XnView Software

Whenever I create a new folder using a keyboard shortcut (F7), the folder name is not selected. It means I need to press Ctrl+A and then set the name.

I seem to remember it was working differently, and that's definitely different from any other application. Any idea how to make this work?

(note that if I create the folder by clicking on the toolbar button, then it is selected. It's just when using a keyboard shortcut that it's doing this)

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name of newly created folder should be auto-selected

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And this issue doesn't seem to be a feature but a bug. Because it works fine when creating via the toolbar button, just not with a shortcut. I think something happens when the folder is created, like it's refreshing something which unselects the text.

On the other hand, it seems you've open that bug report in 2023? I'm wondering how active development is for XnView.

when using shortcut folder name is always selected here

xnview wrote: Thu Feb 06, 2025 7:13 am when using shortcut folder name is always selected here

it seems to only happen under certain conditions

0. have large file in folder, eg 10 000 x 10 000px jpg
1. open folder in Browser
2. select image
3. press Ctrl+Shift+R to rotate it (any action that keep app busy for some time)
image will be rotated - OK
4. press F7
new folder will be created, but name is not selected

user0 wrote: Thu Feb 06, 2025 7:57 am it seems to only happen under certain conditions

In my case it always happens, whether it's a folder with many images or no images, or just other folders.

Example video:

It's on macOS by the way. One thing you can briefly see on the video is that the folder icon is initially the default macOS blue one, then it's quickly changed to the yellow one. I wonder if this is part of the issue - maybe initially the text is selected, then the folder display is updated and text gets unselected. Just an idea.

I wish the source code was available so that I can try a pull request.

i'm not able to reproduce on MacOS, please send me me your xnview.ini

Sure, I've sent you a PM with the link to it

Thanks to your detailed description I can reproduce the problem.

That's brilliant, thanks for looking into it!

This problem is supposed to be fixed in XnView MP 1.8.6. Please check and confirm the bug fix here.

Looks like it's working well now. Many thanks for fixing this!