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I updated to 612 but now i have problem with selecting items. My settings are:

open files with single click
open folders with single click
full row select

In detailed view if i click outside the name column it execute the file or open the folder instead to select them.

I think it's the same issue as this one:

http://forum.freecommander.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=4948

Dreamer wrote:I think it's the same issue as this one:

http://forum.freecommander.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=4948

In detailed view can you select item when "Full row select" and open file and folders with single click is checked?

peter77 wrote:open files with single click
open folders with single click
full row select

In detailed view if i click outside the name column it execute the file or open the folder instead to select them.

If you're using single click to open files/folders, they should be opened, so this part is working good IMO. That old behavior was wrong.

I agree there should be an easy way to select the item when using a single click, for example, with the middle click - so it would be working like this:

- middle click - select item
- left single click - open item

I thought with my settings if i click next to the file/folder name inside the name column it will open them, and when click outside the name column it will only select them.

peter77 wrote:I thought with my settings if i click next to the file/folder name inside the name column it will open them, and when click outside the name column it will only select them.

This was a bug, actually, but when I think now - it was not so illogical, perhaps it would be nice as option, for details and list view.

I think it will be good if this can be set as a default behavior because if the single file/folder click and full row select are enabled there is no way to select an item with a left click.

Perhaps there should be another similar background color, so it would be intuitive, like this for example, # means background:

List view:

| filename.exe ################ |
or
| filename ################.exe |

Details view:

| filename | .exe | 2.49 MB ##### |

* background color to open item with single click option
* background color to select item with single click option

Those colors would be only for active item, I'm not sure it's a perfect solution, but the option to select item when clicking the area with this color - and open item (file/folder) when clicking on the area with this color would be definitely very useful, perhaps even better than my idea to select items with middle click.