Inconsistent "relative path" display

Posts: 3 · raelb 15 Jul 2022, 11:54

Hi,

I've used ffs in the past and don't recall this issue. Now using latest version (11.22), I see a number of inconsistencies in the "relative path" display:

See image here:

On left side, the "site-packages python-lib" is squashed, and is showing the later folder first (site-packages) which is quite disorientating. Sometimes the path takes up it's own line and sometimes it doesn't?

Maybe this layout is a new feature? Is there a way to simply show the path on its own single line consistently?

Thanks
Rael

Posts: 7506 · Zenju 15 Jul 2022, 12:04

The question is, what is more important, consistency or showing more information? FFS decides for the latter (on the left).

Posts: 345 · bgstack15 15 Jul 2022, 12:34

Since you asked, I maintain a patch that adds two options to the list of views: Traditional, and Trad. Relative. To use this patch, you have to be able to compile FreeFileSync from source.
link to patch

Posts: 3 · raelb 15 Jul 2022, 14:44

When was this new layout introduced?

Posts: 345 · bgstack15 15 Jul 2022, 15:21

I think that was version 10.25 that introduced the new layout. My patch used to indicate which version it was that last had the "traditional" view.

Posts: 3 · raelb 17 Jul 2022, 12:37

Why for the first folder shown it does not have it's own line (python\lib\site-packages) (on the left side), but for the others, they have their own line?