Scripting - "Focus" / "Sel" commands not as expected

[Papoulka]

I thought this would be simple (!) but after a couple of hours I have to ask...

I have a folder named "test". Within that folder is a subfolder named "vvvv" and a file named "zzz.dat". I want XY to select the file zzz.dat so I can work with it.

I have one List pane open. The folder "test" is selected in the Tree. As expected the pane shows:

vvvv (folder)
zzz.dat (file)


My script is:

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//title
focus "L";
  sel f;
  echo getpathcomponent(, "base");
  end;

I expect the script to return "zzz", but it always returns "test" (the parent folder) unless I manually select the file zzz.dat first - then it returns "zzz". Of course I expect XY to select the file, that being the point of the "sel f" command.

I don't know if the problem is with the Focus command or the Sel command. Or if I am somehow misusing them. This is with Win 7 32-bit, XY ver 15.20.0300.

Any help will be appreciated

[bdeshi]

sel/focus works fine, it's a problem with getpathcomponent().

When the focused item is not in selection, and getpathcomponent() path AKA item/first parameter is empty, the function fails to detect current item, and operates on current path.

select any one or more items (file or folders don't matter), and echo a getpathcomponent() call. Now hold CTRL and press UP/DOWN to focus (and focus only) an out-of-selection item, and echo the same function call again. In this case, gpc() works in the context of current path, rather than selected item.

Autotest:

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"gpc() test"
  focus 'L';
  if (listfolder(,,32) < 2){$tmp1 = new();$tmp2 = new();} //create test items if needed

  wait 100;
  sendkeys '{END}'; //select last item
  wait 100;

  echo "selected and focused<crlf><selitem>";
  echo 'path: '.getpathcomponent(,'path').<crlf 2>.'processed <curitem>';

  wait 100;
  sendkeys '^{UP}'; //focus another item.
  wait 100;

  echo "focused NOT selected<crlf><focitem>";
  echo 'path: '.getpathcomponent(,'path').<crlf 2>.'processed <curpath>';


  if isset($tmp1){delete 1,0, "$tmp1|$tmp2";}  //remove test items if created

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[Papoulka]

Thank you for looking into this, Sammay.

I didn't suspect the getpathcomponent command. I'm still often confused between what is "focused" and what is "selected" so I thought the problem would be there.

I think you are saying that the getpathcomponent command has a bug. If so, I leave it up to you as a mod to move this to bug reports.

It looks like a bug to me since the most relevant Help example is

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echo getpathcomponent(, "file");                  // current item without path

For now I got it working using:

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getpathcomponent(<selitem>, "ext");

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction...

[highend]

I think you are saying that the getpathcomponent command has a bug

From the help file:

path: The path to parse; can be a folder or a file. Defaults to the current folder or file.

If the file is invalid (not selected AND focused) it uses the current folder. Perfectly valid...

[Papoulka]

But, I had done all the obvious things to get that file to be selected:

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//title
focus "L";
  sel f;
  echo getpathcomponent(, "base");
  end;

If that's not right, what would get that file selected?

[highend]

I think this is a problem of the sel command, not of getpathcomponent.

Use a folder with only one file in it. Click anywhere in the list pane to deselect it.
use sel f; text getpathcomponent(, "ext");

The result is empty. At least here.

Again, click anywhere to deselect it.

Use sel 1; text getpathcomponent(, "ext");
It should contain the extension.

Somehow sel f; works differently as sel 1; if there is only one file in a folder. I'd call that a bug (or at least a behavior I wouldn't expect).