Reveal the active file in Tolaria's own file tree (not Finder) — JetBrains "Select Opened File
Calvin
Tolaria already has "Reveal in file explorer", but that opens macOS Finder. This is a different thing: reveal the active file inside Tolaria, in the sidebar tree — expand the collapsed folders down to it, scroll it into view, highlight it.
Obsidian calls it "Reveal active file in navigation". JetBrains calls it "Select Opened File" (Alt+F1 → Project View) and it's one of the most-used shortcuts in those IDEs.
The problem: Cmd+P is great for getting to a note, but once it opens, the sidebar stays wherever it was. You're looking at a file with no idea where it lives — which folder, what sits next to it, whether it's even filed correctly. In a vault, the location is half the information. Right now the only way to find out is to hunt the tree by hand.
Two asks:
A command + keyboard shortcut — "Reveal in navigation" / "Select opened file". Works for any active file: opened via Cmd+P, via a link, from search results, from recents. Expands the collapsed parents, scrolls it into view, selects it.
An opt-in setting to do it automatically — the sidebar always tracks the active file. JetBrains' "Always Select Opened File", VS Code's explorer.autoReveal. Off by default.
Both, not just one: auto-reveal is excellent until you're deliberately browsing folder A while editing a file in folder B, and the tree keeps yanking itself away. The manual shortcut is the one that always behaves; the toggle is for people who want it hands-free.
Two details that make or break it: select the file without stealing keyboard focus from the editor (a modifier variant that does jump focus into the tree would be a bonus — then you can arrow around, rename, drag). And name it clearly enough that it doesn't get confused with the existing Finder action — those are two separate commands living side by side.
Related to #1094 (folder management / file-explorer-style organization) — same surface.