BUG: Exclude doesn't take into account of CTRL-sel

[dhrubabandopadhy]

When I do CTRL-A to select all. I press CTRL and select a folder. Then I right-click on one of the selected rows/files/folders and chose Exclude...

and it' excludes everything.

Bug!

[Chris]

Re: BUG: Exclude doesn\'t take into account of CTRL

The Exclude command should only remove selected files and folders from the display.

If you have folders A, B, C, D and A, C, D are selected, the Exclude command should limit the display to folder B.

[dhrubabandopadhy]

Re: BUG: Exclude doesn\'t take into account of CTRL

Sorry, just read my post and it was a bit ambiguous.

Yes that's exactly what I meant from what you wrote. I used the short-cut key CTRL-A to select all. Then I used CTRL & mouse click on a specific folder/file to unselect it.

Then used the exclude command and it excludes all folders and files... even unselected ones.

[Chris]

Re: BUG: Exclude doesn\'t take into account of CTRL

First, please make sure you're running our latest version, 2.4.1.

If you're running the latest release and it still shows up, this might be something specific to your file/folder names or BC settings.

Please send screen shots or a directory listing of the files you're comparing, along with which file or folder isn't selected when the bug shows up, to [email protected] and I'll look into this further. Also, please include a zip of your settings using Help|Support and the Export button.

[dhrubabandopadhy]

Re: BUG: Exclude doesn\'t take into account of CTRL

Yep, am using latest 2.4.1 version.

The file folder settings are as follows:

File Filters - ALL DEFAULT
Show All
Comparison Control
General TAB
Compare Timestamps
2 second tolerance
Ignore Daylight Savings difference (1 hour)
Compare Versions
Compare Contents Size alone
File Attributes ALL
Automatically scan subfolders in background

Advanced TAB
Case sensitive filenames

[Chris]

Re: BUG: Exclude doesn\'t take into account of CTRL

This might be due to case sensitive file names.

With case sensitive filenames turned on, BC will match files up for comparison based on character case. However, filters are not case sensitive.

This means if you right click and exclude a folder named FOO, if there is also a folder named foo, it will be excluded by this filter as well.

[dhrubabandopadhy]

Re: BUG: Exclude doesn\'t take into account of CTRL

Okay, I don't think this has anything to do with File/Folder filters & settings. I started a new folder comparision leaving all settings default. I click CTRL-A on keyboard (or Edit menu, Select All) and all files/folders are selected. I hold down CTRL key and click on one folder. Then I right-click and Exclude. All files/folders are excluded.

This doesn't follow your description of folders A, B, C, D story, where folder A B D are selected and excluded and you are left with C. I am left with no folders.

However, if I hold down CTRL key and select the specific folders then it works. Note that I did not use CTRL-A (or Edit menu, Select All) this time.

So you are telling me that this works okay for you?

[Chris]

Re: BUG: Exclude doesn\'t take into account of CTRL

Yes, this scenario works fine for me.

If I have folders A, B, C, D, and I select and Exclude A, B, D, I am left with folder C displayed.

If you have folders A, B, d, D, and you select and Exclude A, B, D, all of the folders will be hidden from the display because filename filters are not case sensitive.

[dhrubabandopadhy]

Re: BUG: Exclude doesn\'t take into account of CTRL

Did you chose "Edit menu, Select All" as the very first task/step upon first loading Beyond Compare?

[Chris]

Re: BUG: Exclude doesn\'t take into account of CTRL

Yes, here are the steps I used, including exact directory names.

Start with directories:

C:\w\source\A
C:\w\source\A\aa.txt
C:\w\source\A\bb.txt
C:\w\source\B
C:\w\source\B\aa.txt
C:\w\source\B\bb.txt
C:\w\source\C
C:\w\source\C\aa.txt
C:\w\source\C\bb.txt
C:\w\source\D
C:\w\source\D\aa.txt
C:\w\source\D\bb.txt
C:\w\source\aa.txt
C:\w\source\bb.txt

Load c:\w\source as a base folder.

Edit|Select All.
Ctrl click on folder C to deselect it.
Right click on selected folder D and select "Exclude".

Only folder C is visible.

This leaves the Filters: toolbar with:
-.\aa.txt;-.\bb.txt;-.\A\;-.\B\;-.\D\

[Guest]

Re: BUG: Exclude doesn\'t take into account of CTRL

Okay, I think I found out my problem.

When I do CTRL-A (or Select All from menu), then both left & right columns are fully selected. Then I press CTRL-deselect a number of files/folders and right-click on one of the remaining selected file/folder to Exclude.

However, I only CTRL-deselect from the left-column and forget that the right-column is also still fully selected.

I must remember I need to CTRL-deselect both columns.