[9.50b2] Browse to plugin dialog doesn't suggest current panel

[MVV]

Open Configuration - Plugins, any of Configure buttons, click Add button. Browse dialog should show current panel's location.
But sometimes it shows wrong location. E.g. change folder in right panel, switch to left panel and repeat described steps... Browse dialog suggests location from inactive panel.

[ghisler(Author)]

It always uses the current directory, which is the one where you last performed some opertation.

[petermad]

So it is like this https://www.ghisler.ch/board/viewtopic.php?p=360613#p360613

I also think that here in MVV's example it would be better to use the path from the active panel - the user might not alway remember which folder was opened last or in which folder the last operation was performed - but he can easily see which panel is active.

[Hacker]

Yeah, I agree, the active directory should always be the current directory. Is there any situation in which that is not intuitive or does not make sense?

Roman

[MVV]

I don't think that one would expect that after switching panel current directory will be the same. Especially since buttonbar buttons always use current panel's dir as starting directory, not the one where last operation performed.

[ghisler(Author)]

The problem is that I cannot constantly change the current directory, this would cause many problems and slowdowns.

[petermad]

The problem is that I cannot constantly change the current directory

Just don't use current directory in functions that like those, alway use direrctory in active panel.

So far I can see that it is for theese functions:
Configuration:
Edit/View - Editor for F4
FTP - Create log file
Plugins - Add (File system plugins, Lister plugins, Content plugins)
Ignore list - Save in:
Packer - 5 instances
Zip packer - 2 instances

Associate:
New type
Edit type - Open / New - Command (program)

Internal associations:
Add - Edit file type - Open / New - Command (program)
Edit - Open / New - Command (program)

Lister:
Configure - Multimedia - Use IrfanView... - Path:

SAVETABS
SAVETABSL
SAVETABSR
SAVETABS2
SAVETABS2L
SAVETABS2R
SAVESELECTION
SAVEDETAILS


That is max 27 places (maybe fewer, some of these probably use the same function)- that is feasible. I might of course have overlooked some situations.

[MVV]

ghisler(Author),
You only need to add changing directory before displaying dialog, it is a user action so he won't notice any slowdown here.

[petermad]

ghisler(Author),
You only need to add changing directory before displaying dialog, it is a user action so he won't notice any slowdown here.

Exactly

[ghisler(Author)]

That's what I will do - but there are probably other such dialogs with the same problem...

[petermad]

Confirmed fixed in TC9.5b3 for:
Configuration - Plugins - Add (File system plugins, Lister plugins, Content plugins)
SAVESELECTION
SAVESELECTIONA
SAVESELECTIONW
SAVEDETAILS
SAVEDETAILSA
SAVEDETAILSw

[MVV]

I can confirm that WLX, WFX and WDX plugins are now searched in current panel, but WCX plugins are still searched in wrong panel!

[ghisler(Author)]

WCX uses the file associate dialog, not the plugin dialog used for the other plugin types.

[MVV]

Yes, but the problem is the same: it hasn't too much sense to open last changed directory in this dialog, it is better to open current directory of active panel there.

[petermad]

WCX plugins are still searched in wrong panel!

I can confirm that the last opened directory and not the directory in the active panel is used when the "New type" button is pressed.