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I too had the same feeling as JustinF but I could not think of any other way to discriminate between selected row and focused row. Except this: different colors for both and it is upto the user to remember which color is focused or selected row.

It takes a while to get used to because it hasn't been done like this before. Experiment with the colors and you'll start to like it.

admin wrote:It takes a while to get used to because it hasn't been done like this before. Experiment with the colors and you'll start to like it.

My problem isn't the color of the line, it's the line itself. I'll give it a couple more days, though, before I turn it off.

Yeah I had kinda the same reaction at first, and it still feels weird when it's only there on the selected/focused row (when there's only one I mean) ; but it does make it easier to spot selected items from the List (especially all stuff on the right usually, like dates, etc), so it does its job pretty well

Yeaaah.... "Highlight Selected Rows" is back again.

surrender wrote:I recently switched to "full row select" list style

Just out of interest, you did this because of the way it looks, NOT the way it handles right?

Luke,

I only did this to be able to view my last column "accessed" properly. but then highlight and underline thing solved the problem. not for looks though.

Looks and usability can be combined I meant you did it for the visual ease of seeing what information is related to each other, rather than the way it creates more space to click on things (the handling)?

oh yes most definitely, i wanted to be able to discriminate, for eg. between line 22 and 23, which appeared sometimes confusing without the full row select thing. I did not choose full row select for its color or anything.
I agree that looks and usability should be combined, which is what makes a product user friendly.

Marvellous, so it sounds like we both want the same thing actually

Dredging up an old thread here...

I was addressing some dislikes listed over at Donation Coder ( http://www.donationcoder.com/Forums/bb/ ... #msg109275 ), one of which was the inability to use the selection rectangle in full row select mode.

I don't often use details mode, and I have the Line Numbers column hidden anyhow, so I didn't realize how exactly this worked, but I really think this could be improved to be more friendly and obvious to the user.

I'm thinking that adding a delay similar to that on the status bar/info pane toggle could dramatically improve this.

If the user clicks and releases within the delay, select that row.
If the delay expires and they have not released use the selection rectangle.

Anyone who uses these modes care to comment further?
Would that even possible (without being too painful to add), Don?

if the selection rectangle is implemented, you won't be able to drag an item from the list unless you click on the file name.
i think this would be inconsistent with the expected behaviour of 'full row select', wich i believe is to make the whole row behave like the file name when you click/drag it.

on the other hand, you can't draw a selection rectangle in full row mode if the line column is hidden.


personally, i like how it is.

Muroph wrote:if the selection rectangle is implemented, you won't be able to drag an item from the list unless you click on the file name.

Hmm... good call, I hadn't thought of that. My suggestion wouldn't be a good implementation unless there was an additional option to change dragging behavior.

It could be an additional mode such as:
Full Row Select (Could be my suggestion)
Full Row Drag (Could be as it is now)

But that just makes it more confusing.

Perhaps I'll pretend I didn't make the suggestion and we can ignore it until someone who uses these modes frequently comes up with a better solution.