Cannot see non-selected files outline with Selections: XY classic style

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Filehero
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Re: Cannot see non-selected files outline with Selections: XY classic style

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admin wrote:What about reading the release notes? :biggrin:

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    * Configuration | Colors and Styles | Styles | Focus rectangle: Now, when 
      "Focus rectangle" is unticked and selections are set to "XYplorer Classic 
      Style" a solid (non-dotted) focus rect outline is drawn around focused 
      non-selected items using the active selection background color. Before, no 
      focus rect was drawn under these conditions.
I have, I just want the old days back. Heul.

Seriously: I always wondered how this focus highlighting can be considered more helpful than confusing. Anyway, I've just checked

Configuration | Colors and Styles | More Colors | Selections is Windows Theme Style

and Windows File explorer.

It's all the same, rectangles wherever you look at. :shock:

But I finally know where my confusion comes from. I thought the "Focus rectangle" is an on/off switch which it isn't.

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Re: Cannot see non-selected files outline with Selections: XY classic style

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So before you did not mark the focused item at all? So you had no clue that the List was focused if there weren't any selected items? IMO I fixed a bug by changing this with v18.80.0005.

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Re: Cannot see non-selected files outline with Selections: XY classic style

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admin wrote:So before you did not mark the focused item at all? So you had no clue that the List was focused if there weren't any selected items? IMO I fixed a bug by changing this with v18.80.0005.
Yes, I'm afraid you have fixed a bug. This is one of the rare times where I loved a dysfunctional software component. :mrgreen:

Any chance to get this bug back as a tweak?

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Re: Cannot see non-selected files outline with Selections: XY classic style

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Inofficial focus rect tweak:
FocusRect= ... // 0 = solid, 1 = dotted, 2 = none (only affects XYplorer Classic Style)

(next beta)

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Re: Cannot see non-selected files outline with Selections: XY classic style

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Thanks, Don. :)

Will set it tomorrow.

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Re: Cannot see non-selected files outline with Selections: XY classic style

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In the meantime I added it to the GUI. You know, I don't like the solid focus either... :titter:

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Re: Cannot see non-selected files outline with Selections: XY classic style

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Good move, makes the config semantics consistent again.

Yeah, this rectangle is weird ...

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Re: Cannot see non-selected files outline with Selections: XY classic style

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admin wrote:I'll do it. That dotted focus rectangle is totally outdated.
Hey sorry for bringing this up, but I just updated XY and I can see the outline box! It looks perfect, thanks for implementing it :)

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