[TC 11.00b7] cm_Copy /AG activates the transfer manager when there is no folder selection in the target dir

[ghisler(Author)]

I will consider it. It isn't something I can add it 5 minutes, e.g. it would also have to support selected link files.

[Fla$her]

I understand. OK.

[petermad]

I actually like that the Background Transfer Manager pops up, also for a single selected target directory - it gives a good visual indication that copying into the selected folder actually took place - this is even more important when using the /G parameter.

When using the /A parameter alone, I can see in the Copy dialog that the "Copy to all selected folders/links in the target panel" is disabled if no folders are selected in the target - but with the /AG parameter I get no such warning, so if I accidentally unselected the single target folder, the file(s) will be copied to the target folder unnoticed.

[Fla$her]

I actually like that the Background Transfer Manager pops up, also for a single selected target directory - it gives a good visual indication that copying into the selected folder actually took place - this is even more important when using the /G parameter.

And I don't like that when copying to one folder, instead of the classic background progress that is familiar to me, for some reason I observe a transfer manager that takes up more space with a set of options that I don't need in such conditions. Remembering whether a folder has been selected on the target panel is not a problem.

I get no such warning, so if I accidentally unselected the single target folder, the file(s) will be copied to the target folder unnoticed.

The fact that you make an accidental selection is not a problem of the program when using background copying. No warnings are needed here, otherwise the whole point disappears in these options.

[petermad]

The fact that you make an accidental selection

I was thinking of an accidental de-selection.

[Fla$her]

Okay, but the meaning of the phrase does not change from this.
The implication is that /A plays a auxiliary role here, where, with a single click, we get an additional bonus if there is a selection. It's convenient.
It's like multiple-purpose commands. Copying utilities also do not warn about a lot of things if they do not find a match for various options.
Also, it will not be superfluous to remind you of the reason for the appearance of commands:

The following can be achieved in different ways:
cm_CopyNoAsk -> cm_copy will support parameters
cm_RenameNoAsk -> cm_renmov will support parameters

[petermad]

19.06.23 Fixed: Internal command cm_Copy: Ignore parameter /A when nothing is selected in the target panel, so files get copied in
the foreground when it is the default (32/64)

Not full fixed. If I with a freshly started TC use cm_Copy /AG, and NO target folders are selected, the file(s) are copied in the foreground, as expected.

If DO mark a target folder and copy files to that target folder with cm_Copy /AG, it is done in the background, as expexted.
BUT if I thereafter do NOT mark any target folder and use cm_Copy /AG the copying is done in the background, which is not expected.

Somehow copying in the background with cm_Copy /AG once, keeps that mode for the rest of the TC session.

[ghisler(Author)]

That's strange, I will try to reproduce it.

[Fla$her]

If DO mark a target folder and copy files to that target folder with cm_Copy /AG, it is done in the background, as expexted.

Are you confusing anything? The behavior has not changed for one marked folder. The translation manager is still activated instead of the usual background.

[petermad]

2Fla$her

Are you confusing anything? The behavior has not changed for one marked folder. The translation manager is still activated instead of the usual background.

I am reporting according to:

history.txt wrote:
19.06.23 Fixed: Internal command cm_Copy: Ignore parameter /A when nothing is selected in the target panel, so files get copied in
the foreground when it is the default (32/64)

which does not say anything about using foreground copying when (only) one target folder is selected - my comment is about that "cm_Copy /AG activates the transfer manager when there is no folder selection in the target dir" which is also the title of this topic that you wrote yourself.

[Fla$her]

which does not say anything about using foreground copying when (only) one target folder is selected

So I didn't write about the foreground either. I compared two types of windows with background copying — standard and with the manager. See p. 4 and 5.
It's not clear why you mentioned marking one folder, if it's only about the lack of selection?

[petermad]

2Fla$her

Please read this again:

If I with a freshly started TC use cm_Copy /AG, and NO target folders are selected, the file(s) are copied in the foreground, as expected.

If DO mark a target folder and copy files to that target folder with cm_Copy /AG, it is done in the background, as expexted.
BUT if I thereafter do NOT mark any target folder and use cm_Copy /AG the copying is done in the background, which is not expected.

It is the last line here above that describes the new bug. It is not about what I write about in the second line is done in one type of background or the other. - this is about TC continuing to copy in the background if it has done it once - also when the copying should be done in the foregruond, namely when no target folder is selected.

Please try and do what I describe in line 2 a 3 in the quoted text.

[ghisler(Author)]

I was able to reproduce it now, and will fix it in the next beta.

[petermad]

Not full fixed. If I with a freshly started TC use cm_Copy /AG, and NO target folders are selected, the file(s) are copied in the foreground, as expected.

If DO mark a target folder and copy files to that target folder with cm_Copy /AG, it is done in the background, as expexted.
BUT if I thereafter do NOT mark any target folder and use cm_Copy /AG the copying is done in the background, which is not expected.

22.06.23 Fixed: After copying with cm_copy /AG with selected target directories, calling cm_copy /AG with no targets would still copy in background by mistake (32/64)

Confirmed fixed in TC 11.00b9

[Fla$her]

I will consider it. It isn't something I can add it 5 minutes, e.g. it would also have to support selected link files.

When should we expect the option?