Sort folders apart vs sort order

[JustinF]

Regarding "RalphM's natural sort order for folders" I do not agree with him either, and actually whenever I sort by dates or sizes I really expect folders to be sorted that way aswell !

I agree with this statement.

[admin]

But, it seems to me that with your new changes you also added a little space on the left of every item's icons on the list !! They used to be right on the left, and now there's a few pixels left blank
Is that an on purpose thing, or?? Cause I really don't see why one would need that, feels to me like thoose little pixels are being "wasted"....

Wow, eagle eye! I was curious if anybody would note it. Yes, I effectively added 2 pixels to the left of the Name column, but what I really did was fixing a little display glitch because it was only the Name column that had only 2 pixels space on the left and 6 pixels on the right, all other columns had 6 pixels on the left and 6 pixels on the right. So now all columns look the same.
Now I can and will do a nice thing: reduce that space from 6 to 4 pixels left and right for each column. So each column will be 4 pixels smaller! This adds up to quite some space gained (also in comparison to all other file managers using Windows's ListView which is hardcoded to 6 pixels) while still looking alright and breathing enough air.
(No, I don't want to make this value configurable at the moment. )

BTW about the "App load time", I guess you moved it to Report only cause there was space there, so you could move it somewhere between the buttons "Help" & "Ok", and it could stay there forever...

I had the same

[avsfan]

So I guess I'm saying that I'm really looking forward to the option of being able to turn this behavior off!

Turn it off now.

Thanks! That's *much* better for me!

Also, great job on shrinking the space around the columns while still keeping them readable! Yet another of the many things XY does that should have been done in the first place!

Thanks again!

andy

[admin]

Also, great job on shrinking the space around the columns while still keeping them readable! Yet another of the many things XY does that should have been done in the first place!

Thanks again!

Just to make sure: You mean "Thanks again in advance"... you have not seen the narrower columns yet. They come with the next delivery.

[avsfan]

Also, great job on shrinking the space around the columns while still keeping them readable! Yet another of the many things XY does that should have been done in the first place!

Thanks again!

Just to make sure: You mean "Thanks again in advance"... you have not seen the narrower columns yet. They come with the next delivery.

Yes, indeed -- In a general sense, I meant "Thanks for realizing that all these little things make a big difference, and for putting forth the effort to make them happen!"

andy

[jacky]

Yes, I effectively added 2 pixels to the left of the Name column, but what I really did was fixing a little display glitch because it was only the Name column that had only 2 pixels space on the left and 6 pixels on the right, all other columns had 6 pixels on the left and 6 pixels on the right. So now all columns look the same.

hmm... well, what you called a glitch I called it an enhancement I actually liked it the way it was, especially cause I use icons (and kinda doubt anyone does otherwise) so I still do beleive thoose 2 extra pixels aren't really needed. Fact that my Name column in the top-left one might help, but heh, no one ever complained about it in years so maybe not!

hmmm again. I think you meant to say you added 4 pixels!! They were only 2 before, and now 6. So that space didn't double but triple in size!! Hard not to notice it

[admin]

Yes, I effectively added 2 pixels to the left of the Name column, but what I really did was fixing a little display glitch because it was only the Name column that had only 2 pixels space on the left and 6 pixels on the right, all other columns had 6 pixels on the left and 6 pixels on the right. So now all columns look the same.

hmm... well, what you called a glitch I called it an enhancement I actually liked it the way it was, especially cause I use icons (and kinda doubt anyone does otherwise) so I still do beleive thoose 2 extra pixels aren't really needed. Fact that my Name column in the top-left one might help, but heh, no one ever complained about it in years so maybe not!

hmmm again. I think you meant to say you added 4 pixels!! They were only 2 before, and now 6. So that space didn't double but triple in size!! Hard not to notice it

Yeah, get up, stand up, fight for your pixels. The next BETA should do it for ya.

[jacky]

Yeah, get up, stand up, fight for your pixels. The next BETA should do it for ya.

hehe.... yeah it does Loving it, and my name column even got a little bigger now

Thanks!