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rightclick folder should highlight that folder?
Posted: 12 Mar 2016 21:26
by voirin
Hi, when i rightclick a folder to gain its context menu, it seems that the folder I have selected isn't highlighted (unlike windows explorer). This catches me out at times as I feel that the context menu selection I'm about to make pertains to some other folder I might have miss-rightclicked on. So just to make sure, I then end up leftclicking the folder i want (to highlight it), then rightclicking it to gain context menu. Is this intended behavior? Or am I missing a setting?
Thanks
Re: rightclick folder should highlight that folder?
Posted: 15 Mar 2016 09:51
by admin
It is hightlighted here.
Where is the highlight when you do this? Anywhere else?
Re: rightclick folder should highlight that folder?
Posted: 15 Mar 2016 10:48
by PeterH
Just had a test...
Seems this happens if you don't right-click the folder name, but it's icon.
The context menu is the same in both situations.
If you right-click the number in front of the icon, it isn't selected, too. But as the pane-contextmenu is shown this seems to be correct, I think.
Re: rightclick folder should highlight that folder?
Posted: 15 Mar 2016 11:30
by admin
OK, this is if "Configuration | Mouse Down Blow Up | On right mouse down" is ticked, right?
Indeed, there is room for a little improvement in the case of folders...
Re: rightclick folder should highlight that folder?
Posted: 15 Mar 2016 12:19
by PeterH
For me: you are right
Re: rightclick folder should highlight that folder?
Posted: 16 Mar 2016 07:37
by voirin
admin wrote:It is hightlighted here.
Where is the highlight when you do this? Anywhere else?
Sorry if I didn't make myself clear in my initial post. This is in relation to the tree view.
Whenever you start XYplorer, some folder/drive/ or whatever is highlighted by default (call it itemA) in the tree view.
So, when I press the right mouse button and hold it down over some folder icon (or folder name) in the tree view, that item (call it itemB) is highlighted and itemA loses highlighting. But as soon as I release the right mouse button, the context menu pops up, and itemB loses highlight and itemA is re-highlighted.
So the final state is itemA is highlighted, but the context menu for itemB is showing - which leads to confusion.
Windows explorer has it such that the final state is itemB retains highlighting WHILE the context menu for itemB is showing - which makes a little more sense.
I think something like the following pseudo code would be nice to implement:
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if (context menu for itemB is enabled) {
// highlight itemB
}
else {
// highlight itemA (item highlighted prior to enabling context menu on itemB)
}
Re: rightclick folder should highlight that folder?
Posted: 16 Mar 2016 09:02
by admin
Ah, now I see.
This is because you ticked "Configuration | Shell Integration | 64-bit Windows | Show the 64-bit context menu", right?
That's indeed a negative side effect of the way the 64-bit context menu is implemented. There is nothing I can do, I'm afraid.
Re: rightclick folder should highlight that folder?
Posted: 17 Mar 2016 04:32
by voirin
admin wrote:This is because you ticked "Configuration | Shell Integration | 64-bit Windows | Show the 64-bit context menu", right?
Yes that is correct.
That's indeed a negative side effect of the way the 64-bit context menu is implemented. There is nothing I can do, I'm afraid.
Ok thanks. I guess this all comes back to a lack of a 64bit compiler for VB6. Thanks anyways for all the help.