Clicking on column name does not sort under conditions....

WimdeLange · Post by **WimdeLange** » 2010 Aug 25, 09:54

When a pane has no files, you cannot change the sorting.

This sounds more or less logical, but it isn't.

I was using xplorer2 to inspect the contents of two directories in some batch processes and I wanted to sort one of the directories on Name instead of on Modified. That was not possible when the directory was empty. I had to change to a directory with some files/directories in it before I could sort it. Or I had to wait until some files arrived in the directory and then click on the headers.....

Version 1.8.0.14 [Unicode] x64

Kilmatead · Post by **Kilmatead** » 2010 Aug 25, 18:06

How odd. As I found (a bloody year ago, and still not fixed Mr. Nikos) here, x2 tends think there's nothing to do in a pane if no files exist to be displayed, so it just ignores everything. This would appear to be another symptom of that.

Gandolf · Post by **Gandolf** » 2010 Aug 25, 18:31

Clicking on the pane header doesn't work but "View | Arrange by", or the keyboard shortcut, does work.

WimdeLange · Post by **WimdeLange** » 2010 Aug 25, 18:53

Kilmatead wrote:How odd. As I found (a bloody year ago, and still not fixed Mr. Nikos) here, x2 tends think there's nothing to do in a pane if no files exist to be displayed, so it just ignores everything. This would appear to be another symptom of that.

But the other thing using Ctrl-Insert to add a new tab does work, while it didn't work in the past.

Gandolf: Thanks for the suggestion on the View | arrange by or the keyboard shortcut..

Kilmatead · Post by **Kilmatead** » 2010 Aug 25, 18:54

Gandolf wrote:...but "View | Arrange by", or the keyboard shortcut, does work.

Except when arranging by Date, for some reason... whether it be Modified, Created, or Accessed. Plus, unfortunately, you're limited to only what the Arrange By menu provides.

As Win Explorer has no difficulty with this (column clicking, anyway), it still looks and smells like a bug.

WimdeLange · Post by **WimdeLange** » 2010 Aug 25, 18:58

Kilmatead wrote:
Gandolf wrote:...but "View | Arrange by", or the keyboard shortcut, does work.
Except when arranging by Date, for some reason... whether it be Modified, Created, or Accessed. Plus, unfortunately, you're limited to only what the Arrange By menu provides.

As Win Explorer has no difficulty with this (column clicking, anyway), it still looks and smells like a bug.

Name and modified are available. That will do for me (for now)

Kilmatead · Post by **Kilmatead** » 2010 Aug 25, 19:12

WimdeLange wrote:Name and modified are available.

Hmm... "Modified" (I assume you mean Date Modified) doesn't work for me under x64. Name and Size, however, do.

vserghi · Post by **vserghi** » 2010 Aug 26, 09:14

I raised a question to Nikos back in 2006 about something similar.

http://forum.zabkat.com/viewtopic.php?t=3762&highlight=

WimdeLange · Post by **WimdeLange** » 2010 Aug 26, 10:59

vserghi wrote:I raised a question to Nikos back in 2006 about something similar.

http://forum.zabkat.com/viewtopic.php?t=3762&highlight=

I get: The topic or post you requested does not exist?

vserghi · Post by **vserghi** » 2010 Aug 26, 12:13

Sorry try this.

http://forum.zabkat.com/viewtopic.php?t=3762

WimdeLange · Post by **WimdeLange** » 2010 Aug 26, 12:18

vserghi wrote:Sorry try this.

http://forum.zabkat.com/viewtopic.php?t=3762

Nope, does not work either. Same message. Is that message not available for everyone? Archived? Authorisation?

fgagnon · Post by **fgagnon** » 2010 Aug 26, 13:41

That conversation was originally in a private forum.
Nothing sensitive, so I moved it into the open.

The given links should all work now.

Kilmatead · Post by **Kilmatead** » 2010 Aug 26, 14:19

fgagnon wrote:That conversation was originally in a private forum.

There are private washrooms here? I wondered where all the gilded loo-roll went to. You upper echelon-types... <shaking-of-head-while-the-peasants-prepare-to-overthrow-the-oligarchy>

nikos wrote:you're right but it's so easy to workaround that isn't worth my ever dwindling free time!

...for some reason I wouldn't hold my breathe thinking that 4 years later the beleaguered new father would have changed his favourite tune. At least he has an excuse now...