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CopyTo with Tags

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 09:10
by kiwichick
Hi there, When moving an item to a new location, current tags are preserved but not when items are copied to a new location. Can copy with tags be done and, if so, what script commands do I need? Cheers.

Re: CopyTo with Tags

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 09:36
by admin
No. It is explained in Help under "Labels, Tags, Comments":
Copying Items

Copying items, the tags will not be copied along with the items, in an effort to keep your database tidy and avoid multiplying tags which could eventually slow things down. Any previously existing items will keep their original tags.
Sigh, this question pops so often. I start asking myself whether I should allow it (new setting: Allow copying tags).

Re: CopyTo with Tags

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 10:01
by kiwichick
You should, you should, you should :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin:

And after spending the last hour tagging a few hundred files, I discovered that although moving files preserves tags, when I moved them all from a branch view about 99% of the files lost their tags. Now I'll have to start all over again :cry:

Re: CopyTo with Tags

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 12:56
by Marco
kiwichick,
you may be interested in this script, http://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic. ... 87&start=0

Re: CopyTo with Tags

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 13:24
by kiwichick
Thanks Marco, I remember coming across this the other night but didn't think about it after that :oops: I shall check it out!!!

Re: CopyTo with Tags

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 15:33
by admin
kiwichick wrote:And after spending the last hour tagging a few hundred files, I discovered that although moving files preserves tags, when I moved them all from a branch view about 99% of the files lost their tags. Now I'll have to start all over again :cry:
That would be a bug, but I cannot find such problems here. Can you reproduce the issue, and if yes, describe how to do this?

Re: CopyTo with Tags

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 15:43
by jjk
admin wrote: I start asking myself whether I should allow it (new setting: Allow copying tags).
Yes, you should, indeed.
+1

Re: CopyTo with Tags

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 23:23
by kiwichick
Added in latest beta release. Thanks admin :appl: In regards to the option Notes in the changelog, maybe there could be another option to:

"Confirm include Tags in copy and backup operations"

Only if it was easily implemented, of course :biggrin:

Re: CopyTo with Tags

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 08:16
by admin
kiwichick wrote:Added in latest beta release. Thanks admin :appl: In regards to the option Notes in the changelog, maybe there could be another option to:

"Confirm include Tags in copy and backup operations"

Only if it was easily implemented, of course :biggrin:
Good idea. I have to check how easy this would be...

Re: CopyTo with Tags

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 22:27
by kiwichick
Yes!!! The new update is great, admin!!!

But, is it just me or is anyone else finding XY loses focus behind the last focused window (XY or non-XY) when the prompt is used (clicking OK or Cancel)?

Re: CopyTo with Tags

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 09:39
by admin
kiwichick wrote:But, is it just me or is anyone else finding XY loses focus behind the last focused window (XY or non-XY) when the prompt is used (clicking OK or Cancel)?
Confirmed and fixed.

Re: CopyTo with Tags

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 09:46
by kiwichick
admin does it again :appl:

Re: CopyTo with Tags

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 23:44
by kiwichick
Hi admin, Was the focus issued fixed in the latest beta release v0208? It isn't mentioned in the changelog and I still have this behavior. Cheers.

Re: CopyTo with Tags

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 09:28
by admin
It's fixed here.

How do you copy? Custom Copy? Backgrounded?

Re: CopyTo with Tags

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 09:52
by kiwichick
Hi Don, thanks, I've tried:

Drag'n'Drop to a new tab.
Drag'n'Drop to the Tree.
The standard Ctrl+C, go to another folder, Ctrl+V.
A script I have that copies selected items to a pre-determined folder.
The default XY CopyTo dialog.

They all cause XY to lose focus.