During search in archives packers ask for a passwords for encrypted archives. Currently it is impossible to know which archive TC tries to open (TC and Total7zip password prompts don't show archive path).
It would be useful if TC show archive path in e.g. status bar before opening it (only when search in archives is used) so in case of password prompt user could see archive path somewhere.
Display archive name before searching in it
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The problem is that the status line is only updated from time to time to speed up the search. When the request for the password occurs, TC has no way to show the name of the archive there. I could show it in the dialog box requesting the password, but this will only work for internal unpacking, not when plugins request the password...
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I think it won't slow search too much if you display archive name before opening it because archive processing is not as fast as single file enumeration, and archive may contain a lot of files.
Would be nice to update status bar e.g. once per second and treat archives like directories, so it could show that TC is in archive now in a second after displaying dialog... However such way will need separate worker thread.
Would be nice to update status bar e.g. once per second and treat archives like directories, so it could show that TC is in archive now in a second after displaying dialog... However such way will need separate worker thread.