"compare" finishes, no longer changes focus to "synchronize" ;(

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ottenm

Hello-
Just updated to 11.21 and when the compare completes, hitting [enter] no longer runs "synchronize", it just runs compare again. Is there a way to get the old behavior back (where just hitting 'enter' runs synchronize)? And/or uninstall the update and roll back to a previous version?

Thank you for any help, and apologies for being a nuisance. I run it dozens of times a day, and am pretty deeply habituated to opening ffs, hitting enter, waiting for the compare, hitting enter, and being done.

Mike
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therube

I'll confirm the behavior change (between say, 11.10) & 11.21.

(Never even knew that "feature" existed. And if you relied upon it...)
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xCSxXenon

You can use F5 and F9 for the same function. You can just hit F9 and it will run a compare and sync in one click also.
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ottenm

Thanks a ton therube! Sorry for the hassle. I did a couple of random tries: 11.16 does not have this "feature" ([enter] just reruns compare). 1.8 does have this feature ([enter] after compare runs synchronize).

Thank you, too xCSxXenon! I tried F5/F9 yesterday, but my laptop uses a 1-point font on the function keys (that are also not positioned directly above their corresponding/readable number keys).

Gads man, I feel like some old codger bitching about how they haven't made a good quality pencil since '47. ;)

You people are tolerant and helpful, I appreciate it!
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ottenm

If it helps: 11.15 was the last version to automatically move the focus to the 'synchronize' button as soon as 'compare' completes.
Maybe part of: "Set keyboard focus on config panel after startup"
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Zenju

Maybe part of: "Set keyboard focus on config panel after startup" ottenm, 26 May 2022, 18:31
Yes, this was the change. The idea is to make it easer to run multiple syncs by only using the keyboard. So you can use up/down arrow keys to select a different config, then Enter to start the comparison.

I think if the comparison is done, the second Enter should just start the sync, while keyboard focus remains on the config panel.

Let me know if this works, and/or if there are other improvement ideas for keyboard:
https://www.mediafire.com/file/ehp2oydsrk52c27/FreeFileSync_11.22_%255BBeta%255D_Windows_Setup.exe
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ottenm

That's as thrilling as it gets! Thanks a *million*, couldn't be happier!
Mike

Another keyboard idea: whatever I used to use to sync, had the <esc> key wired to exit. FFS is more of an app than a dialog box, so maybe too extreme, but if you have a lot of people like me just doing the same thing over and over, almost never changing anything ...

Not much else, it's pretty pristine.

Thank you again!