[v19.20] : Directories ending with spaces fail

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[v19.20] : Directories ending with spaces fail

Post by iycgtptyarvg »

XYPlorer fails to handle directories when they end with a space.
When you right click them in the tree, the popup menu doesn't show.
Also, when you right click them in the files/dirs listview you get the 'File' menu as popup instead of the usual directory popup menu.
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Re: [v19.20] : Directories ending with spaces fail

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See https://www.xyplorer.com/release_17.50.php#DotSpace

It's not XYplorer that fails but the Windows shell. You should rename those folders to something legal.

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Re: [v19.20] : Directories ending with spaces fail

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Why don't you then give a message that that is the problem?
I restarted XYPlorer a couple of times, I restarted Windows, and then I even installed an older version of XYPlorer to try and get it to work.

After all that, I decided to check the directory from within Visual Studio in one of my C++ projects. Only then I saw that there was 1 directory (of the many I had in the directory) that contained a space at the end.

Could you at least give a warning message instead of just failing silently?
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Re: [v19.20] : Directories ending with spaces fail

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Good idea. Next version will show a warning in the Status Bar.

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Re: [v19.20] : Directories ending with spaces fail

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Wouldn't a messagebox be clearer? The likelihood of seeing a teeny tiny message in the statusbar is probably unnoticeable when you are focused on where you are clicking.

Anyway, thanks for the effort!
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Re: [v19.20] : Directories ending with spaces fail

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Too disruptive.

Addtionally I'll add a way to color-filter these files.

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