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windows 7 folder problem

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jodogohoo
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Canada2533 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-17 09:03:57
July 17 2010 04:48 GMT
#1
edit: yeah exactly what R1CH said, the double clicking thing T_T, but yeah details should be fine, thanks for the input : )
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How do i fix this, i would search google, but im not quite sure what i search for, like seriously, what would i call this problem in the first place

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kyarisan
Profile Joined May 2010
United States347 Posts
July 17 2010 04:51 GMT
#2
move it back or expand the window/folder width
QuothTheRaven
Profile Joined December 2008
United States5524 Posts
July 17 2010 04:52 GMT
#3
Well, you could resize the window so that everything is in 1 column. Or you could just use "Details" view instead of "List" view, since Details will just have 1 vertical column and won't overlap like that. Other than that, I don't know.
. . . nevermore
CKSide
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States223 Posts
July 17 2010 04:53 GMT
#4
On July 17 2010 13:51 kyarisan wrote:
move it back or expand the window/folder width


Yeah Doesn't sound like much of a problem, i was expecting an error or bug.
or you could just add more music so theres no empty space there and you have more songs to choose from.
Check
jodogohoo
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Canada2533 Posts
July 17 2010 04:53 GMT
#5
no like, the problem is i don't want this happening in the first place
251
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States1401 Posts
July 17 2010 05:04 GMT
#6
isn't this just the nature of windows? since always? just make the window longer...
"If you can chill..........then chill."
jodogohoo
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Canada2533 Posts
July 17 2010 05:09 GMT
#7
so, the only solution, the final solution, is to ditch windows 7
GenesisX
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Canada4267 Posts
July 17 2010 05:09 GMT
#8
Try clicking the white square in the top right of the folder. Its beside the white X in the red box and the white dash in the blue box.
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CKSide
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States223 Posts
July 17 2010 05:11 GMT
#9
so you're ditching windows 7 cause you can't have the window completely customized to your need of staying small and selecting something in a manner that it DOESNT reveal the whole name to you? i dunno man...sounds...silly.
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jodogohoo
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Canada2533 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-17 05:15:55
July 17 2010 05:15 GMT
#10
On July 17 2010 14:11 CKSide wrote:
so you're ditching windows 7 cause you can't have the window completely customized to your need of staying small and selecting something in a manner that it DOESNT reveal the whole name to you? i dunno man...sounds...silly.

im willing to make that sacrifice.
On July 17 2010 14:09 GenesisX wrote:
Try clicking the white square in the top right of the folder. Its beside the white X in the red box and the white dash in the blue box.

problem actually still happens in fullscreen
goswser
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States3548 Posts
July 17 2010 05:19 GMT
#11
You should probably just pray that R1CH sees this blog sometime soon, other than that, no ideas.
say you were born into a jungle indian tribe where food was scarce...would you run around from teepee to teepee stealing meat scraps after a day lazying around doing nothing except warming urself by a fire that you didn't even make yourself? -rekrul
writer22816
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States5775 Posts
July 17 2010 05:50 GMT
#12
On July 17 2010 14:15 jodogohoo wrote:
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On July 17 2010 14:11 CKSide wrote:
so you're ditching windows 7 cause you can't have the window completely customized to your need of staying small and selecting something in a manner that it DOESNT reveal the whole name to you? i dunno man...sounds...silly.

im willing to make that sacrifice.


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LetMeShine
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
979 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-17 06:23:55
July 17 2010 06:09 GMT
#13
Change folder type from "List" to "Details"?

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Which will make your folder appear like this:

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If you want to remove columns just right click on the column headers ("Name", "Type", etc) and remove the columns you do not want...

Which should end up looking similar to this:

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Which is what you want if I read your post correctly.

Edit:
On July 17 2010 13:52 QuothTheRaven wrote:
Well, you could resize the window so that everything is in 1 column. Or you could just use "Details" view instead of "List" view, since Details will just have 1 vertical column and won't overlap like that. Other than that, I don't know.


Pretty much this...
GenesisX
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Canada4267 Posts
July 17 2010 06:18 GMT
#14
Random idea, but since its windows 7, try dragging the folder to the left and right side (and top as well). (if you didn't already know, it makes the window half the size of the screen. Dragged to the top makes it fullscreen) Idk, this might fix it but its just a random thought haha.
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Myrmidon
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
United States9452 Posts
July 17 2010 07:38 GMT
#15
There are Windows Explorer alternatives (i.e. substitute programs) you can use for your GUI file manager needs, but I have no idea what the popular or good ones are. Of course there's no guarantee their behavior will be any different.

Actually, I just checked Nautilus (the file manager for GNOME), and it handles it in a much better way.

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I just noticed that I used the arrow key rather than clicking, but clicking has the same behavior as you see below.
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Before selecting:
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After selecting:
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+ Show Spoiler [example 2] +

Before selecting:
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After selecting:
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R1CH
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Netherlands10342 Posts
July 17 2010 07:45 GMT
#16
I hate this too, it's a ridiculously bad UI flaw. I try to double click and it auto scrolls away from what I'm trying to click on. I'm assuming something of this magnitude will be fixed in a service pack but I'm not holding my hopes very high since they still didn't fix the flashing window (focus) bug from XP.
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spinesheath
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Germany8679 Posts
July 17 2010 07:58 GMT
#17
List View is nonsense, use Details as already suggested.
Or click and drag the bottom border of the window down - the list will automagically fit into the window.
Or hit the maximize button at the top right corner of the window; plenty of space for your files.

This is not a Windows 7 issue. List View behaves as it should.
If you have a good reason to disagree with the above, please tell me. Thank you.
Golden Ghost
Profile Joined February 2003
Netherlands1041 Posts
July 17 2010 08:37 GMT
#18
Actually I think previous Windows versions did exactly the same thing.
The "problem" is that you click on a song a which the title is only partly visible. So when you click it Windows will adjust itself for you to be able to see the whole title.

If you really don't want this to happen just change from "list" to "details" (my personal standard way to view).
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