Description
dired-toggle command could toggle to show dired buffer as a sidebar
for current directory(similar to dired-sidebar, but more
lightweight). The sidebar buffer also enabled a minor mode named
dired-toggle-mode, and it only contains one buffer instance, change
directories in it will not create news buffers.
Usage:
(use-package dired-toggle
:defer t
:bind (("<f3>" . #'dired-toggle)
:map dired-mode-map
("q" . #'dired-toggle-quit)
([remap dired-find-file] . #'dired-toggle-find-file)
([remap dired-up-directory] . #'dired-toggle-up-directory)
("C-c C-u" . #'dired-toggle-up-directory))
:config
(setq dired-toggle-window-size 32)
(setq dired-toggle-window-side 'left)
;; Optional, enable =visual-line-mode= for our narrow dired buffer:
(add-hook 'dired-toggle-mode-hook
(lambda () (interactive)
(visual-line-mode 1)
(setq-local visual-line-fringe-indicators '(nil right-curly-arrow))
(setq-local word-wrap nil))))Source: https://github.com/fasheng/dired-toggle
Install
You could install it easily through melpa by typing M-x
package-install dired-toggle
Screen shot
(Enabled all-the-icons-dired and dired-subtree in screenshot)
License
GNU General Public License, Version 3.0