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'Dialog box: Configuration - Change button bar' help page wrote:14. SELECTFILES [...] marks files [...]
Supported modifiers: [...], S=Reverts whether just files or files+folders are selected when Shift is pressed during execution. Add directly to the end of the command name [...]

The current descriprion of S modifier, which starts with "Reverts" word, and though it is mentioned above that [without S added] "SELECTFILES [...] marks files", there is no stress here that it means "files, but not folders", so user can think that SELECTFILESS reverts just files or files+folders selection to opposite of SELECTFILES behavior, while actually pure SELECTFILES doesn't select folders whether the Shift key is pressed or not.

So to make it more clear, my suggestion is to change the help text to something like this:

Suggested text wrote:14. SELECTFILES [...] marks files [...]
Supported modifiers: [...], S=When Shift is pressed during execution, marks also folders. Add directly to the end of the command name [...]

Or am I missing something and pure SELECTFILES actually should mark also folders (when Shift is NOT pressed), which currently doesn't work this way, and then there is a bug in TC?

I also found the description of the "S" modifier extremely difficult zu understand. "Revert" is probably not a suitable word in this sentence. Since I am still not 100% sure about the consequences of "S", I would highly appreciate an improved description by Mr. Ghisler.

BTW: Is there a way (e.g., a modifier) to suppress the error message if no matching file was found/selected? That would be very helpful... Thank you!

BR
funkymonk

Example:
1. Button containing SELECTFILES *
User clicks button -> all files but no folders are selected
2. Button containing SELECTFILESS *
User clicks button -> all files but no folders are selected
User clicks button while holding shift -> both files and folders are selected

I agree with the others that the help text is not clear. Please change it as suggested.

OK, will change.

Tested OK using TC10.50b8.

Moderator message from: white » 2022-06-02, 10:51 UTC