Article # 623, added by Geoworks, historical record
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FileSelector focus showing when it shouldn't?



Q. And about FileSelectors, they used to not have the selection bar when not
   focused, and a HINT_FILE_SELECTOR_SHOW_SELECTION_EVEN_WHEN_NOT_FOCUS to
   change that. Now this hint seems to be forced on.

A. When we added multi-selection to list objects, there were these big
   visual glitches with the selection bar. We really tried to fix it in
   other ways, but they all had their problems, and in the end, the fix
   ended up being one that caused the selection bar always to be shown
   (although maybe only for non-exclusive lists).

   The only case on the existing Lizzy software where a list could lose
   the focus anyway was in the file transfer view, which also used a
   thick black border to indicate focus. So it was decided that this
   change was OK. Kind of makes these hints worthless, though.