Total Commander

first of all I have to say thank you, thank you, thank you for this really great tool. I use TC since some years (minimum 1997)

I have a development request which would my life more easyer...
Regular I have to wait until files on a server are processed and moved into a specific location which is reachable via FTP. When I watch this folder I have to press F2 or Strg+R to "reread source"until the files are processed. The necessary timeframe is sometimes really very long...

Espeacially unnicely for me is that in FTP connections walking into directory / changing of directory will not refresh the TC window automatically - so update the window seams for me important.

I would not expect to reread an FTP folder in case of changing the directory because I can imagine that such a rered may in some FTP connections lead to long waittimes. So I suggest to add a parameter in FTP connection settings dialog "ftp auto-reread /refresh time". So I will be able to activate per connection a specific reread timeslice. This time frame I would expect as seconds. If I switch to a remote folder the waitstep timeframe should be restarted and if its time is gone a next refresh has to be requested.

Espeacially unnicely for me is that in FTP connections walking into directory / changing of directory will not refresh the TC

You can turn off the directory cache in the configuration of that connection.

I suggest to add a parameter in FTP connection settings dialog "ftp auto-reread /refresh time".

Hmm, that's quite unusual (an server owners would certainly hate it). If you really need it, you could write a small script (e.g. with autohotkey) to send F2 or Ctr+R to TC.