#Question for all #Emacs folks out there.

I come from 20+ years of IDEs: usual layout of project files on the left and content on the right.
No more dev now, but daily Emacs for my digital garden: https://marcoxbresciani.codeberg.page/

I use #speedbar in another frame, to see the #OrgMode folder I'm working on, sort of IDE-like layout.

Is #dired an alternative way to have this project files/current files layout?
Are there other ways, without adding external packages?

Emacs question: is there a way to get speedbar to just stay in a given directory and not change the file tree to only a sub-directory upon visiting a file? Like just part its butt on in a directory and not move until I tell it to?

I have auto-update set to nil, but that doesn't seem to do the trick.

I am trying to refer to several different files across several directories at once and it would be easier without the file browser jumping around.
#emacs #speedbar