Classic Shell: Forum

I've configured File Explorer to compress the vertical spacing in the Navigation pane, so that I can see more. This is a GREAT feature of Classic Shell.

Unfortunately, Explorer now seems to forget the spacing from time to time. I am not sure what triggers the behavior, but I got lucky when preparing screen grabs for this post and it happened. Note the difference from before to after here:





Is the spacing change tweak something you could reaffirm with Explorer at additional times?

-Noel

It would be helpful if you can pinpoint the action that triggers the problem. It could be navigation to a certain folder, or maybe launching some program.
Also, opening a new Explorer window fixes it, right?

Launching a new window does indeed fix it.

I've yet to pinpoint what causes it. It always seems to happen when I'm not looking at the Explorer window. A few moments ago I completed an installation of an application and now I noticed the rows in my two open Explorer windows are widely spaced again.

I'll keep looking for a direct cause.

-Noel

I figured out how to reproduce it reliably.

One need only go into the Folder Options dialog and do most anything - e.g., press the [Clear] history button.



-Noel

I can confirm what Noel has posted. Also any setting applied under the View tab or the Search tab results in the spacing reverting to the original as well. Opening a new explorer window does "fix" it. Tested on Win10 build 10041. So far I've not found anything else that causes it. Classic Shell 4.2.0

Michael

Yes, this is caused by Classic Explorer. It will be fixed in the next version.

Thank you, Ivo. Looking forward to trying out the next beta.

-Noel

What a shame that the "Windows XP Classic" style of Navigation pane is no longer possible in Windows 10 thanks to Microsoft. Every Windows release cripples some Classic Shell feature.

Update: About that Explorer folder tree corruption issue with the Navigation pane style set to "Windows XP Classic" I observed that if you set the "tree item spacing" to 4 or higher, the icons don't get corrupted even in 'Windows XP Classic' style.

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I am a Windows enthusiast and did Classic Shell's testing and usability/UX feedback.

Well, it's hardly unexpected. Unused code (in the typical sense) is being removed all the time, so re-enabling dormant functionality will become less and less viable over time.

Not that I agree that they should be doing so. But they are.

Explorer needed a rewrite a looong time ago.

Most people nowadays, sadly, seem too ignorant to understand how much better it could be.

-Noel

The bug is fixed in the latest version 4.2.1.

Thank you!

Don't forget to change the download page so it says "Release" instead of "Beta".

Edit: Sorry, make that the "History" page, not "download".

-Noel