From df94463e764906803e5a14a3df6f249dccece767 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexander Courtis <alex@courtis.org>
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2025 16:18:09 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] refactor(#2942): multi instance: remove unnecessary
 focus_file

---
 lua/nvim-tree/actions/moves/sibling.lua |  2 +-
 lua/nvim-tree/explorer/init.lua         | 10 +---------
 lua/nvim-tree/explorer/live-filter.lua  |  4 ++--
 lua/nvim-tree/marks/init.lua            |  2 +-
 4 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lua/nvim-tree/actions/moves/sibling.lua b/lua/nvim-tree/actions/moves/sibling.lua
index 24347db4..bfb5b5e2 100644
--- a/lua/nvim-tree/actions/moves/sibling.lua
+++ b/lua/nvim-tree/actions/moves/sibling.lua
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ function M.fn(direction)
     end
 
     if target_node then
-      explorer:focus_file(target_node.absolute_path)
+      explorer:focus_node_or_parent(target_node)
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lua/nvim-tree/explorer/init.lua b/lua/nvim-tree/explorer/init.lua
index db1961a8..58f58b03 100644
--- a/lua/nvim-tree/explorer/init.lua
+++ b/lua/nvim-tree/explorer/init.lua
@@ -599,14 +599,6 @@ function Explorer:get_node_from_path(path)
     :iterate()
 end
 
----@param path string
-function Explorer:focus_file(path)
-  local _, i = self:find_node(function(node)
-    return node.absolute_path == path
-  end)
-  view.set_cursor({ i + 1, 1 })
-end
-
 ---Focus node passed as parameter if visible, otherwise focus first visible parent.
 ---If none of the parents is visible focus root.
 ---If node is nil do nothing.
@@ -619,7 +611,7 @@ function Explorer:focus_node_or_parent(node)
     end)
 
     if found_node or node.parent == nil then
-      require("nvim-tree.view").set_cursor({ i + 1, 1 })
+      view.set_cursor({ i + 1, 1 })
       break
     end
 
diff --git a/lua/nvim-tree/explorer/live-filter.lua b/lua/nvim-tree/explorer/live-filter.lua
index df557737..43e68316 100644
--- a/lua/nvim-tree/explorer/live-filter.lua
+++ b/lua/nvim-tree/explorer/live-filter.lua
@@ -220,9 +220,9 @@ function LiveFilter:clear_filter()
   self.explorer.renderer:draw()
 
   if node then
-    self.explorer:focus_file(node.absolute_path)
+    self.explorer:focus_node_or_parent(node)
   elseif last_node then
-    self.explorer:focus_file(last_node.absolute_path)
+    self.explorer:focus_node_or_parent(last_node)
   end
 end
 
diff --git a/lua/nvim-tree/marks/init.lua b/lua/nvim-tree/marks/init.lua
index 5fb3e920..22ac572d 100644
--- a/lua/nvim-tree/marks/init.lua
+++ b/lua/nvim-tree/marks/init.lua
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ function Marks:navigate_select()
     if node and not node:is(DirectoryNode) and not utils.get_win_buf_from_path(node.absolute_path) then
       open_file.fn("edit", node.absolute_path)
     elseif node then
-      self.explorer:focus_file(node.absolute_path)
+      self.explorer:focus_node_or_parent(node)
     end
   end)
 end