Undesired behaviour (IMHO)

kishorfarm · Post by **kishorfarm** » 2005 Mar 19, 15:11

Hi people. With former 2xExplorer I used to follow the next procedure very often:

1- select a folder / file (click on it)
2- CTRL-C
3- CTRL-V
4- press F2 to rename the resulting copied folder / file

With xplorer2 I can't do this because in the 4th step the active item is not the copied one but the source of the copy/paste action, so the action would rename not the copy but the source. I have to explicitly select the copied item to rename it. This is very annoying.

I prefer the 2xExplorer philosophy but can not find an option to change this behaviour.

Anyway, to be honest, I find xplorer2 a great tool and the Tabs feature a source of joy and pleasure. :D. Great job!!

Post by **nikos** » 2005 Mar 20, 10:47

this can't be helped
perhaps you'd want to consider using F7/F8 to create files/folders or SHell New from the context menu. All these hilight the newly created file

fgagnon · Post by **fgagnon** » 2005 Mar 20, 15:04

I have noticed this too, and while I only consider a minor annoyance, that is because I sort by modified date almost exclusively.
As a result, the copy winds up adjacent to the source & it's no big deal to up-or-down arrow to select it for renaming (which is always the next step).

However when sorting by name, one has to scroll up-or-down to the "C's" to find the copy for renaming: a major bother for this usage case.

Bottom line is that I believe that what you say "can't be helped" with your current implementation really should be changed to explicitly select the "Copy of ... " (or "Copy # of ...") file. It's not to difficult to conceive a way -- it just takes a little work.

Please add this to the to-do list.

Thanks, -fg-

kishorfarm · Post by **kishorfarm** » 2005 Mar 20, 17:39

nikos wrote:perhaps you'd want to consider using F7/F8 to create files/folders

Actually, my "problem" is not about creating a new file/folder, is about copying a existing one, that is, the CTRL-C...CTRL-V sequence.

Post by **nikos** » 2005 Mar 20, 18:25

i don't intentionally go around making users' life difficult, trust me!

2xExplorer was a dumb application by comparison. When it went ahead with copying it locked the program so it was pretty certain that by the time the command finished, any new files were 99% the result of said command and would be selected

x2 doesn't work like that any more. Everything is threaded and that means that:

* x2 can't tell when the copy is finished
* x2 can't tell whether new files are result of some of its own commands or something else e.g. file download

so how would you design it? How long should the program stay in "alert" mode hilighting new files? What if a confirmation dialog shows up slowing up the transfer? How many new files to wait for?

i wouldn't want to even imagine what sort of ugly half-measures would be necessary!

kishorfarm · Post by **kishorfarm** » 2005 Mar 20, 21:24

Thanks for your detailed answer. You really have a work here with all the people around asking things over and over, (including myself

) !!! Greetings.