Viewer: Ctrl-G return needs to return like an ESC return does.

[ubacher]

Another complication to consider for the correct functioning of the viewer: Returning to the original Thumbnail display.

We discussed already the problem with Ctrl-G not returning the viewer to the currently selected file. (Ii just returns
to the folder right now, positioning at the beginning of the folder)

But I just realized (encountered) that the requirements are more difficult: Look at the display in the screen shot.
I have multiple folders selected. When I return from the viewer with Ctrl-G this display of all selected folders needs to be maintained!
(And positioned correctly to the focused file). If it does not do that and just positions on the folder then the user will have to
select all the folders again to continue browsing.

Note that an ESC return from the viewer handles this requirement correctly. Thus it may not be that difficult to also make the CTRL-G
return to work the same.








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[Mario]

Ctrl+G switches to the folder containing the selected file and selects that file in that folder.

At least in my tests this always worked - unless you have a filter which hides that very file from the file window, then the fallback is to select the first file. There are limits of what IMatch can do in this situation.

Jumping that way out of the viewer to a specific folder automatically resets the folder selection to the folder containing the file.

ESC just closes the Viewer, doing nothing else. No folder is selected etc. Quite different.

[ubacher]

Ctrl+G switches to the folder containing the selected file and selects that file in that folder.

In V 148 it does not select that file in the folder. It selects and shows the first one.

ESC just closes the Viewer, doing nothing else. No folder is selected etc. Quite different.

The ESC exit does however position the thumbnails so that the file which was viewed on closing is visible.

I just realized that a Ctrl-G return from the Viewer is really just a switch from the Viewer window to the main window followed
by the Ctrl-G functionality. i.e. a shortcut. So the user can avoid the folder switch by just switching windows.
I thus admit that the complications I listed are void and null.  Topic closed.