Custom sort with filtered files cumbersome - constant warning message.

Started by ubacher, March 17, 2020, 09:44:53 PM

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ubacher

When we do a custom sort in a folder/category and we have a filter active then
every time we move an image we get a warning message
Some files are currently hidden by filters .....
which we have to acknowledge. This makes sorting cumbersome.

One can, of course, move all files to be sorted into their own folder/categories but this
can create another set of headaches.

My request: Make the user acknowledge the warning only once per custom sorting scope.

(This warning message was introduced in one of the last updates -2019)

Mario

This warning should be taken very seriously.  Do not change the custom sort order while a filter is active.
You are shuffling your files around without all files in the scope being loaded - and this will lead to unpredictable results.

Just don't do it and IMatch does not constantly need to warn you to not shoot yourself into your foot.
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