Switching panels with Tab-key not automatically selects

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1

I have the Tab-key setup to switch between panels.
Visually you can see that it switches panels by the transparant cursor.

It is like the panel is active but its not actually active, because you cannot trigger a function on the file or directory the cursor is over.
You have to first select the actual item by clicking on it or using cursor keys.

But how to set it up so that it automatically actually selects the file or directory the cursor is over, after switching panels?

2

There isn't currently a command to select the file with keyboard focus, but you can push the spacebar (or ctrl-space to avoid deslecting) to select it after pushing tab.

3

I´ve just tried something like

Set Dest=Toggle
select next
select prev

but looks like that´s too many commands. After the toggle the command halts.

4

Has anything changed since 2009?
This would be a great option to have!

5

Maybe the command Select This, which we have for quite a time now, works?

6

Thanks, this seems to be working fine! (like in the Total Commander)

Here is what I did:
In Settings -> Customize Toolbars and Keys:
I added a new hotkey "Tab" with the following function definition:
Set DEST=Toggle
Select THIS

I hope this is not breaking something else,
so I would appreciate if someone could double check, thanks!

7

BTW, there is also a setting in the:
Preferences -> File Displays -> Options -> Automatically select first file in folder
which I have checked too (but this alone didn't help with TAB, only when going up/down the folder tree)

8

This functions as expected when the use case involves only one tab in both source and destination, respectively.

It does not work if cycling through more than one tab in both source and destination, as in CTRL TAB.

9

Thanks for pointing this out!
Even with this limitation it still seems sufficient for my use case at the moment.