Negative files/bytes count in progress window

[Hacker]

Michael REMY,
On the file count.

HTH
Roman

[Michael REMY]

Michael REMY,
On the file count.

HTH
Roman

is this area really "actionable!", it does not look like a button or something to click !

maybe i clic it to movie the dialog windows or to put focus on TC application !

[Stefan2]

is this area really "actionable!", it does not look like a button or something to click

Programmable, even a simple gray-colored area can indicate a mouse click.
Here it is the not-editable text box with the two file names, I guess (never tried that myself)


Can somebody explain it better, please?







 

[panos78]

I am using TC9.22a and today I tried to copy about 950GB.
I noticed that the counted files and the counted MB have a minus sign in front of them.
Why?

[Stefan2]

Do you mean the numbers shown in the copy progress dialog?

These are negative when you click on them once,
to show the REMAINING files and bytes to be copied.
Click again to see the already copied files and bytes.





 

[Hacker]

[mod="Hacker"]Moved to the English forum.[/mod]

[kdigger]

Syncing 2 folder and I have negative values. Is that correct? I've posted the print screen: https://postimg.cc/Dm68SGs0

[kdigger]

Print Screen: https://postimg.cc/Dm68SGs0

[Dalai]

This is not a bug.

Clicking on the numbers toggles between files/volume copied and remaining. It's not an obvious feature - triggering threads like this one. To be honest, it annoys me a little bit that it's not obvious which mode the dialog is in. It would be easier if the dialog was made larger, making enough space to show both files/volume copied and remaining.

Regards
Dalai

[Hacker]

Moderator message from: Hacker

Moved to the English forum.

[ghisler(Author)]

How else would you show remaining?

[Dalai]

How else would you show remaining?

As I said: A dialog with more height would allow to show more information, e.g. in another line.

It would be easier if the dialog was made larger, making enough space to show both files/volume copied and remaining.

Now I know this would probably require additional translations (the user needs to know what the numbers mean), but this shouldn't prevent you from doing it.

Regards
Dalai

[Usher]

How else would you show remaining?

As I said: A dialog with more height would allow to show more information, e.g. in another line.

There is no need for another line. Dialog in foreground has three buttons, so it's enough to move file number to the second button. Something like that:

Code: Select all

Copied:               300/1900               2 573,9 M / 3 856,3 M
[    Pause     ]         [    Cancel    ]         [  Background  ]

Remaining:           -600/1900              -1 249,2 M / 3 856,3 M
[    Pause     ]         [    Cancel    ]         [  Background  ]

[Dalai]

2Usher
My suggestion was/is to show both pieces of information simultaneously, eliminating the need to switch between them. Not adding another line makes the dialog even more crammed. IMO, the dialog is already too small when dealing with long paths and/or filenames. Makes sense to make it larger anyway.

Still, your suggestion would avoid the existing confusion about which numbers are shown.

Regards
Dalai

[Usher]

My suggestion was/is to show both pieces of information simultaneously, eliminating the need to switch between them.

That would be redundant and might be distracting or misleading, IMO.

the dialog is already too small when dealing with long paths and/or filenames. Makes sense to make it larger anyway.

There are some pieces of archaic code there. F5/F6 dialogs started with 3 buttons and was 363 pix long. Now it has 5 buttons and is 560 pix long, but filename is still shortened to 25 characters and no extension visible:

Rename/Move "25 characters in filename..." to

But now it can be 2 lines and have 48 characters in filename, even when using Chinese symbols:

Rename/Move
"A filename shortened to 48 characters, then dots...ext" to

Copy progress discussed here was 455 pix long and now is a little bit longer (469 pix), so it's now shorter than F5/F6 dialog and can be made also 560 pix long. Now it may skip path and try to show the whole filename, but it still hides extension.