Sync folders more options

[Filehero]

Hi Don,

Hmm, complex. I did not spend too much time with it, but would an additional value for delete_items (bit field) help?
8 = On reverse direction (target > source) also reverse any filters (means: apply them to the target instead of to the source)

I think that would do the job, define an overall ignore pattern for copy and delete operations.

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[Filehero]

Thanks, Don.

[admin]

So, should it be controlled by this new flag:
8 = On reverse direction (target > source) also reverse any filters

or just work when the "r" switch is passed?

(I'd say the latter.)

[Filehero]

It seems I'm confused as I thought the new SyncFilterGlobal already provides the implementation.

I have no real personal preference but would opt for the more obvious (less support causing) way. This would point to the
8 = On reverse direction ... approach. Maybe some others have diffenerent prefs.

The new global snyc filter overrules any filter in a SC sync call, right?

[admin]

The new global snyc filter overrules any filter in a SC sync call, right?

No, it does not overrule, it is added to the filter you pass via parameter.

[admin]

As for the reverse filter request, I have to decline it for now. Just no time to think through all the consequences.

[Filehero]

OK. Lack of time is something I'm surely an expert in.

[mussor]

Click in the text box to give it focus, then press Ctrl+F.

hi, sorry to bring this back again, through the time that has passed, I haven't been able to open this search dialog on any computer on which I've used even freshly installed XY (total count 4 computers ranging winxp, win10, win11).

On some of the text dialogues ctrl+F works but on most of them it does not. Specifically Sync Folders (Full report), Custom Copy (Full report) etc.. It works in Text Previewer for example (so I at least know how it looks )
It would really be convenient to have text search on any "report" related dialogues.

[admin]

Hm, cannot explain. Works fine here.

[mussor]

Like you can have Find dialogue opened as in screenshot?
Nothing happens when I hit ctrl+f here

could it be like language specific, keyboard layout thing? I've seen it in other programs. But here it does not work even with ENG layout.

[admin]

Hm, looks like it does not work with background operations. Could you check with a foreground operation (see Configuration | File Operations | File Operations | Background Processing | Enable background processing)?

[mussor]

aha!!
yep, that's it. With foreground operation it does display Find Text.

[admin]

Unfortunately, the Find dialog will not work for background operations for now.

[mussor]

ok, no problem, at least it works for foreground so I can switch to it when I need to.
Thanks!