Favorites tree lacks a folder expansion hover delay

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Favorites tree lacks a folder expansion hover delay

#1 Post by candomez » 23.07.2022, 03:42

Trying to organize favorites by dragging them in the Favorites tree unintentionally expands any category/folder that they barely touch, as there is a non-existent folder expansion delay upon mouse hover. So you end up expanding everything as you drag an item, whether you want to or not. Why isn't there a standard or user-definable delay, or if there is, where is it? Thank you.
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Re: Favorites tree lacks a hover delay

#2 Post by candomez » 30.07.2022, 21:07

To give you a better idea, see the GIF below.
(The jitter at the end is the result of dropping the dragged object - the whole tree does a sort of quick double refresh.)

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Re: Favorites tree lacks a folder expansion hover delay

#3 Post by Karol » 25.09.2022, 18:12

It is very simply to avoid opening the category.
Drag the item not above the category caption but next to it.

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Re: Favorites tree lacks a folder expansion hover delay

#4 Post by candomez » 25.09.2022, 22:02

No it's not. The only way to possibly avoid expanding neighboring categories you don't want open is to perform the move very quickly and precisely. But you shouldn't have to avoid anything - the categories shouldn't be auto-expanding when you merely glance by them. At least not with such a short hover delay. Windows Explorer and most other folder/tree-like interfaces in existence don't behave like that. FC's Favorites tree should simply follow suit.

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Re: Favorites tree lacks a folder expansion hover delay

#5 Post by candomez » 25.09.2022, 22:09

@Marek - Please add an option in the settings to disable hover-expansion of categories in the Favorites tree.

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Re: Favorites tree lacks a folder expansion hover delay

#6 Post by Marek » 26.09.2022, 20:29

Mouse dragging on the right side works correctly for me - the category nodes are not expanded.
However, I added a small delay for opening category nodes.

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