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Why doesn't Explorer navigation pane arrow keystroke show contents?
Is there some reason that Explorer navigation pane arrow keystrokes
no longer cause the folder contents to show in the main window? Does it bother everybody except Microsoft management? |
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Why doesn't Explorer navigation pane arrow keystroke show contents?
"John Doe" wrote in message
Is there some reason that Explorer navigation pane arrow keystrokes no longer cause the folder contents to show in the main window? Does it bother everybody except Microsoft management? Not me because it works just like it always has. -- dadiOH ____________________________ Winters getting colder? Tired of the rat race? Taxes out of hand? Maybe just ready for a change? Check it out... http://www.floridaloghouse.net |
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"dadiOH" dadiOH invalid.com wrote:
"John Doe" jdoe usenetlove.invalid wrote Is there some reason that Explorer navigation pane arrow keystrokes no longer cause the folder contents to show in the main window? Does it bother everybody except Microsoft management? Not me because it works just like it always has. Some people might not be old enough to have used Windows XP... I believe it's been since after Windows XP, since Windows Vista. In the Explorer navigation pane, using the keyboard arrow keys to navigate from one folder to another no longer works. You must click on the folder name in order to show the contents of that folder in the right-hand pane. -- dadiOH ____________________________ Winters getting colder? Tired of the rat race? Taxes out of hand? Maybe just ready for a change? Check it out... http://www.floridaloghouse.net -- Path: eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "dadiOH" dadiOH invalid.com Newsgroups: alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.comp.os.windows-8 Subject: Why doesn't Explorer navigation pane arrow keystroke show contents? Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 07:48:33 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 20 Message-ID: l1c3up$osb$1 dont-email.me References: l1b4l3$8ut$1 dont-email.me Injection-Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 11:48:41 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx05.eternal-september.org; posting-host="9e47d9af760359a8ec3530f984e30f03"; logging-data="25483"; mail-complaints-to="abuse eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19xJ6cx2M7C7duCmwqIPvUr" X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5512 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5512 X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 130827-0, 08/27/2013), Outbound message Cancel-Lock: sha1:vRGkpKQ2zLT8SwPBiCXG07lLbaA= X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Xref: news.eternal-september.org alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt:28284 alt.comp.os.windows-8:6361 |
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Why doesn't Explorer navigation pane arrow keystroke show contents?
"John Doe" wrote in message
"dadiOH" dadiOH invalid.com wrote: "John Doe" jdoe usenetlove.invalid wrote Is there some reason that Explorer navigation pane arrow keystrokes no longer cause the folder contents to show in the main window? Does it bother everybody except Microsoft management? Not me because it works just like it always has. Some people might not be old enough to have used Windows XP... I believe it's been since after Windows XP, since Windows Vista. In the Explorer navigation pane, using the keyboard arrow keys to navigate from one folder to another no longer works. You must click on the folder name in order to show the contents of that folder in the right-hand pane. It functions as you describe in Windows 8, no idea about Win 7 or Vista but I'm guessing it does in them as well. -- dadiOH ____________________________ Winters getting colder? Tired of the rat race? Taxes out of hand? Maybe just ready for a change? Check it out... http://www.floridaloghouse.net |
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Why doesn't Explorer navigation pane arrow keystroke show contents?
On Wed, 18 Sep 2013 13:47:52 -0400, dadiOH wrote:
"John Doe" wrote in message "dadiOH" dadiOH invalid.com wrote: "John Doe" jdoe usenetlove.invalid wrote Is there some reason that Explorer navigation pane arrow keystrokes no longer cause the folder contents to show in the main window? Does it bother everybody except Microsoft management? Not me because it works just like it always has. Some people might not be old enough to have used Windows XP... I believe it's been since after Windows XP, since Windows Vista. In the Explorer navigation pane, using the keyboard arrow keys to navigate from one folder to another no longer works. You must click on the folder name in order to show the contents of that folder in the right-hand pane. It functions as you describe in Windows 8, no idea about Win 7 or Vista but I'm guessing it does in them as well. Just tried it in my W7. It works as John Doe describes. John. I have to say I never noticed the behavior. There are other things about the current Explorer that annoy me; maybe my awareness of this problem got lost in the shuffle. -- Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch) |
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Why doesn't Explorer navigation pane arrow keystroke show contents?
I've always used it, at least until "upgrading" to Windows 8 from XP.
For quickly viewing the contents of adjacent folders. Pressing an arrow key is easier than pointing and clicking, especially for many adjacent folders. I knew it was coming. I just don't understand the reason Microsoft stopped including it, and it's annoying. What's the point in just highlighting a folder name using an arrow key? What's the point of leaving it out after windows XP? Looks like some management decision by somebody who doesn't use a personal computer. |
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Why doesn't Explorer navigation pane arrow keystroke show contents?
On Wed, 18 Sep 2013 20:01:18 +0000 (UTC), John Doe wrote:
I've always used it, at least until "upgrading" to Windows 8 from XP. For quickly viewing the contents of adjacent folders. Pressing an arrow key is easier than pointing and clicking, especially for many adjacent folders. I knew it was coming. I just don't understand the reason Microsoft stopped including it, and it's annoying. What's the point in just highlighting a folder name using an arrow key? What's the point of leaving it out after windows XP? Looks like some management decision by somebody who doesn't use a personal computer. Or even an accidental change. That happens... But when you say "management decision by somebody who doesn't use a personal computer", it reminds me of my idea for an appropriate punishment for certain interface designers: sentence them to many years of using the interface they have designed. Not just software interfaces, either :-) -- Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch) |
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Why doesn't Explorer navigation pane arrow keystroke show contents?
On Wed, 18 Sep 2013 20:01:18 +0000 (UTC), John Doe
wrote: I've always used it, at least until "upgrading" to Windows 8 from XP. Upgrading from Windows 8 from XP is not possible. Perhaps since you have "upgrading" in quotation marks you realize that, but just in case you don't... Having said that, I should mention that I "sort of" did such an upgrade. On my Netbook, I did it in two steps--XP to Vista, then Vista to 7. I did that with the full realization that doing such a thing doubles the risk, and so I was prepared to start over with a clean installation if necessary. But fortunately it worked for me. -- Ken Blake |
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Why doesn't Explorer navigation pane arrow keystroke show contents?
"John Doe" wrote in message
I've always used it, at least until "upgrading" to Windows 8 from XP. For quickly viewing the contents of adjacent folders. Pressing an arrow key is easier than pointing and clicking, especially for many adjacent folders. I knew it was coming. I just don't understand the reason Microsoft stopped including it, and it's annoying. What's the point in just highlighting a folder name using an arrow key? What's the point of leaving it out after windows XP? Looks like some management decision by somebody who doesn't use a personal computer. I've told you twice before, I'll try one more time. Listen carefully.... THE ARROW KEYS STILL WORK IN WIN 8 EXPLORER. -- dadiOH ____________________________ Winters getting colder? Tired of the rat race? Taxes out of hand? Maybe just ready for a change? Check it out... http://www.floridaloghouse.net |
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Why doesn't Explorer navigation pane arrow keystroke show contents?
Ken Blake kblake kb.invalid wrote:
John Doe jdoe usenetlove.invalid wrote: I've always used it, at least until "upgrading" to Windows 8 from XP. Upgrading... The word "upgrading" isn't restricted to your concept of a Microsoft upgrade. From Windows 3.1, I have never done anything but a clean install. So we could argue that part of the semantics, too. |
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