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gpui: Add support for NSWindow's representedFilename (#48029)
This sets the accessibility document property (AXDocument) of the
window, which other apps can use to understand what file the current
window represents. Document-based apps on macOS are generally expected
to set this property.

The document path is set via `Window::set_document_path()` which calls
`setRepresentedFilename:` on the underlying NSWindow. The workspace
updates this path in `update_window_title()` whenever the active item or
project structure changes. For tests, instead of trying to somehow
assemble a proper NSWindow, we store the document path on the window
mock used for testing and check its value.

Motivation: I am the developer of Timing, an automatic time tracking app
for Mac. Timing uses the `AXDocument` property (a standard property of
most document-based app windows on macOS) to understand what document
the user is working on. With this change, Timing is able to understand
which directory the user is working in. Without this, Timing would only
record the window title, i.e. the filename without information about the
containing directory. I've had several users ask for better support for
Zed.

Here's a screenshot of the macOS Accessibility Inspector showing the
`AXDocument` property with this change. The UI of Zed itself does not
change. However, in my dev build of Zed, the traffic lights are a bit
too large and misaligned. However, this happens even when building
`main`, so I assume it’s unrelated to my changes.

<img width="1370" height="1162" alt="Screenshot 2026-01-30 at 16 18 25"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/dc260252-91fb-41e1-97a9-e6fb843c6a70"
/>

Release Notes:

- Set the represented filename property of windows on macOS

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Co-authored-by: Christopher Biscardi <chris@christopherbiscardi.com>
2026-04-24 03:48:27 +00:00
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crates gpui: Add support for NSWindow's representedFilename (#48029) 2026-04-24 03:48:27 +00:00
docs Fix bad GitHub merge queue merge (#54721) 2026-04-23 23:47:30 +00:00
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AGENTS.md ai: Symlink an AGENTS.md file to .rules (#45939) 2026-01-19 15:29:42 +01:00
Cargo.lock git: Replace file history view with git graph (#50288) 2026-04-24 02:51:19 +00:00
Cargo.toml dev_container: Align compose project name with reference CLI (#54302) 2026-04-22 16:56:14 -07:00
CLAUDE.md Initial .rules file for agent with symlinks for other rules file paths (#29014) 2025-04-17 23:41:23 +00:00
clippy.toml Revert "Revert scheduler update (#46659)" (#46671) 2026-01-14 07:19:13 +00:00
CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
codebook.toml editor: Introduce Bookmarks (#54174) 2026-04-17 13:54:43 +02:00
compose.yml Remove Postgres and stripe-mock from Docker Compose (#48313) 2026-02-04 03:42:58 +00:00
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debug.plist
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Dockerfile-collab Bump Rust version to 1.94 (#51086) 2026-03-30 09:06:59 +00:00
Dockerfile-collab.dockerignore
Dockerfile-cross.dockerignore
Dockerfile-distros Removal of mold/wild scripts and mentions in docs (#53078) 2026-04-08 21:20:02 +03:00
Dockerfile-distros.dockerignore
flake.lock nix: Fix build on x86_64-linux (#52917) 2026-04-01 20:50:04 +02:00
flake.nix Try to improve nix caching (#48297) 2026-02-03 20:31:02 -07:00
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LICENSE-AGPL
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livekit.yaml
lychee.toml ci: Check for broken links (#30844) 2025-06-06 09:39:35 +00:00
Procfile Update instructions for local collaboration (#35689) 2025-08-06 11:10:28 -07:00
Procfile.all Add agent thread sharing (#46140) 2026-01-06 12:49:51 -08:00
Procfile.web Remove PostgREST (#41299) 2025-10-27 13:27:59 -04:00
README.md Add sponsor button to main Zed repo (#46807) 2026-01-14 10:38:51 -06:00
renovate.json Remove workspace-hack (#40216) 2025-10-17 18:58:14 +00:00
REVIEWERS.conl Remove past reviewer (#51767) 2026-03-17 16:34:35 +00:00
rust-toolchain.toml Bump Rust version to 1.94 (#51086) 2026-03-30 09:06:59 +00:00
rustfmt.toml nix: Use flake-parts, partitions, and treefmt-nix (#45321) 2026-02-02 14:26:42 +00:00
shell.nix nix: Use flake-parts, partitions, and treefmt-nix (#45321) 2026-02-02 14:26:42 +00:00
typos.toml fuzzy_nucleo: Add strings module and route several pickers through it (#54123) 2026-04-20 14:41:29 +02:00

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Welcome to Zed, a high-performance, multiplayer code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter.


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