traditional select files (like in all twin pane file mamagers-mc, krusader, total commander etc..)

[zeltak]

Last reuqest for today ;-)

i would very much like to have (as an option) a way to make the 'select multiple files' behave like any other twin pane file mamager (mc, krusader, total commander etc).

That is use a keybind (default is usually 'insert') to mark files one at a time/multiple (with shift/ctrl). this selection dosent clear if you press another button , move up down etc... once the user is finished selecting files the selection is copies/moved etc.

some FM have an option to keep the selection even when switiching directories while other clear the selection while switching dirs. would be cool to have both and let the user decide via an option.

Best

Zeltak

[IgnorantGuru]

Thanks for your suggestion. You can hold down ctrl to move without changing the selection, and use ctrl+space or shift-arrows to select multiple files. So apparently the difference from what you're suggesting is that merely moving with the arrow keys without ctrl changes the selection (standard GTK behavior).

SpaceFM does remember the selection when you change directory, then return (in a given tab - each tab has its own history).

[zeltak]

hi again and thx

a, while its true you can do it that way to select the files one major difference from the other FM is that one you press up/down after you selected the files all the selection is cleared. This is the main problem i have with it. i would like the selected files/folder so stay selected until i clear them or copy/move/del them. also would be cool to have a keyboard shortcut to one key instead of ctrl-space.

thx

Zeltak

[IgnorantGuru]

one major difference from the other FM is that one you press up/down after you selected the files all the selection is cleared

Not if you hold down ctrl, jfyi

I'm a bit hesitant to change the standard GTK behavior for lists, but I'll ponder it and try some tests when I have a chance. In the meantime, you could probably use a custom command to emit a Ctrl-Space when you press Insert by using xdotool - something to consider.

[fidelski]

Hi there and thanks for this file manager!

According to the file selection - the behaviour of spacefm is not useful to me - it is very different from other filemanagers in the sense that no matter what, when i move the mouse the selection gets changed.

I am able to hold down - but again, a single move of the mouse within the window causes the selection to be lost (even though I still hold down).

Pressing and clicking items should select the clicked items and not items that just get hovered. Selecting multiple files is almost impossible that way. I don't like the behaviour that items get selected by just hovering them and I would love to see that changed.

Thanks for your effort on this otherwise very useful filemanager!

[IgnorantGuru]

fidelski: If you uncheck the 'Single click opens files' option in View|Preferences, there will be no hover selection.

[fidelski]

Thanks! I really missed that. I do like the single-click method very much though and this was my default in other file browsers as well. So switching this setting is actually not really what I want. It would be great if I could stick with the single-click method and still have no hover selection, instead have a <Ctrl>-click selection only.

[IgnorantGuru]

'Hover selects' options have been added to Preferences for the File List and Desktop single-click modes, due in 0.9.4 release (currently in next branch - see BUILD NEXT instructions in README for testing).

[fidelski]

AWESOME!!! Thanks a lot!!!