Home Screen (Auto-saved sessions)

[Michael Bulgrien]

I just installed the beta. The first thing I noticed when I launched BC was the expanded "Auto-saved sessions" node in the Saved sessions tree.

Did something changed with this beta release? Please, I never want my auto-saved sessions to be expanded when I launch BC.

[Zoë]

The behavior shouldn't have changed. The initially selected session is always the most recently used one; if that happens to be an auto-saved one that's what's selected.

[Erik]

Also, you should make sure you're still using the "Sticky session selection" tweak.

[Michael Bulgrien]

I'm sure I've suggested it before. If it is not on the infamous customer wish list yet, please add a request for a configurable option to NEVER auto-expand the auto-saved sessions... even if the last session opened was an auto-saved session.

[Tim]

Hi Michael,

We implemented the tweak that Erik mentioned in response to your suggestion back whenever. When enabled, the auto-saved sessions tree should never be expanded, unless you had explicitly opened it and selected a session the last time you ran BC.

It sounds like you had found that compromise behaviour suitable, up until installing the beta (with default settings I assume). I'm hoping that that's the case, as I'd rather not change it further.

[Michael Bulgrien]

Okay, I'll stop ranting about it. It is not that often that I see the auto-saved sessions expanded... so the compromise must be working fairly well. Whenever it does happen, though, it always irks me to no end. I almost always have a huge auto-saved sessions list...so when it is expanded, it dominates the home screen and pushes the useful saved sessions off the bottom of the window.