index.{js,ts,jsx,tsx} always on top

[drpicox]

When we work with JS or TS, we usually do:

import { symbol } from 'some/folder'

And in the some/folder there is a index.ts that does:

export * from './aThing';
export * from './bThing';
...
export * from './yThing';
export * from './zThing';

The problem, is that when we look at the folder in the Explorer we see the files like:

- some/folder
  - aThing.ts
  - bThing.ts
  - index.ts
  - yThing.ts
  - zThing.ts

It is difficult to spot and edit the index.ts. It is like it has camouflage.

The problem is:

1. The file follows a different kind of naming (the one forced by node importing rules) from the rest files from the package
2. It defines what the folder is itself, so it breaks apart the same single concept

The proposal is to reorder the contents of the folder so index.{js,ts,jsx,tsx} is always just below the folder name:

- some/folder
  - index.ts
  - aThing.ts
  - bThing.ts
  - yThing.ts
  - zThing.ts

[drpicox]

I am not sure about it, I did some research before adding the issue, and looking one by one from suggested ones it seems that I cannot find an exact duplicated:

• Crash when Reveal in Explorer  #129047, no
• Creating multiple files at once #128853, no
• Missing folder explorer #128698, no
• Quickly toggles excluded (hidden) files visibility in the file explorer #128648, no
• Active item isn't being tracked on the File Explorer #128538, no
• Open Containing Folder does not open on right location #127818, no
• paste a file with existing file name in vscode cause them to rename instead of replace existing file #127746, no
• Copy file in context menu cuts the file #127596, no
• Options to put projects in explorer as separate sections #126872, no
• FSP root folder in workspace retains '!' error indicator after successful refresh #126842, no
• Explorer: consider to refresh contents more aggressively based on events? #126817, no
• Explorer #126450, no (kind of tricky title, but reading the body, it is not what I described)
• Double-click-plus-drag opens unwanted new file #126398, no
• Download button asks folder for each file ignores last used path #126346, no
• Feature to lock folders(unclickable) and pin folders to top of the Folders section. #125922, no
• Folder tree can't display folder's name with \n correctly #125906, no
• Drag & drop with multiple folders, some of which are compact folders, always moves the leaf folders of the compact folders #125616, no
• can't delete multi-selected files 1.57.0 #125464, no
• Opening folder tree by double click #125295, no
• "Scope into this" feature from Visual Studio. #124851, no
• "Reveal in Explorer" hotkey doesn't work #124825, no
• Progress bar during uploading a very big file #124505, no
• Explorer: should not offer drop feedback in multi-root case when last folder readonly #124495, no
• New keyboard shortcuts CTRL+N and CTRL+ALT+N with condition for explorer #124401, no
• Filename search doesn't show/follow symlinks [Explorer] [Sidebar \ Folders] [Windows Symbolic Link] #124341, no
• Show last modified date for each file in the explorer #124115, no
• navigation in sidebar, and image state memory #124065, no
• Exclude files from opening in editor #124037, no
• Add compare folders feature #124023, no
• Revel in File Explorer shortcut select wrong file #124005, no
• Always "Add folder to workspace" Drag And Drop #123413, no
• Should not close deleted files #123389, no
• better api for command "explorer.download"  #123260, no
• autoReveal, but only when a file is explicitly selected #123020, no
• Rename and delete in explorer should have ... since they need additional info #122316, no
• Folder added to workspace displays '!' warning in Explorer if folder is hosted by a FileSystemProvider implemented in an extension that is not yet activated #122004, no
• "Reopen folder using..." should use a more dedicated ux solution, not notifications #121805, no
• Copy + Paste automatically open file in new tab #117967, no
• Option to disable Undo/Redo for File Operations #117621, no
• DND to download out of remote doesn't work #116989, no
• Explorer: broken after enabling settings sync #114994, no
• New File better flow for beginners #114423, no
• Offer to open a workspace from empty explorer #112730, no
• Rename, Drag and Drop Fail with Long Compact Folder Names #112463, no
• Creating new file/folder in Explorer is aborted when files are concurrently being created/deleted #112293, no
• Downloading files and folders should preserve executable bit #112099, no
• Undo/Redo history messed up with dnd and file copy #111655, no
• Update progress message to Copying x of y #111626, no
• Align upload & download progress between desktop and web #111580, no
• Progress: cannot cancel #111578, no
• Undo of folder deletion brings back empty folder #111022, no
• Unselecting selection among multi-selection and pressing DEL delete latest unselected item #108885, no
• Add an explorer/title menu contribution point #108271, no
• Don't delete files when replacing dir #105691, no
• Better support for case sensitive macOS #94307, no
• Cannot drag/drop file from VS Code to other apps due to invalid data object #91132, no
• Add "Expand All" Button to Tree (make "Collapse All" toggleable) #88682, no
• Allow to set explorer.autoReveal per specific folder #87956, no
• Allow "Explorer: Incremental Naming" to have Disabled option for Paste #84857, no
• Builtin support for reading files from their zip archives #75559, no
• New explorer: allow to filter by path #67988, no
• Drag and Drop "dotfile" to File Explorer creates file without leading "dot" #67176, no
• Explorer: resolve all folders before filtering #66971, no
• Add labels/colors for folders #62104, no
• Dragging files and folders onto an empty explorer ignores the files #52875, no
• Add a setting to not promote workspace folders to top level if they are children of another top level folder #45470, no
• Allow to "Scope to this" in explorer #41860, no
• Sort folders/projects in multi-root workspace #41351, no
• Use .gitignore to hide files in explorer #38878, no
• Change Vertical Scrollbar Width #30191, no
• Align explorer sorting with platform sorting #27759, no
• Explorer / Opened Editors Sorting #27286, no
• Configure Explorer to show and distinguish generated/derived/related files #15370, no (maybe the closest one, but does not cover this case)
• File Nesting #6328, no
• Get selected file/folder in the explorer view #3553, no
• Support regex in files.exclude => when #1214, no
• Exclude all files except for... #869, no
• Hide empty folders after apply file exclusions (user settings) #763, no

