Improvement on setFocusTo

[terrytw]

Currently, when I perform middle click on the tree, a tab will open in the background. When I click on the newly opened tab(or use hotkey ctrl+tab), the focus is still on tree, not automatically switched to the list.

I have set setFocusTo to 15, still the same.

I think when I actively click on (or use hotkey ctrl + tab to switch to) the newly opened tab, the intention is clear that I want to interact with this particular tab, not the tree anymore.

Wish that there could be an improvement on this, thank you!

[admin]

So you'd like to see a new value for setFocusTo:
16 = Tab > List

Or is it generally expected that the list should be focused after actively switching to a new tab?

[highend]

I'd vote for the additional value for the tweak, maybe I have to check via scripting if tabs have focus...

[admin]

BTW, the current behavior began here:

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v18.80.0004 - 2018-03-09 20:54
    * Tabs: When switching tabs the focus now stays in the Tree when it was 
      there before. Before, the focus always was set to the List.

Unfortunately, I haven't made a note of the reason for this exception. Probably something in the forum.

Note that in all other cases, switching tabs will set the focus to the list.

[terrytw]

So you'd like to see a new value for setFocusTo:
16 = Tab > List

Or is it generally expected that the list should be focused after actively switching to a new tab?

I would definitely like a tweak option.

The default behavior is a different question IMO. I don't have a strong opinion as to which one should be the default. As long as I'm able to set it to my liking.

But from a theoretical point of view, I think focusing on the list after tab switch does make a lot of sense. I will provide one example, and the main reason why I want this tweak: my workflow often involves middle click a tab, switch to it, then use keyboard to quickly looking for a folder (like typing "xy" to finde xyplorer's folder), but right now it will switch to a tree item starting with "xy". I hope I have made myself clear.

[admin]

Okay, SetFocusTo=16 (or SetFocusTo AND 16) should work in v26.80.0303. Just patched the release notes (I had forgotten to mention it):

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v26.80.0303 - 2025-02-01 15:49
    + Tweak SetFocusTo enhanced:
        SetFocusTo=(bit field)
                   16 = Tab > List

[terrytw]

Okay, SetFocusTo=16 (or SetFocusTo AND 16) should work in v26.80.0303. Just patched the release notes (I had forgotten to mention it):

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v26.80.0303 - 2025-02-01 15:49
    + Tweak SetFocusTo enhanced:
        SetFocusTo=(bit field)
                   16 = Tab > List

Thank you! This has been itching me for like a year and I finally decided to take it to the forum haha. Thanks for it!

[terrytw]

Okay, SetFocusTo=16 (or SetFocusTo AND 16) should work in v26.80.0303. Just patched the release notes (I had forgotten to mention it):

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v26.80.0303 - 2025-02-01 15:49
    + Tweak SetFocusTo enhanced:
        SetFocusTo=(bit field)
                   16 = Tab > List

Thank you! This has been itching me for like a year and I finally decided to take it to the forum haha. Thanks for it!

I just tried the new version, the focus only shifts when I click on the tab, but if I use hotkey, it is still locked on the tree. Can you please fix this? Thanks a lot! I use hotkey all the time.

[admin]

Sure, next beta.

[terrytw]

Sure, next beta.

Just tried latest beta (26.80.403), happy to report that it is fixed! Thank you!