Startup projects

Projects that open themselves when XTop launches. Pair this with Start with Windows and your work is already up when you sign in.

Turning it on

In a project's edit dialog, tick "Open automatically when XTop starts" and choose what should happen:

Action	What opens
IDE	The project's IDE (its own default, or the global one)
Terminal	A terminal in the project folder, in its environment
Both	The IDE and a terminal
Run a command	One of that project's own quick commands

Every project with the flag set opens on launch.

The timing, and why

Projects open 2.5 seconds after launch, then 1.2 seconds apart.

There is a reason for the gap: if several IDE windows start at the exact same moment, Windows loses some of them. Spacing them out is what makes "open four projects when I sign in" work every time.

When one fails

A missing folder or a deleted command does not stop the rest. The other projects still open, and you are told what failed — so you find out a folder moved, instead of just getting three windows instead of four.

See also

• Start with Windows — so the app itself is running to do this.
• Quick commands — for the run a command action.