And also checking some of the most recent ones closed

• Folder last modified upon saving file #129347, neither
• Adding folders via Drag & Drop does not retain folder order #128780, neither
• VS Code won't open any files #128726, neither
• Unable to create new file if Explorer: Sort Order is set to modified and some file is appending #128628, neither, could be, because it is just ordering, but not
• Default presentation of Explorer: Copy Relative Path Separator in Setting editor is confusing #128345, neither
• Add right-click Duplicate to file explorer #127256, neither
• Attempting to delete multiple files in VS Code Explorer after deselecting a single file from them deletes the file #127219, neither
• File > Revert File should be disabled for untitled schemes #126999, neither
• Filename input is interrupted #126793, neither
• if delete file op fails, will refuse to exit #126684, neither
• I can't rename or create new file throught files explorer view #126277, neither
• show a warning dialog when delete file from vscode #126000, neither
• Can create illegal file end with '.' #125919, neither
• delete one file and show a warming dialog #125890, neither
• Reveal File in Explorer #125598, neither
• Cannot drag and drop files to upload them in web #125041, neither
• Explorer: New File/Folder actions not disabled in readonly file system #125026, neither
• Sorting #124932, neither
• Explorer: "Cut" should not be enabled on readonly file systems #124850, neither
• "explorer.sortOrder": "type" #124800, neither
• Accessibility Request - Move files in File Explorer Sidebar for keyboard users #124775, neither
• Delete files action deletes wrong file if the cursor (the blue border?) is not on the selected files. #124611, neither
• Duplicating file: Editor not opened for the new file even if it has focus in the explorer (confusing) #124565, neither
• Renaming files is broken... again #124313, neither
• VSCode insider can't delete more than one file  #124030, neither
• clicking explorer item on Side bar does not open the file in editor #123931, neither
• Web: upload a folder that already exists leads to error #123469, neither
• Bulk-edit veto dialog talks about "Quit" always #123438, neither
• Cannot create or rename entries in Explorer on a large repo #122879, neither
• how can i set download path when download file from workspace? #122713, neither
• File Search Should automatically Unfold or Expand folders #122493, neither
• Explorer puts a "!" next to a folder saying it is unresolved #122276, neither
• The newly added file does not appear in explorer #121825, neither
• Folders randomly close when working in Go submodule, added as separate top-level folder #121217, neither
• Duplicated file is no longer opened in editor #121175, neither
• Feature Request: Grouping multi-root workspaces in Explorer #121127, neither
• Add desktop.ini to the default files.exclude list #121006, neither
• folder structure #120912, neither
• Pasting file in the explorer no longer opens that file in the editor #120882, neither
• Register workbench.action.files.openFolder / workbench.action.files.openFile command even on macOS #120752, neither
• Don't open ignored files in the Explorer  #120679, neither
• Improve the upload/download experience when upload/download files between local and remote #120620, neither
• Crostini: can't move files with drag and drop #120580, neither
• Hide a file in the file explorer in the side bar programatically #120447, neither
• fail open new project when it has same name but from diffrent path and diffrent file #120022, neither
• node_modules not showing in tree #119847, neither
• Focus on a sub-folder in Explorer view #119746, neither
• Offer to rename -- A file or folder with the name already exists in the destination folder. Do you want to replace it? #119513, neither
• Select state is not correct when remove directories with multi select in file explorer #119464, neither

But, it "looks like":

• Custom Sort Order in File Explorer #119207
  But this says that it is a duplicated for:
• Explorer / Opened Editors Sorting #27286
  But it does not show this case, and it is too wide. It might get covered, but this case, which I think that makes sense to mention, it is not present.

[SmartHypercube]

@isidorn I think it's a little strange to close an issue as dup without mentioning the original issue's number. The author has clearly put some effort in looking for possible dups. I cannot find the original issue either. This is unhelpful and will leave future people searching for the same problem a big mystery.

Could you please reopen this issue or give the original issue's number?