Total Commander

Assume a simple directory structure like

dir
dir\subdir

And assume: left shows the content of dir, right shows the content of subdir.

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When changing the name of subdir in the left panel (e.g., to subdir1) the right panel will not stay in its directory (now: subdir1), but it will go up along the path to the level where the name was changed (here: it will show the content of dir).

This is a bit annoying, especially when working with deep directory structures: Once you are deep down in the directory tree (in one file panel) and change the name of an ancestor directory (in the other file panel) you need to navigate back to the original directory manually.

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Suggestion:
An option would be great to prevent this "automatic directory switch". In fact, the original directory does still exist, it is just a directory name along the path that has changed...

Yes. I support your suggestion.

I think it's a relic from very old times (Norton Commander) and maybe the Windows Commander (today: Total Commander) is even specially designed to be compatible with this feature. I just recently had the opportunity to re-use the original Norton Commander and it behaves the same.

In my opinion, this is no longer up-to-date and should be changed.

I always have to smile in this case because you get the impression that the TCs one window doesn't know details of the other window and - oh - it prefers to jump away

JOUBE

Support++

Support+

+1

@ghisler Any news here?

It would be a new feature, so unfortunately I can't add it to 10.51 because it's already a release candidate. Maybe in a later version.

Ok, I see. Thank you for considering.