Possible Bug/Annoyance in Deleting Files

jasinwa · Post by **jasinwa** » 2005 Apr 12, 16:35

This is either a bug or a bad annoyance :)

I have the latest 1.2 version. I use 3 panels...

So the left panel is for the directories....middle is for subdirs/files...

I select a folder on the left panel by clicking it with my mouse.

By habit, I then may select multiple file in the middle panel (those i want to delete) by using the mouse and holding down the left click button while selecting files...

If I then press delete, the FOLDER deletes...because it is still selected!!

What should happen is as soon as I start selecting items in the middle panel, the selected folder in the first panel should lose focus....in the sequence I noted, it does not lose focus..

Thx...Jeff

fgagnon · Post by **fgagnon** » 2005 Apr 12, 16:50

This has been mentioned before, and you are right.

Presently the surest way to avoid this is to set the Tree option for
Single click to change folder & "hands free" activation
via Tools | Options... | Window dialogbox.

PS - the issue exists in the Pro version, also.

jasinwa · Post by **jasinwa** » 2005 Apr 12, 17:31

fgagnon wrote:This has been mentioned before, and you are right.

Presently the surest way to avoid this is to set the Tree option for
Single click to change folder & "hands free" activation
via Tools | Options... | Window dialogbox.

PS - the issue exists in the Pro version, also.

thx...I was set that way but it didn't help - the directory folder is still "selected".

BUT, if I also click Automatically shift focus to view after activation, that works...now I have to see what other ramifications that option has!!

<edit> ok, now the opposite happens...as the focus is never on the folder unless I right click it!! </edit>

fgagnon · Post by **fgagnon** » 2005 Apr 13, 01:10

Yes, you need both

(I forgot to mention the latter, because I have it always set).

FYI - my personal preference is to have the following settings:
Single click to change folder & "hands free" activation [off]
and
Automatically shift focus to view after activation [ON]

and have trained myself to recognize when the focus is not in the fileview pane so as to not delete its folder by mistake.

Post by **nikos** » 2005 Apr 13, 10:28

i see what you mean, lasso selection doesn't change the focus
then simply click in the view first followed by lasso selection

fgagnon · Post by **fgagnon** » 2005 Apr 13, 10:35

So, ... given that this is a multiple-time complaint, pointed out by multiple users (besides the picky "old hands") ... are you going to fix this anomaly, nikos?

Post by **nikos** » 2005 Apr 13, 12:25

ok, made a note of it!

ps i was quick to talk, now at work i can no longer reproduce this!

jasinwa · Post by **jasinwa** » 2005 Apr 13, 17:47

happens on all 4 pc's at home for me...

That's a good word "lasso" :) It makes sense as to the process....

JRz · Post by **JRz** » 2005 Apr 21, 14:30

jasinwa wrote:happens on all 4 pc's at home for me...

That's a good word "lasso" :) It makes sense as to the process....

It's more than that. AFAIK 'Lasso selection' is the official term used by Microsoft to indicate that way of selecting files by dragging over items, creating a 'selection area' while in the process.

jasinwa · Post by **jasinwa** » 2005 May 13, 19:02

This issue is killing me....

On my home network, I was going to delete a file on my son's PC from my desktop, and as it happens every now and then, the lasso didn't work and the whole directory was deleted.

For some reason, I couldn't find it! It wasn't on his system delete folder, nor mine!!

I have to test more but unfortunately will now have to remove this program....which otherwise I really liked!

Will check back every now and then to see if the issue can be resolved.

Thank you!

Jeff

narayan · Post by **narayan** » 2005 May 16, 05:23

For some reason, I couldn't find it! It wasn't on his system delete folder, nor mine!!

Diid you mean that you deleted some item in a remote PC (PC accessible from your Network Neighborhood) and then didn't find it in the Recycle Bin of either PC?

That is standard Windows behavior: Once you delete something on a remote PC, you cannot retrieve it.

jasinwa · Post by **jasinwa** » 2005 May 17, 18:17

narayan wrote:Did you mean that you deleted some item in a remote PC (PC accessible from your Network Neighborhood) and then didn't find it in the Recycle Bin of either PC?

That is standard Windows behavior: Once you delete something on a remote PC, you cannot retrieve it.

wow...I will have to check that out...bummer if it is...

however it can become much worse (deleted a folder instead of a file) due the xplorer2 behaviour of not handling the "lasso" well....

oh well, thx!

Jeff