WebIDE does not support subdirectory imports about kaitai_struct_webide HOT 2 OPEN

This unclear "cannot read properties of null" error will get emitted if you import any nonexistent file (e.g. kaitaiIde.app.compilerService.jsImporter.importYaml('garbage/path', 'rel')) and should be replaced with a more clear indication.

Fixed in #161 and available for testing at https://ide.kaitai.io/devel/. The difference in Web IDE versions is explained at https://doc.kaitai.io/user_guide.html#web-ide.

This is loosely documented in #30, but I wanted to re-draw attention to it with a more aptly named issue since it's still an open limitation (from 7 years ago).

Yeah, as already discussed in #30, the "Create folder" button unfortunately only looks like it creates a folder. In reality, the files you seemingly put into it effectively still go to the root level (with everything that comes with it).

In theory, this shouldn't be that hard to fix properly (i.e. finally implement folders) but apparently nobody has gotten around to it yet. In the meantime, I believe we should indeed at least disable the "Create folder" button as suggested in #30 (comment) so that it doesn't confuse newcomers (but that doesn't solve the problem for existing Web IDE users who already have some "directory structure" persisted in their local browser storage and haven't noticed this problem yet).

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thanks for highlighting the hosted devel version - I had forgotten that was running + was trying to avoid spinning up the repo to run locally. i'm OK to close this issue as a dupe unless you think it's otherwise valuable to renew tracking of a fix / disabling the button as per #30.

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