I have a very simple evaluator column showing each item's age in minutes:
return Age(modified, "n");
I selected all available "refresh" options in the editor and the column does refresh when a file changes - but it does not automatically update as the minutes pass. What do I need to do to achieve that?
I don't think there is any way to do that, other than manually pushing F5 to refresh the column.
Thanks, Leo.
I've experimented further - but to no avail.
I tried a column with return modified as "D#N";: It keeps saying "Today" even as midnight passes.
I tried a column that's based on a global variable and then changed its value.
I tried @toggle:update.
I tried adding a label to a file.
None of those caused an update in the column.
Of course, changing a file's content, timestamp, attributes, or metadata all work, but touching all files/folders just to update a column doesn't really make sense.
Yes, F5 does the job and I could probably set up a timer to do a refresh every minute. But refreshing disrupts current filters, selections, the scrollbar position, any renaming in progress etc. so that's not an option either.
So I'm making this thread a feature request: Pretty please...
Thank you!
We’ll add a way to do this in 13.14.1.
That's very cool, @Leo!
Meanwhile I've done a bit more digging and learned here that there's secret functionality hidden behind
Preferences / File Displays / Folder Expansion / Remember expanded folders when refreshing:
The option also preserves selections, filters and scroll position when refreshing. I don't use expanded folders and the whole prefs section is disabled, but after turning it on, selecting the above option and then turning expanded folders off again, I can now refresh in peace 
. DOpus just keeps getting better every day...
(Perhaps this should be documented? For me it's a HUGE improvement!)
