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Focus after deletion of a child branch

Posted: 19 Jan 2009 20:32
by zer0
Hello everyone,

Great to be part of the community of such a great product as XYplorer is :) Anyhow, as wonderful as it is, there are always things that can make it a bit better, right? :wink:

I tested my wish in Windows Explorer and got the desired result, but I was hesitant to call it a bug as far as XY is concerned, perhaps it's a feature and there is a reason for why it is the way it is. Without further ado:

1. Imagine there are 2 folders (called A and B), they are located in the same tree branch one underneath the other.
2. Now create a subfolder (let's call it C) in folder A and navigate to it. It's assumed that C is the the only subfolder that A has.
3. Delete folder C (either right-click -> Delete or just "Delete" on your keyboard)
4. Upon deletion, the focus switches to folder B instead of subfolder's parent folder A (it goes to A in WE).

I'd very much like to know why the focus moves to folder B instead of folder A (I expected it to go to A) and if it would be possible to have it switch focus to A please.

Many thanks.

Re: Focus after deletion of a child branch

Posted: 19 Jan 2009 21:37
by serendipity
Hi and Welcome to XYplorer,
I know this problem, it has been there since I first reported it here.
I agree that it is counterintuitive, but with the handy Catalog and the genius invention of minitree I had almost forgotten about it.
I guess this problem would be addressed in someway by the admin (aka Don).

Re: Focus after deletion of a child branch

Posted: 19 Jan 2009 21:55
by j_c_hallgren
Hi and welcome to the XY forums from me also!

Glad that serendipity had the answer from one of his older posts, as I didn't know it...now having XY work differently from WE like this makes it harder, in some cases, for users to convert over so having it work same could be helpful...and now we have 2+ people asking for it, right?

Re: Focus after deletion of a child branch

Posted: 20 Jan 2009 10:37
by admin
zer0 wrote:Great to be part of the community of such a great product as XYplorer is :) Anyhow, as wonderful as it is, there are always things that can make it a bit better, right? :wink:
Rightyright, and welcome to the club! :D

Your wish makes total sense and I just changed behavior accordingly.
admin wrote:
surrender wrote:Could you fix this somehow??
No, I think this is all as it should be (no time now for longer explanations, sorry).
Ohlala, I must have been in a bad mood that day... :mrgreen:

Re: Focus after deletion of a child branch

Posted: 20 Jan 2009 12:53
by zer0
admin wrote:Rightyright, and welcome to the club! :D
Your wish makes total sense and I just changed behavior accordingly.
Many thanks for the warm welcome and for changing the behaviour, it works just right now! 8)

Re: Focus after deletion of a child branch

Posted: 20 Jan 2009 19:22
by serendipity
admin wrote:
zer0 wrote:Great to be part of the community of such a great product as XYplorer is :) Anyhow, as wonderful as it is, there are always things that can make it a bit better, right? :wink:
Rightyright, and welcome to the club! :D

Your wish makes total sense and I just changed behavior accordingly.
admin wrote:
surrender wrote:Could you fix this somehow??
No, I think this is all as it should be (no time now for longer explanations, sorry).
Ohlala, I must have been in a bad mood that day... :mrgreen:
Keine problem. Actually most Germany was going thru Fußball withdrawal after July 2006.