Re: FileView.doesn't update on Dir-Change when View=Normal

[Lee <t.lee.davidson@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 1/23/26 4:57 PM, Benoît Minisini wrote:
> Le 23/01/2026 à 02:55, Claus Dietrich a écrit :
> > Am 22.01.26 um 22:08 schrieb Benoît Minisini:
> > > Le 22/01/2026 à 19:21, Claus Dietrich a écrit :
> > > > I just reviewed a request in the German Gambas-Club and could confirm that
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > FileView1.View = FileView.Detailed
> > > >
> > > > FileView1.Dir =<dir>
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > updates the contents of the FileView when I change the directory. But when I use
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > FileView1.View = FileView.Normal
> > > >
> > > > FileView1.Dir =<dir>
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > the FileView does not update its contents. Is that the expected behaviour?
> > > >
> > > > In this case the following helps:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > FileView1.View = FileView.Normal
> > > >
> > > > FileView1.Current = "*"
> > > >
> > > > FileView1.Dir =<dir>
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Best regards
> > > >
> > > > Claus
> > >
> > > If you have made a little project to check the bug, can you send it? Otherwise can you make some?
> >
> > Of course. Here you are. It took me some time because the behavior of the FileView (no matter whether GTK+3 or QT5) is hard to 
> > control resp. to predict.
> >
> > When I start the program, the FileView is in FileView.Normal - mode. When I click on the buttons to change the directory, the 
> > FileView doesn't update.
> >
> > When I activate the FileView.Detailed - mode with the checkbox and click on the buttons to change the directory, the FileView 
> > updates.
> >
> > When I reactivate the FileView.Normal - mode by unchecking the checkbox and click on the buttons to change the directory, the 
> > FileView updates.
> >
> > What I found even more weird:
> >
> > When I add a second FileView and set FileView2.View = FileView.Detailed, the first one also updates at any time in 
> > FileView.Normal - mode.
> >
> > Hope that it does the same on your platform.
> >
> > Best regards
> >
> > Claus
>
> This should have been fixed in the last commit.
>
> Regards,

I just pulled and compiled the latest gambas-master to test if it is fixed. It does appear to be fixed as FileView will update 
the contents correctly when the Dir is changed even without Detailed view set.

However, on the VM, the user's Music directory is empty, and the attached image shows what FileView showed for that directory.


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Lee

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