I have tried setting a new column a few times, but the automatic folder format has not been triggered yet. Is there a threshold, where the function kicks in?
They just need to be turned on in Preferences, and not overridden by anything in the main Folder Formats list.
Hover over the info icon in the status bar to see where the current format came from. That will tell you if an automatic format is being used or overridden by something else.
Ok, so we have not to take any special action. The reason, why it didn't stick with my test folder, might be, that the Info reports it came from a Dual Tab #3, that overrides it then. Through the time, i have accumulated myriads of custom formats, maybe i will clean up a lot of them, because they may be obsolete. But basically the automatic folders register, if i modify the settings for a folder, right?
Yep.
You don't have to use them if the old system was working for you, though. I have them turned off completely as I'd rather make and save changes explicitly and have any other change only be temporary. Depends how you like things to work.
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will automatics get overridden by the 'default format' ?
No, they wouldn't work at all if that happened.
let me get this straight please.
All the checked boxes in folder formats (Path, Content, Folder Type) need to be turned off for automatic folder formats to work in all folders ?
(If so a toggle all off/on checkbox at the top of each of those sections would help)
lol, fun and games, you have a lot of work atm, sorry to keep on about this.
Have turned off the path format and the content format and is now remembering (using automatic) but grouped collapsed state is not remembered. Always showing expanded grouping when navigated back to.
Maybe the collapsed state (or not) isn't be exactly considered to be part of the folder format? But it would make sense.
Path formats: Yes. If you've explicitly saved a path format for a folder, it'd be crazy for automatic formats to override that. If you no longer want the explicit format for a path, delete the format so it's out of the picture.
Content Type formats: Not sure what they do, or indeed what they should do with regard to automatic formats. I can see situations where you'd want them to work both ways. You can always turn off the Content Type formats if you don't want them interfering.
Folder Type formats: Should only apply if no other format does, at least as I understand things.
(Keep in mind I didn't implement this feature and I don't know it inside out. I don't use it personally. I never liked the way File Explorer worked in this regard, but some people expect things to work that way, so we added it for them.)
testing automatic folders out on a folder full of folders (so it won't get trapped by content type detection) changed it to thumbnails view - navigated out and back using folder tree favorites - it had changed to detials view and was showing forrmat was coming from default format. Then I changed it to thumbnails and added a column - navigated out and in - now it remembered last format and was showing format was coming from automatic formats.
In the next beta, we're making it so Content Type formats no longer override Automatic formats.
A Content Type format may still apply the first time you enter a new folder, if it meets the content requirements. But, if Automatic formats are turned on and you change the format, the folder will then save that format as its own and use it the next time you enter the folder.
Manual Suggestion
(I hope this is related to the issue in this thread)
At some point in the future, could the Manual be updated to list the relationships of what takes precedence between Automatic Folder formats, and Path formats, Content Type formats and Folder Type formats?
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