Can't get Glider to work

[acheton]

Hi Don,

I'm on the current beta and have enable the glider using the menu option. However when I hover to the left or right of a folder in the tree, whether selected or not, nothing appears. What am I doing wrong?

thanks

Ach

[klownboy]

Try hovering to the left or right side of the tree frame as opposed to just to the left or right of the folder itself.

[admin]

Tools | Customize Tree | Show Glider

[acheton]

Try hovering to the left or right side of the tree frame as opposed to just to the left or right of the folder itself.

I've tried this, but it still doesn't appear.

[acheton]

Tools | Customize Tree | Show Glider

Already enabled!

[kiwichick]

I was having trouble too until I figured out exactly where the hover needs to happen. Please your cursor just to the left of the 'dividing' panel between the tree and the list (marked in red on my screenshot).

EDITED TO ADD: The cursor can be placed further in than that but if it works right next to the dividing panel, at least you'll know it's working. [Thanks Don for pointing out that my comment was misleading.]

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[admin]

The pic is misleading. The hover zone is at least as wide as the scrollbar (can be made 4 times wider).

[kiwichick]

The pic is misleading. The hover zone is at least as wide as the scrollbar (can be made 4 times wider).

Yes, you are right. Maybe I should have worded my comment better. I was trying to point out that by starting at least that close to the dividing panel, it would be obvious if the glider is working or not. I'll re-word my comment.

[acheton]

Thanks everyone, I am happy to report that in the latest beta, it seems to have started working. Thanks everyone for your help!

[Malarki]

I was puzzled too until I remembered / realized that something must be selected (not just highlighted) in a List pane before the Glider will appear in the Tree. Then it works exactly as shown by kiwichick above.

[admin]

No, not really. The glider always appears, only two of the buttons are disabled when nothing is selected in the list.

[Malarki]

Yes, the Glider does appear if an object is highlighted. Maybe I'm thinking of how an earlier version worked, or moused too fast in a trial of it.

[admin]

Yes, the Glider does appear if an object is highlighted.

No, the Glider does appear when the mouse stops in the hover zone.

[zanny]

Thanks kiwichick for helping me find it!

My issue is that I'm using a dark theme, so besides from not finding the right spot for the cursor initially, the hover box is black.

Now I have switched colour to white (FFFFFF) and changed settings to "both edges", "all white space" and "extra large" and "buttons per row = 4" and now it's much better for me.

Think instructions need to be a tad clearer boss. But I just love that XYplorer development keeps going, bringing new functions, not just bug squashes like other apps.

[admin]

Why does Dark Mode make a difference here?