Update the current list when program is activated

[Julian]

Very often I work with my files and in XY the directory is outdated. New files are not displayed automatically.
I understand the directory watch event is difficult to implement but it should be pretty easy to execute the F5 action in the windows WM_ACTIVATE message.

[RalphM]

You might want to check out CEA (Custom Event Actions) where you can set whatever you want to happen on location changes and so much more.

[admin]

Very often? It happens here very rarely and only in connection with programs that fail to notify Windows when they create or change a file. So can you talk about the context?

[eil]

Very often I work with my files and in XY the directory is outdated.

Just to be sure, check that you have View > Auto-Refresh enabled.

[Julian]

"Automatisch aktualisieren" has a check mark.

I now toggled that setting off-on - I have to check when it happens. With notepad I cannot reproduce now.

[autocart]

I also notice that the auto refresh does not always work 100 % of the time. I would say, it works >95 %, though. If it fails, then I think it mostly fails in OneDrive folders.

Anyway, as you indicate yourself, my life experience also tells me that XY is not the only software that sometimes struggles with refresh issues. A refresh on activate may sound nice but with long lists or on network paths, I am not sure if that could cause delays on each activation. Maybe not, but that thought just crossed my mind. Maybe as a tweak for the brave?

[Julian]

I can reproduce the problem like this:

Write text.docx (i.e. with Word)
Use right drag (or CTRL C,V) to copy to a new file (this creates "text-kopie.docx")
Rename (F2) "text-kopie.docx" to "text.zip"
Double click on text.zip to open 7-zip
Use the extract button and extract to a sub folder called "text"
Close 7-ZIP

>>> The sub folder "text" is not there in XY

[highend]

Reproduced this, see the .gif...

Animation.gif

[Julian]

Yes, it works when you create a new file.

It never works when I do this before I open the file
Use right drag (or CTRL C,V) to copy to a new file (this creates "text-kopie.docx")

I do not want to proove myself right here, I want to give the developer a possibility to track down this glitch.

Edit: Sorry - and thanks for showing the glitch in the GIF

[autocart]

I do not want to proove myself right here, I want to give the developer a possibility to track down this glitch.

Maybe I misunderstand you, but highend is supporting your case by showing in his GIF that you are correct.

[admin]

I could repro it once and then never again. I see nothing in XY I could do about it.

[Julian]

@highend
Sorry - and thanks for showing the glitch in the GIF.

@admin - what about updating the list when XY regains the focus (see caption of this thread).

And - this is just one case where it happens, it happens in other cases, too.
For me quite frequently. Sometimes I have new folders in the list, but they are not in the tree.

[admin]

No, that's not practical. But there are plans to look at Refresh for a general overhaul anyway.

[autocart]

I just realized, that as a workaround, you could use a really very simple AHK script to update XY at every window activation.

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#requires AutoHotkey v2+

while 1
    {
        WinWaitActive("ahk_class ThunderRT6FormDC ahk_exe XYplorer.exe")
        ; Sleep 20
        Send "{F5}"
        WinWaitNotActive("ahk_class ThunderRT6FormDC ahk_exe XYplorer.exe")
    }

refreshXYatEachActivation.zip

If you want to try it but need help in doing so, just ask.

[highend]

Please use a shellhook for such kind of stuff, not a while 1 loop