1.10.5 Auto-select behavior changed

[deil]

XnView: MP 1.10.5 - 64 bit
OS: Windows 10 22H2 64bit

The option "File List" -> "Auto-select first item on entering folder" used to only select first file (not folder) when opening a folder, not returning from a folder to the folder one level higher.
This behavior changed in either 1.10.5 or 1.10.4, it wasn't like this in every single version before that, up to (including) 1.10.3.
So if I have a folder with a lot folders and some files inside it, I open any of those nested folders, and when I return to the top folder, the focus is set to the first file, and now I don't know which folder I just came from.
This makes the workflow "open a folder, do something in it, click Backspace, press Right to quickly select next folder, open it, repeat" not possible anymore since the focus is not on the last folder anymore.

I know that this behavior can still be achieved by disabling this option, but then the first file will not be selected when I open a folder one level lower (not return from the folder to one level higher). I really liked how it always was (for the last 8 years at least).


Effect: When I click "Up" on toolbar (Backspace), file browser loses focus from the previously visited folder if "Auto-select first item on entering folder" option is enabled.

To reproduce:
1. Enable "File List" -> "Auto-select first item on entering folder" option.
2. Have a folder A (level 1) with a folder B (level 2) and file C (level 2) inside it.
3. Open a folder B.
4. Click "Up" button on the toolbar or press Backspace.

Actual behaviour (bug): We're inside folder A and the file C is selected.
Expected behaviour: We're inside folder A and the folder B is selected because we just returned from it.

Alternatively, to reproduce:
1. Enable "File List" -> "Auto-select first item on entering folder" option.
2. Have a folder A (level 1) with a folder B (level 2) and folder C (level 2) inside it.
3. Open a folder C.
4. Click "Up" button on the toolbar or press Backspace.

Actual behaviour (bug): We're inside folder A and the first folder (B) is selected.
Expected behaviour: We're inside folder A and the folder C is selected because we just returned from it.

[user0]

yeah, new version does not restore selection when you return to prev folder
not sure if it is a bug, since this setting already have complex behavior: it selects 1st file OR 1st folder if there are no files

I would probably

• make a separation between nav commands
  Up - do not restore selection
  Back - restore selection
  
  OR

• add new 'Restore previous selection' checkbox
  as sub setting of 'Auto-select first item on entering folder'