Directory List Control Box

James D · Post by **James D** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 4:28 pm

Hey Scott,

I place a Directory Control Box in one of my themes. When I navigate through the file folder I notice that the files are not sorted by file names (Alphabetize). I do not know what they are sorted by. How do I get my directory Control Box to alphatize my file folder? Is there a setting I am not clicking? Or is the answer right under my nose? LOL.

Post by **ScottBot** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 8:45 pm

It doesn't sort them alphabetically (or any other way). Sounds like a good feature request.

James D · Post by **James D** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 9:29 pm

I attached a photo. On the left is my list directory box. As you can see the folders are scattered all over the place. Is there a way I can reset or clear the entry in the selected box. Like a refresh. How does HB pull the file folder structures. And I am having a problem with two of my file folders not display their mp3 content. Is there file size restriction on the directory list box? I hope my questions make sense.

Post by **Richard Naninck** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 10:58 am

That's strange. I have just one directory list view in my theme and it sorts very much by alphabet. I tried changing the view in the standard directory views from windows but that doesn't change the HouseBot list. Makes sense I guess but still all of my directories are listes alphabetically.

Having features like sorting on size and filedate would be a good feature request indeed as long as it can be set through properties instead of just pre defining it in the theme editor.

Another feature request I once did would be to remember the last directory state. I am able to set the strating directory in the theme editor and in the swremote I can go from there. If I then go 5 directories deep, leave the panel and go back to the panel, the directory list view resets to the starting directory whereas I would like it to stay on the last selected directory. Or atleast have an option to set that behaviour.

Post by **ScottBot** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 2:47 pm

James D wrote:...How does HB pull the file folder structures.content.

It just queries the OS for the directory list, and returns them in the order the OS returned them to it. It's probably the same as doing a DIR from a command prompt without any sort options.