Floating preview & checkbox selection

[calude]

hi all
on a folder of "visual filtered" pdf list
with floating preview open & checkbox selection
I want to go thru all the pdfs with arrow down and "checkbox select" some of the pdfs that need further processing

this very straightforward way to visually pick and select files doesnt work here!!
as checkbox selection and FP dont allow to keep the selection sticking
or previewing the following lists items

any Idea ?
a preference setting ?
is it a bug?
or a missing way to do ?

Calude

PS: a solution would be to only "checkbox select" with spacebar when any preview is on ?

[serendipity]

hi all
on a folder of "visual filtered" pdf list
with floating preview open & checkbox selection
I want to go thru all the pdfs with arrow down and "checkbox select" some of the pdfs that need further processing

this very straightforward way to visually pick and select files doesnt work here!!
as checkbox selection and FP dont allow to keep the selection sticking
or previewing the following lists items

any Idea ?
a preference setting ?
is it a bug?
or a missing way to do ?

Calude

PS: a solution would be to only "checkbox select" with spacebar when any preview is on ?

Sorry, i posted a solution but realized you wanted to do this using arrow keys.
If you want to use arrow keys, then only way i can think of is to hold control and move up or down to preview your items and for selecting something hit space bar while still holding control key.

[calude]

doesnt work as you cannot preview _before_ selecting
with FP doesnt work at all

I want to go thru all the pdfs/pictures with arrow down, preview open (ctr+Q or F11), and, as I go down, according to my preview "checkbox select" or stickySelect those of the pdfs/pictures that need further processing.
seems so straigtforward!! I was stunned that XY couldnt do it !??
Calude

[serendipity]

hi all
on a folder of "visual filtered" pdf list
with floating preview open & checkbox selection
I want to go thru all the pdfs with arrow down and "checkbox select" some of the pdfs that need further processing

this very straightforward way to visually pick and select files doesnt work here!!
as checkbox selection and FP dont allow to keep the selection sticking
or previewing the following lists items

any Idea ?
a preference setting ?
is it a bug?
or a missing way to do ?

Calude

PS: a solution would be to only "checkbox select" with spacebar when any preview is on ?

Sorry, i posted a solution but realized you wanted to do this using arrow keys.
If you want to use arrow keys, then only way i can think of is to hold control and move up or down to preview your items and for selecting something hit space bar while still holding control key.

doesnt work as you cannot preview _before_ selecting
with FP doesnt work at all

I want to go thru all the pdfs/pictures with arrow down, preview open (ctr+Q or F11), and, as I go down, according to my preview "checkbox select" or stickySelect those of the pdfs/pictures that need further processing.
seems so straigtforward!! I was stunned that XY couldnt do it !??
Calude

Oh yes, previewing before selection seems to be missing. Strange that this is not possible already.

[RalphM]

Sorry, just a complete OT side question:
What is achieved by fully quoting each previous post in your discussion?
I find it a waste of space and rather disturbing than helping.

[calude]

now that the new column fever has settled a little!!
I dare to bump this thread again as the fix/adjust to this shortcoming would be very useful to me and all, Don's eagle eyes may have missed this while in his development donjon

Calude

[admin]

I find this thread confusing. Please try to articulate the wish more clearly, thanks.

[calude]

ok Ill try again
just try that:

display a folder with jpgs
open floating preview
set your list to checkbox selection
now go thru your Jpgs with arrow down to have a look at them and select the one you like with spaceBar
selection doesnt stick as you go to the next jpg
with CTRL it sticks but you cannot preview the next pictures

the FP interferes with the usual CheckBox selection wich is supposed to stick

Calude

please try it its obvious

[TheQwerty]

Floating Preview only previews the current item (focused and selected).

With Sticky Selection enabled using the arrow keys in the main window only moves the focus.
If you then press Space the focused item becomes selected, which causes it to be previewed, and then you can remove it from the selection by pressing space again.

Note though that if you have FP active instead it can get kind of confusing since the arrow keys and space all change focus and toggle selection of the new item.


I think the wish here is a way to have FP show the focused item instead of the current one, but perhaps calude finds using Space to select/preview and again to de-select satisfactory?

[calude]

yes
FP shows the focused item
arrows U D change the focus
space bar sets/unsets the CheckBox

Cal

[admin]

There is no way to change this because the behavior is fundamental to XY.

However, you could use one of the new Extra columns as a second checkbox field and do your selections there. I will later (after 13.80) add a command "Select all checked items" to such a column.

[admin]

The next version might improve it:

Code: Select all

    * List: Changed the way checkbox selection works. Now the item is selected 
      on mouse up (instead of mouse down), and the focus is moved to the ticked 
      item, so the ticked item will become the new current item. This way is 
      accordance with Explorer's behavior, and is much better when you want to 
      pick out certain items for selection by previewing them first in the 
      preview tab.

[calude]

thanks better
but
there is still tooo many waisted clicks

preview sets checkBox
you have to click @ each discard
hence more times than item CBselected

Calude

[LittleBiG]

In case of Sticky Selection, maybe the focused item should be previewed instead of the selected one. It can solve the problem in my point of view.

[admin]

In case of Sticky Selection, maybe the focused item should be previewed instead of the selected one. It can solve the problem in my point of view.

Maybe, but that would be a deep change, a can of worms. Not now.