Feature Request: Edit the file system as a text buffer

[iusedtodraw]

Hello!

This feature request proposes implementing functionality similar to oil.nvim in Zed. In short, oil.nvim allows you to edit the contents of a folder as if it were a text file. When you save the file, changes are applied directly to the file system. Since Zed is a UI-based app, this functionality could also be available to non-Vim users, enabling features like multi-line editing for renaming files. This approach is very convenient, particularly when dealing with similarly named files, such as auth.controller.js, auth.service.js, and so on.

The expected behavior would be as follows:

• Pressing - would switch to the "oil" view in the editor area. Further presses would navigate to parent folders. Unlike oil.nvim, your current location would be synchronized with the explorer view.
• Clicking on a folder name in the explorer would display the list of files in the editor area.
• To fold or unfold a folder in the explorer, you would click the arrow to the left of the folder name.

The last two items essentially describe how GitHub's file explorer works:

[5brian]

There is an issue open for it, you can like it: #20675