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Is there anything significantly different between these menus in View? Is there a situation when Current Folder != List? I have had a look in the help file and changelog and couldn't find what the discrepancies are. I have also played around with the functionality and did not notice any variations. Is it warranted to have them distinctly separate or can they be consolidated into 1 menu entry?

zer0 wrote:Is there anything significantly different between these menus in View? Is there a situation when Current Folder != List? I have had a look in the help file and changelog and couldn't find what the discrepancies are. I have also played around with the functionality and did not notice any variations. Is it warranted to have them distinctly separate or can they be consolidated into 1 menu entry?

From the help file:

Refresh Current Folder

Updates the just the current folder.

and

Refresh List

Updates the current list data, but keeps any selections and scroll position. Also refreshes the tab icon.

Based on that, the difference seems to be that Refresh List maintains any selections and scroll position; I'm not sure whether Refresh Current Folder also refreshes the tab icon. Personally, I'm much more likely to use the (fairly newly added) Refresh function (which is also the new default for F5), but I can see Refresh List being useful on occasion. I'm guessing that such functionality has been requested in the past?

Refresh Current Folder also maintains selection and scroll position, so is the difference boils down to a refresh of the tab icon?

zer0 wrote:Refresh Current Folder also maintains selection and scroll position, so is the difference boils down to a refresh of the tab icon?

Ah, I hadn't tested the behaviour. A refresh of the tab icon on its own, does seem a little light for a separate command.

They are completely different:
Current Folder: refreshes the tree (the current node and its childs, i.e. the current branch)
List: refreshes the list.

admin wrote:They are completely different:
Current Folder: refreshes the tree (the current node and its childs, i.e. the current branch)
List: refreshes the list.

Aha, the documentation does not reflect the fact that refreshing current folder also refreshes the tree. A distinct feature indeed.

zer0 wrote:

admin wrote:They are completely different:
Current Folder: refreshes the tree (the current node and its childs, i.e. the current branch)
List: refreshes the list.

Aha, the documentation does not reflect the fact that refreshing current folder also refreshes the tree. A distinct feature indeed.

Indeed. I just updated the Help, thanks.