Showing focus rectangle when window is not focused?

OliverS · Post by **OliverS** » 09 Oct 2006, 19:11

I don't like the fact that the focus rectangle (you know, the rectangle around the current file or directory in the list) vanishes as soon as I activate another application. I would like to be able to see, while working in another app, which file I have currently selected in SS. Is there an option I'm missing?

Thanks
Oliver

Post by **Jan Rysavy** » 10 Oct 2006, 15:46

Oliver, thank you for this idea. It is not a bug -> moving to the Feature Requests.

Oliver S · Post by **Oliver S** » 10 Oct 2006, 17:05

Pah, I never have any luck with my questions... thanks for taking it on, of course, but for me it means it'll be a long while until I get the issue solved

Oliver

Post by **Jan Rysavy** » 10 Oct 2006, 17:44

Oliver, I understand your point of view

But consider also http://forum.altap.cz/viewtopic.php?t=1498 etc.

The point is: we will not ignore "real problems" in Salamander but we must also release the final version ASAP. The behavior of focus is not a bug, we intended to make it as it is (inspired by Windows Explorer and Total Commander). If there will be more similar requests, we can change current implementation.

Tomcat · Post by **Tomcat** » 12 Oct 2006, 12:51

I vote for this change.

To go even further I would suggest to have a visual hint remaining if changing to the other panel. Now I have to decipher the information line to find out what file has been selected last (and will be selected when jumping back to that panel).
This could also be helpful in conjunction with the User menu arguments $(FileToCompareXXX) and the like.