[-] Synchronization select folder (b4)

[AlleyKat]

[EDIT] Not really a bug! [/EDIT]

Seems I have a little bug in the Sync window.

I compared a local 4 days old version of Remora (the Mozilla Addons site system) with one just downloaded.

The keyboard shortcuts to do things on whole folders doesn't seem to work - I can only rclick a folder line and select the function I want by mouse, they cannot be used by keyboard. Or at least, Ctrl-M doesn't work.

Image showing dialog


And a very minor graphical thing,when using mouse scrollwheel or mouse to move scrollbar by dragging, last empty line in the Sync window is shown as black. It isn't, however, if I use the arrows to move the scrollbar down, then it's redrawn as white.

The black bar


I know - only one bug per post, but last one is really minor and of no consequence.


And this belongs in feature requests I guess - are there any way to make it not see the .svn folders and subsequent files? (also for cvs actually)

[petermad]

2AlleyKat
I can not confirm either of those bugs - I even tried with Classic Windows theme for the blackbar bug.

The blackbar bug might be related to this: http://ghisler.ch/board/viewtopic.php?p=111650#111650

So try to disable smooth scrolling:

1. run sysdm.cpl from the command line.
2. click the Advanced tab.
3. click the Settings button in the Performance section.
4. remove the checkmark next to "Smoth-scroll list boxes" ("Brug jævn rulning til lister").

And see if that solves your problem - it sure makes Windows nicer to work with anyway.

are there any way to make it not see the .svn folders and subsequent files? (also for cvs actually)

"Configuration" -> "Ignore list" ->

add svn\ and cvs\ to the list.

[AlleyKat]

I can confirm that turning smooth scrolling off eliminates the black line 'problem'. No real issue anyway, as mentioned. I actually think I prefer the smooth scrolling, it isn't as hard on the eyes. But right you are.

Using keyboard, you can navigate to a folder name line and use the keyboard shortcuts? I can only make it work on individual files, and using ordinary Space for that is enough, so I can't imagine this being the idea with ctrl+m. Only by using mouse is the files under the heading highlighted and thus selectable in one go. Testing further, however, I found that using the keyboard Context key can bring up the menu. But, you cannot remove the menu again unless you select a menu item (same goes for selecting it with mouse). And even with the menu displayed, none of the keyboard shortcuts except F3/shift-F3 seems to work.


About the hiding files, ok thanks, that is one solution that will hide them everywhere in TC, right? I just want to exclude them in Sync. I'll just have to look into using batchfiles to (re)move them first instead I think.

[petermad]

2AlleyKat
Sorry - I didn't read you first posting carefully enough - you are right Ctrl+M etc. does not work on FOLDER lines

I can however right click a folder line, which selects all the files in the folder - then I can press Escape to close the selection dialog, but the files stay selected, so NOW I can use Ctrl+M etc.

IMHO pressing Space or Insert on a folder line should select the files in that folder.

About the hiding files, ok thanks, that is one solution that will hide them everywhere in TC, right? I just want to exclude them in Sync.

If you are not otherwise using the ignore list, then you could make a button or an alias with the command cm_SwitchIgnoreList
to toggle the use of the ignore list on the fly before doing a sync.

[AlleyKat]

IMHO pressing Space or Insert on a folder line should select the files in that folder.

Good suggestion, much much more intuitive than current whatshallwecallit.

If you are not otherwise using the ignore list, then you could make a button or an alias with the command cm_SwitchIgnoreList
to toggle the use of the ignore list on the fly before doing a sync.

Good idea. roentgen on the chat channel had a nice suggestion too, using the sync filter:

[20:25] roentgen: AlleyKat : in synchronyze window there's a small box somewhere up. Add *.*|svn\;cvs\ in there

Great solutions both of them I think, no need for extras, so my feature suggestion is hereby withdrawn.

But the first basic bug report still stands.

[ghisler(Author)]

Ctrl+M etc does not work on the folder line because it doesn't select anything - the right click does that! So you either need to select the files yourself with shift+cursor keys, or use the context menu with Shift+F10. This behaviour is by design.

About the black bar: I didn't get that even with smooth scrolling turned on.
Maybe a problem with the display adapter?

[AlleyKat]

Hm, not really sure what I have changed, but using the context key works, so all is good. As long as I can select full folders by keyboard I'm a very happy camper.

About the black bar, could be related to the theme I guess? It actually seems I was using some other theme (Celestial), disabled as I'm using reduced theme support in windows. I can't repeat it with neither Standard nor Classic theme, so not a bug either.

[ghisler(Author)]

Ah, thanks for the clarifications!