Re: [rox-devel] selection confusion

[Truls B. <be...@st...>]

On Fri, 25 Jun 2004, Anthony DiSante wrote:
>I run "rox" (using list view) and it shows me my home directory.
>
>I click on the 5th directory, highlighting it, and press Enter.
>
>Rox doesn't open the directory I selected, it opens the first directory.
>
>I go "up" again, and the first directory now has the dotted-rectangle on
>it.
>
>So I guess that was the one which was really selected, even though there
>was no visual indication of that, and even though I actually selected a
>different item.
>
>Now I click the 5th dir again, and it gets highlighted again which to me
>indicates selection, but the dotted-rectangle stays on the first item.  And
>pressing Enter still opens the first dir.
>
>Why doesn't the dotted-rectangle go to the item that I click?

As you have discovered there are two kinds of selections. The dotted
rectangle which is used for keyboard navigation only and the highlighting
which is used for everything else, I believe. I'm not quite sure why this is
necessary, but I suspect it's done this way because you can highlight
multiple items. Maybe it would be more intuitive to have highlighting only
and simply not take any action when Enter is pressed with multiple items
selected?

Anyway, there seems to be a small bug with new windows in list mode and when
you change from icon to list representation. The first item is selected, but
the dotted line isn't visible. If you refresh the view or resize the window
it will get drawn.

-truls