Sublime sidebar create a custom menu - sublimetext3

Is there some way to add a new menu to the sidebar?
Right now, I have the following menus in the sidebar:
OPEN FILES
FOLDERS
Would it be possible to add a new custom menu above those two that would then have multiple child-menus? These child-menus would be used to run various commands or scripts that would manipulate the selected text or the currently open file.
For example:
MY CUSTOM MENU
Sort selected text
Insert gibberish text
Open command prompt
OPEN FILES
FOLDERS

While it's possible to add context menu entries to the files and folders that appear in the side bar already, the side bar is not customizable such that you can add new sections or content, or even change the order of the items that already appear.

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What do I do to make Sublime text stop ignoring filenames that start with a dot

I am using Sublime Text editor and I need to change the settings for Sublime 3 to open files that start with a dot like .gitignore. Please let me know where in the settings I need to make the change. I am using Windows OS fyi.
This isn't a Sublime-specific option, but an operating system one, as the OS determines what is displayed in file dialogs as well as the file system explorer. To set the option on Windows, first open Windows Explorer and navigate to the folder containing the dotfile you want to view. Then, in the View tab, click the Options button on the far right, then select Change folder and search options.
You can also find Options under the File menu.
The Options window will now pop up. Select the View tab, then select the option Show hidden files, folders, and drives. Next, click on the Apply to Folders button at the top.
Similar options are also available on macOS and Linux.

Switch to tab by file name in text editor

I have multiple files open in different tabs in sublime text 3. Is there a way to switch to a tab by the name of the file that's open in it? If there's a different text editor that supports this, it'll be equally helpful. Thank you!
If you open the Goto Anything popup menu by hitting CtrlP, the currently opened files will be listed at the top.
You can also select file tabs at different positions in the tab bar by using Alt#, where # is the file's position - Alt1 for the first file on the left, Alt2 for the second from left, and so on. You can use CtrlPgUp/CtrlPgDn to navigate through the tabs in order, and CtrlTab/CtrlShiftTab to navigate through the stack of recently focused tabs.
All of these options are available under the Goto → Switch File menu. Some of the keyboard shortcuts may be different on macOS.
CudaText editor (free) has the command "Find tab by title" in the plugin CudaExt. Command shows menu with the filter field. To install the plugin: "Plugins / Addon manager / Install".

Sublime Text 3: how do you configure the display and/or sorting of the Window menu?

If you open a couple folders in Sublime Text 3, you'll see entries for each folder added to the Window menu. It appears that the default format of each entry on the menu is:
(active-filename) - (foldername)
The list on the Window menu is sorted alphabetically starting with (active-filename). Whenever you select a file to work on, the (active-filename) part of the entry changes, and the list reorders itself. If you have a dozen Windows open, the position of a given window in the list will change all the time as you work with files. This makes it hard to find a window when repeatedly switching between Windows.
Is there a way to configure Sublime Text 3 to display only the folder name in the list on the Windows menu? Alternatively, is there a way to configure it to sort on folder name and not on the ever-changing "active" filename?
Unfortunately there open issues around this but no attention form the SublimeText Team yet
https://forum.sublimetext.com/t/alphabetize-window-menu-by-folder-not-file-name/13017/4
https://github.com/SublimeTextIssues/Core/issues/1972
https://github.com/SublimeTextIssues/Core/issues/1445
https://github.com/SublimeTextIssues/Core/issues/1179

Sort project folders in alphabetical order in Sublime Text 3 sidebar?

In the Sublime Text sidebar is there a way to have project folders displayed in alphabetical order, instead of by the order that the folders were added.
This is driving me nuts. I've searched everywhere for this and have given up, but it's so painful.
The contents of side bar folders are displayed in a sorted (lexical) ordering, with all sub-folders brought to the top instead of being in their natural sort position. There is currently no setting available or internal API that allows for changing that.
That said, the ordering of top level folders that you have manually added to your project is entirely under your control and defaults (as you've noticed) to the order that they were added in.
The folders in the sidebar are listed in the order that they're listed in the folders section of the sublime-project file. You can use Project > Edit Project to open your project file and manually reorder the elements in the folders list.
Additionally you can also click and drag the top level folders to change their relative ordering. Doing so causes Sublime to automatically rewrite the project file for you.
If the Project > Edit Project setting is not enabled, you haven't saved the current session as a project yet. In that case there will be no project file until you create one, but you can still drag to reorder the folders.
You can use sublime plugins for this. One that I can think of is SortTabs
In Sublime Text 3, if you have "Project Manager" installed use it to CLEAR RECENT PROJECTS. Then when you look for a project to open with Ctrl-Alt-P, they will be in alphabetic order.
To install "Project Manager" on the menu go to Preferences-Package Control, then click on Install Package. Scroll to find "Project Manager". Click on it to install. Restart Sublime Text. It will be on menu at bottom of Projects.

Sublime Text: delete file in group?

I'm looking for a way to delete from the system (not just remove from the opened session) a given file, within Sublime 3 (3103).
The file in question is opened in Sublime, and shows in the sidebar in a Group.
I've installed the Sidebar Enhancements but this only adds the option, in the context menu, to delete a file that is opened within a Folder.
For files in Groups, right clicking on its name in the sidebar only shows the options: Close, Close Others, Close Others Below, New File, Open File.
Is there some way of performing this rather simple task that I might be missing?
Try:
TabsExtra
It gives you the ability to delete files from tab right-click menus.

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