pj wrote: ↑2021 Feb 06, 17:44
nikos wrote: ↑2021 Feb 05, 07:20
which NAME column do you have selected, is it the [S]tock title column or something else?
also note that
xplorer2 doesn't check 1000 names to figure out a width, it does up to 80 I think and whichever has the longer name gives the width to the column. So chances are that the size is too small for some of the biggest files you have
also a reboot helps sometimes
Seriously? Glad REAL programs like EXCEL don't behave like that.
So is the "80 I think" files from the top? from the currently displayed point in the folder? use the next files in the directory? use the next files per the current sort settings?
I mean if you're not going to set width to the widest name, but just kind of fudge it, why bother?
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PJ in FL
Well, you'll love this.
First of all, the Download folder only has 5 columns:
Name [S]
Extension [S]
Size [S]
Attribute [S]
Modified [S]
Secondly, the folder itself only has 103 items in it.
So, I tested it. I cannot figure out how it determines which 80 to test (and I've routinely had 200+ items in my DL folder before and it never exhibited this behavior) - so it must be with how it picks the first 80 items.
I'll keep playing to figure out how it is picking this 'first 80 items' - I suspect by filename though I have the directory sorted by date....
As for a reboot helping - I am well aware of that. I reboot incessantly, because my work is separate from my play, so I know that is not the issue.
As for me noticing - I noticed only after something caused it to stop working. Otherwise I'd have been happier than a pig in sh*t, as the saying goes around here, or, more appropriately, blissfully ignorant.
At least now I know it is not a bug. It's a result of the way that you programmed the interface, and though it drives me batty, there are steps I can take to remedy it (like move the stuff I don't need anymore to another folder - which, and this should really bake your boodle / tickle your fancy - *is exactly what I was doing, moving older items to another folder, when it first manifested for me in the first place.*