Back button history order

[majorid]

Hi I have been searching for documentation of this bug, but I don't see anyone mention it. So here is the issue that I've been seeing on a regular basis.
Imagine the directory structure below:
Dir0 --> Dir1 --> Dir1a
--> Dir1b

Hopefully that makes sense. Dir0 is the root dir maybe the on the C: drive. Dir1 is the first level directory and then dir1a & dir1b are both sub directories of Dir1.
If I go from Dir0 to Dir1, then to Dir1a, I can easily use the "back" button twice and get back to Dir0. But if I next go forward to Dir1 then click on Dir1b, and then try to click "back" twice, I end up at Dir1a instead of Dir0.

Hopefully that makes sense as well. To me, it seems like clicking "back" twice should get me back to where I started, rather than some directory that I had visited at a different time.
Please let me know if there's a setting to change this or if this can be resolved in a future update.
Thanks!

[Karol]

I have been searching for documentation of this bug, but I don't see anyone mention it.

Maybe it is not a bug.

As the name say it is "history" - so when you use the back button, you open all visited folders in reverse order.
You can click on history button (or use Alt+Down) in address bar and select one folder from the last visited folders.

[sfgs97]

For those who expect/want the back button to function as it does in Explorer (always goes up one level) is there any way to make it do so?

[horst.epp]

For those who expect/want the back button to function as it does in Explorer (always goes up one level) is there any way to make it do so?

For me, the Back button on the keyboard does it, no need for any special FC button.
That's the default in any file manager, and I have a lot of them.

[sfgs97]

For those who expect/want the back button to function as it does in Explorer (always goes up one level) is there any way to make it do so?

For me, the Back button on the keyboard does it, no need for any special FC button.
That's the default in any file manager, and I have a lot of them.

Unless you've found some way to modify the default behavior in FreeCommander then it is definitely not the default. I posted in this topic because the OP indicates the way it works by default, which is the back button goes backward through the history of folders visited... which is not necessarily the same as having it ALWAYS simply going up one level within the directory tree. The OP has confirmed the back button follows the history order of folders visited, the first person to reply confirmed "when you use the back button, you open all visited folders in reverse order." I have confirmed it myself and literally every single other person I know who uses FreeCommander confirms that is also how the back button functions in theirs. In fact, what is even crazier IMO, is the back button will reverse through the history of folders visited EVEN WHEN some of the folders visited where in a different tab that is now closed. That is completely unexepected and undesired behavior and, again, this has also been confirmed by other FreeCommander users I know. A setting which allows the back button to ALWAYS go up one level in the directory (regardless if that's contrary to the history of folders visited) is what we and the OP are seeking.

[antoine]

For me, the Back button on the keyboard does it, no need for any special FC button.
That's the default in any file manager, and I have a lot of them.

I can only second this. In all file explorers I have been using (Windows, Linux), the "backspace" key brings the User to the folder above.

[sfgs97]

For me, the Back button on the keyboard does it, no need for any special FC button.
That's the default in any file manager, and I have a lot of them.

I can only second this. In all file explorers I have been using (Windows, Linux), the "backspace" key brings the User to the folder above.

OK. This topic has become a bit confused so let me try to clarify things:

1) No one has disagreed that's how other file explorers function. In fact, in my original reply to this topic (which I'll point out is not mine) I specifically said "For those who expect/want the back button to function as it does in Explorer (always goes up one level) is there any way to make it do so?" In other words, I was also confirming that's how it works in standard Explorer for Windows.
2) We are talking about the "back button" in FreeCommander, not the backspace key on the keyboard. Look at the title of the topic and the first 3 posts within it. Everyone is referring to the "back button" not the backspace keyboard key.
3) To try and clarify further, in standard Windows file Explorer, the button with the left arrow (e.g. the back button) always takes you up one level in the directory tree... regardless of however much you may have meandered around going into and out of various folders. Whereas, in FreeCommander the button with the left arrow (being referred to as the "back button" in this topic) functions in a different manner. It takes you back through your history list rather than back up through your directory tree.

That is the difference in functionality being discussed. I fully understand the difference and also how different people will prefer different functionality. All I'm trying to discover is if there's a way to make the left arrow back button function the same way it does in standard Windows file Explorer. Clearly this topic indicates there are others who'd also like to have the option to choose how that button functions. This isn't surprising since the current functionality can create even more confusion for some users (based on others I've talked to) due to facts such as a) the left arrow back button will take you back through history even based on folders previously opened in other tabs which have subsequently been closed and b) the back button many people use on their mouse triggers the left arrow back button functionality as opposed to backspace key functionality. Indeed, I've confirmed this myself with my mouse. The result is different behavior than what people experience in Explorer. So, again, giving users a setting option so they can choose if the left arrow back button either a) goes back through the history list, as is the current default behavior in FreeCommander or b) goes back up through the file directory, as is the default behavior in standard Windows file Explorer, would be beneficial.

[antoine]

2) We are talking about the "back button" in FreeCommander, not the backspace key on the keyboard. Look at the title of the topic and the first 3 posts within it. Everyone is referring to the "back button" not the backspace keyboard key.

My bad. I was indeed misled by the discussion, apologies.

[horst.epp]

...
Unless you've found some way to modify the default behavior in FreeCommander then it is definitely not the default. I posted in this topic because the

The Backspace key does by default what I said,
it goes up one level in the file system, in the actual x64 FC.

The key is shown in the "Define keyboard shortcuts"
Command 1. Current shortcut
Go up BkSp

Screenshot - 06.01.2025 , 17_12_33.png (15.93 KiB) Viewed 957 times

[sfgs97]

The Backspace key...

Please read the detailed post I just made yesterday clarifying what the OP and I are talking about in this topic.

[horst.epp]

The Backspace key...

Please read the detailed post I just made yesterday clarifying what the OP and I are talking about in this topic.

I know that.
But the FC Back is not back, it's history back.
This is by design, and the buttons are clearly showing what they do, when one hovers over them.

Every keyboard has a Back button,
therefore, no need for an additional FC button.
Make a suggestion to duplicate this as FC button.

[sfgs97]

But the FC Back is not back, it's history back.

And I've already established previously that I know that. And, again, I've also pointed out previously this is not my topic. I merely posted to reinforce that the current history functionality of the left arrow (aka back) button is also confusing to others, not just the OP. And that's obviously because anyone coming over from the standard Windows file Explorer will be used to a left arrow button in essentially the same location which functions to go back up one directory level. It really should only take a moment's thought to realize how this could be confusing to many new users coming to FreeCommander from Explorer. Therefore, it would be sensible and reasonable to provide a setting option so users could replicate the long established functionality many people are used to for that button. Again, I was merely participating in an already existing discussion within a topic which is not mine. Feel free to suggest to the OP that they create a formal suggestion if you wish.