Update Mini Tree with new and renamed folders

[Jerry]

Refresh Current Folder seems to add all existing sub folders unconditionally into the Mini Tree. And still there's the issue of renamed folders.

Note that there is an inconsistency in the current behavior of MT with respect to new folders. If the parent folder has no subfolders visible in the MT, a newly created folder gets added under it in the MT. But if there is at least one visible folder, then a second newly created subfolder does not get added.

Anyway, I can tolerate this limitation for now, but hope Don will consider adding the optional behavior in the future. The MT is definitely a great feature and it's very appropriate for it to have this additional capability.

[serendipity]

Refresh Current Folder seems to add all existing sub folders unconditionally into the Mini Tree. And still there's the issue of renamed folders.

Note that there is an inconsistency in the current behavior of MT with respect to new folders. If the parent folder has no subfolders visible in the MT, a newly created folder gets added under it in the MT. But if there is at least one visible folder, then a second newly created subfolder does not get added.

Anyway, I can tolerate this limitation for now, but hope Don will consider adding the optional behavior in the future. The MT is definitely a great feature and it's very appropriate for it to have this additional capability.

I think this wish is too specific and seems like no one else wants it. Thats why there's scripting. Like I told earlier, loadtree can do this.
1) Create a script to load currently created folder to tree:

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  #231;//Create new folder
  loadtree <curitem>, 1;//add new folder to the tree.

2) Enter that script into User>Manage commands>Run script and assign your shortcut.

Similarly you could do for rename.

[admin]

There is no inconsistency there. Only the plus-icon is correctly updated in the tree, but the folder itself is not added to the tree.

[Jerry]

But the newly added folder IS in the Mini Tree. If you expand the folder with the + icon, you see it.

[admin]

But the newly added folder IS in the Mini Tree. If you expand the folder with the + icon, you see it.

Believe me, it is not added (I have the under-hood-POV). When you expand a folder that has not been expanded before it is browsed for the first time and all existing subfolders are added.

[Jerry]

Ok, can't argue with you there! And I see what you mean. But actually, that doesn't seem like desirable behavior for the Mini Tree. Say I go to a folder that happens to contain many sub folders but also some files. So I go to the folder to work with some files there and the folder gets added to the Mini Tree -- unexpanded but with the + sign. As you say, if I now expand the folder, I'll see all the zillions of sub folders listed, even though I haven't been working directly with them in any way. So for the Mini Tree as a record of only what you've been and are working with, that behavior doesn't seem appropriate.

I'm new to this Mini Tree concept, and maybe its emulating something that people have used elsewhere which has these particular behaviors. But approaching it from a fresh perspective as I am, it's not doing quite what I would expect.