoying. The binder is designed to drive the editor, not the other way around. It is a top-end organisational tool and working space. The behaviour that is being proposed here would convert the binder from that sort of tool, into some kind of auxiliary feedback device like the Explorer sidebar in Windows, that just jumps around showing you whatever you clicked on—but is in itself because of that, somewhat useless as a work space because it is not persistent and only nominally drives the right side. Hence, any friction toward making that sort of change. You’re really asking for some of the core management features of Scrivener to be converted into a completely different sort of program.