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[SOLVED, NO BUG] Creating a dir with subdirs "a\b\" in List view will create "a\b\New Folder"
Posted: 02 May 2023 14:17
by matewo
Hi all,
when I create a new dir + subdir in list view (Ctrl+N), a\b:
a\b will be created. This is, what I would expect.
When I create a new dir + subdir in list view (Ctrl+N), a\b\ with a trailing backslash:
a\b\New Folder will be created. This is not, what I would expect. Is it intended nevertheless?
Thanks and best regards, Markus
-- XYplorer: v24.30.0100
Re: Creating a dir with subdirs "a\b\" in List view will create "a\b\New Folder"
Posted: 12 May 2023 12:33
by admin
It's a feature and it works as advertised.
What's happening here is not creating a folder but "move on rename" (Configuration | General | Sort and Rename | Rename | Allow move on rename) and when the target ends with a slash then the current folder name (which is "New Folder" after Ctrl+N) is used.
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v10.50.0023 - 2011-11-12 14:25
+ Configuration | General: Added "Allow move on rename", a cute
little time saver that enables you to move-and-rename files or
folders in one go right from the file list. Simply enter a
relative (to the current path of the file!) or absolute
path\[name] into the inline rename box (F2) in the file list, and
Move On Rename will happen. If the target folder doesn't exist yet
it is created on the fly.
Examples:
Select a file in the file list and enter this into the rename box:
- C:\new.png = Move file to C:\ renaming it to new.png.
- C:\1\2\3\new.png = Move file to C:\1\2\3 renaming it to
new.png. If "C:\1\2\3\" does not exist it is created.
- ..\new.png = Move file one up renaming it to new.png.
- stuff\new.png = Move file one down to subfolder "stuff"
renaming it to new.png. If "stuff" does not exist it is created.
You can also move a file or folder without renaming it. Simply
select the rename box, and enter a path with a trailing slash:
- C:\stuff\ = Move file to C:\stuff\.
- stuff\ = Move file one down to subfolder "stuff".
- ..\ = Move file one up.