Hovering selects folder?

paul1149 · Post by **paul1149** » 2005 Sep 21, 02:00

I just realized why moving files to folders was more difficult in xP2 - it doesn't highlight the folder as you hover over it. I find myself double-checking that the file made it to the right folder.

Would this feature be on the agenda?

Thanks,
Paul

fgagnon · Post by **fgagnon** » 2005 Sep 21, 04:32

I cannot reproduce that behaviour.
The target folder is highlighted for me.
Checked on winXP+sp2 with x2 Lite 1.3.0.2

Please provide more detail, including view settings, OS, whether target is opposite pane or tree, etc.

Post by **nikos** » 2005 Sep 21, 11:16

are you looking for tools | options | window | hover selection?

paul1149 · Post by **paul1149** » 2005 Sep 21, 11:46

nikos, that sounds like the item. I have it checked, but its bubble help says that it's incompatable with "sticky selection", whatever that is. Can't seem to find that in the options.

p.

narayan · Post by **narayan** » 2005 Sep 21, 12:11

Sticky selection is a mode, toggled by ALT+S (see Mark menu).

Please refer to User Manual for more details.

Post by **nikos** » 2005 Sep 21, 12:19

chances are, if you haven't heard of sticky selection you don't have to worry about incompatibility

paul1149 · Post by **paul1149** » 2005 Sep 21, 15:04

Ok, turning off sticky seems to have done it. I'm getting a corrupted visual on the selection, though - partial highlighting or underline with no highlighting is the usual case. But it seems to be functionally working.

Thanks,
p.

Post by **nikos** » 2005 Sep 21, 15:33

hover selection usually goes hand in hand with single click activation, so perhaps you should check that option too

paul1149 · Post by **paul1149** » 2005 Sep 21, 16:20

I do have/have had that checked. But now I have to report that the hover selection isn't working consistently.

p.

fgagnon · Post by **fgagnon** » 2005 Sep 21, 18:54

I think that is a known limitation, previously discussed here

But I don't see how it relates to your initial post, which sounded as if the target folder was not being highlighted during drag&drop operations.

paul1149 · Post by **paul1149** » 2005 Sep 21, 19:00

This is getting complicated.

Sticky supposedly turns itself off when hover select is enabled. Yet I still see the flag on the menu item.

Dragging and dropping a file from within xP2 is highlighting the folders perfectly. But when I try it with a file from the desktop, nothing.

Perhaps I'm not using terminology accurately, but I'm up against some slightly weird behavior.

Thanks,
p.

Post by **nikos** » 2005 Sep 21, 19:16

the bug is that sticky doesn't turn itself off automatically if you check "hover"

you have to uncheck sticky yourself and try again

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Hovering selects folder?

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