Folder tab remain active
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Folder tab remain active
Is this a bug or a feature: I have added few fixed folder tabs for drives and paths (all locked but allow dir change).
But sometimes I also use drive combobox to select drives. But when I select a drive via the combobox, the last used tab still remains active.
Is it possible to make the tab inactive if the user selects a different drive via the drive combobox?
But sometimes I also use drive combobox to select drives. But when I select a drive via the combobox, the last used tab still remains active.
Is it possible to make the tab inactive if the user selects a different drive via the drive combobox?
Re: Folder tab remain active
Hold down the Shift key when you click on the drive in the combobox (or in the drive bar, if enabled) - then the drive will be opened in a new tab.
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Re: Folder tab remain active
Yes, but that doesn't fix the original problem. Of course I could disable the drive combobox, but looks like that also removes disk free/total space info. And I also sometimes like to use alt-F1/F2 and that also leaves last tab visible active.
Re: Folder tab remain active
I haven't said anything about that - read my answer again.Of course I could disable the drive combobox
All I am saying is that in stead of just clicking a drive in the drive combobox you hold down Shift while you click the drive - have you tried that?
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Re: Folder tab remain active
So I guess this is a "feature" and not a bug?
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Re: Folder tab remain active
Yes, changing directories and drives usually happens within the same tab, just like entering a new address in a web browser doesn't open a new tab.
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I don't want a new tab. I just want selected tab to become inactive if I select different drive via alt-f1/f2 or with mouse via the drive combobox. And maybe also become inactive if that pane's current path is not the same that is set to the active tab's setting.ghisler(Author) wrote: ↑2018-08-15, 15:51 UTC Yes, changing directories and drives usually happens within the same tab, just like entering a new address in a web browser doesn't open a new tab.
Currently on the left side pane I have tabs D: K: O: and C:. Now, if for example D-tab is active and I switch to C-drive via alt-f1, I get C-drive visible and C-drive in the combobox but tab still shows D as active making you, for a moment, think that you are still in D-drive.
Or maybe I'm just using it in a wrong way...
Re: Folder tab remain active
If you allow changing directories in a locked tab, you also automatically allow changing disks in the same tab.
We are not so S.M.A.R.T. as we imagine...
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Making my default tabs fully locked seems to make some sense to all this. Now extra tab/tabs that opens if i use alt-f1 etc. shows and follows the actual panel path. Problem is that now, with certain usage patterns, I end up with lots of extra tabs that cause my default tabs to scroll off screen.