Minor bug with remote browser w/ double-click preset button on Logitech mouse

[epp_b]

Sorry for the long winded title ;)

I have a Logitech mouse, for which I have the driver set to use the middle button (scrollwheel button) as double-click (one click on middle button = double-click on left button). When I do the following:

1.) Make the local browser active
2.) Double-click a folder/file in the remote browser (using the double-click button on the mouse, not double-clicking with the left mouse button)

If you double click a remote folder/file, FlashFXP will not open the folder/file. You have to click it again to open it. In other words, the first double-click simply made the remote browser active, and second double-click actually did what it was supposed to do (open the folder/file).

This is a bug in FlashFXP version 3.0 (1015). I know, I'm not using the latest version, so could you check if this bug still exists?
With FlashFXP v2.1, double-clicking (with the preset button) a remote folder/file while the local browser was active would automatically make the remote browser active and open the remote folder/file - in one shot.

I can tell you right off the bat that this is NOT a driver issue. I am using the SAME mouse with the SAME mouse driver version as I was using when I had FlashFXP v2.1 installed and this bug was non-existent in v2.1. This only began to happen when I started using FlashFXP v3.

I know, this is a minor bug, but it's driving me buts, because I used to double-click back and forth like this all the time :D

[ND-]

I have problem with the thumbbutton (set as double-click) sometimes when I run flashfxp. Sometimes nothing happends, sometimes it goes into the selected folder (usually ..).
It's usually fine the next time I run flash.

[epp_b]

Hmmm...interesting. FlashFXP reproduces this bug consistently for me :(

[bigstar]

I don't have a logitech mouse but I tested this with my MS mouse and it worked correctly. This is a great idea. I think i'm going to keep my mouse set this way.

I'm not sure what logitech does differently, It should work the same. I can't think of anything off hand that was changed.

[epp_b]

Originally posted by bigstar
I don't have a logitech mouse but I tested this with my MS mouse and it worked correctly. This is a great idea. I think i'm going to keep my mouse set this way.

I love it - it's atticting! :D


I'm not sure what logitech does differently, It should work the same. I can't think of anything off hand that was changed.

Hmmm...it seems I was mistaken when I said it was consistent - it seems to be working fine at the momoent, but I'm sure it'll happen again... :confused:

It appears to me that Logitech builds their own basic mouse driver, at least for the version I use - I think other vendors often use the default capabilities built into Windows and just add on some additional functionality.

[epp_b]

Ah-HAH! I think I got it :)

This bug occurs when I use the spacebar to highlight some files/folders (occurs when highlighting both local and remote files). The weird thing is that it doesn't occur when I highlight certain types of files, such as text (.TXT) files.

Try doing this and see if it happens:

1.) Run FlashFXP and open a connection
2.) highlight a file other than .TXT (ie.: PHP, CSS, HTML...)
3.) make the local browser active
4.) select a file/folder in the remote browser (without explicitly making it active first) using the double-click button on the mouse.

[bigstar]

I was not able to reproduce this in v3.0.2 build 1044, there were some changes to the highlight feature in 3.0.2, you might try updating and see if that helps any.

[epp_b]

Thanks bigstar, I will try that soon and post back.

[epp_b]

I updated to the latest version of FlashFXP, the process went very smoothly and is very painless ;) (good job on the update feature, BTW).

Anyway, this whole mouse double-clicking behaviour is still an issue after bolding files/folders with the space bar.

[epp_b]

Is there a way to disable this spacebar highlight feature so that I don't accidentally use it?

[bigstar]

Currrently there's no way to disable this feature. However after further testing I'm not so sure that the highlight feature is causing your problem. I am leaning more towards your mouse driver, so far I have not seen this problem with my MS mouse.

[epp_b]

Originally posted by bigstar
Currrently there's no way to disable this feature. However after further testing I'm not so sure that the highlight feature is causing your problem.

Or, probably, a combination of the two.

I am leaning more towards your mouse driver, so far I have not seen this problem with my MS mouse.

Sounds like a reasonable conclusion.

Could you add an option to disable this feature? Even if it was just an INI-only setting, that would be great!:cool:

[bigstar]

Unless the mouse driver responds by simulating keyboard activity specifically the spacebar, I don't see how this ini setting will help.

One way to determine if the mouse driver is sending a space is the item you click would become bold since that is the behavior when the spacebar is pressed.

I can send you a test build in a day or two with highlighting disabled so you can test it.

[epp_b]

Sorry, I think I didn't explain myself clearly enough. The mouse driver does not cause the mouse to send any keyboard "simulations". The mouse does not cause any files/folders be be bolded/unbolded.

When I have a file highlighted using the spacebar (like it is supposed to do), the double-click button does not activate the remote browser when double clicking on a remote file/folder after being focused elsewhere (ie.: different application or local browser in FlashFXP). I have to focus on the remote pane first (by clicking an empty area in the pane) in order to double-click a file using the double-click button on the mouse.

I have not used spacebar highlighting for the last few days, and I haven't had any problems with this double-click-not-focusing-remote-pane issue ;)

Clear as mud? :D

(NOTE: when I say "double-click", I refer to the button assigned to the "double-click" action, and not a manual two clicks with the left mouse button)

[bigstar]

My fault, I forgot what was previously said in this thread. After re-reading the thread again I understand.

So basically the mouse driver has problems simulating a double click on items that are marked bold.

Here's a thought, What if you change your list font to a bold style, so that normal items are shown in bold, does the problem still occur?

Then what if you highlight a few with the spacebar and then try, do those work?

[epp_b]

My fault, I forgot what was previously said in this thread. After re-reading the thread again I understand.

So basically the mouse driver has problems simulating a double click on items that are marked bold.

No, not quite, but getting closer ;)

When I bold a file with the spacebar, the mouse driver has problems with the double-click on *ANY* file in the remote window after being focused elsewhere...

1) bold a file with the spacebar (in the local or remote pane, doesn't matter)
2) make the local pane active
3) open *ANY* file/folder in the remote browser (bolded or not) using the double-click button on the mouse (Logitech mouse, I guess) -- BUT, *without* first clicking an empty area in the remote pane to make it active

[bigstar]

Here's a thought, What if you change your list font to a bold style, so that normal items are shown in bold, does the problem still occur? How did the mouse driver double-click react to using a bold font?

[epp_b]

Setting all of the text to bold only solves it the first time.

If I set the text to a normal (unbolded) style, highlight a file with the spacebar, and change the font to bold in the view settings, this behaviour still occurs.