QSpace (Finder alternative)

[MacLiron2]

All right. I'm going on a search...

 

[svenmany]

There is a setting which controls this somewhere IIRC, I know it took me ages to find it initially. I think it may be one of the icons under the window. After closing QSpace and reopening it mine does return to the folders / window settings when I saved the workspaces, not where it was last opened.

You might be referring to the ability to lock a workspace panel. If I turn on "View > Show Status Bar", a bar at the bottom of panels shows and has a padlock in it. If a panel is locked, then you can't navigate to a different folder at all. Perhaps you mean something different.

I do lock the panels in some of my workspaces. When I do, I always have it showing as a list so that I can expand the tree of folders. The mostly eliminates the requirement to navigate away from the locked root folder.

This is not the purpose of the ‘workspace’. Am I doing something wrong or is this a bug?

I understand this to be the intended behavior. A workspace remembers its state.

All right. I'm going on a search...

This is the biggest limitation of QSpace. The preferences are so numerous and undocumented (not even a hover explaining what a preference does). I can't figure out what many of them do. I would be interested to know if you find a way to have the app work the way you want. I've written the developer a few times. They always respond within a few days. They will certainly be tell you whether this is possible and how to do it.

 

[MacLiron2]

You might be referring to the ability to lock a workspace panel. If I turn on "View > Show Status Bar", a bar at the bottom of panels shows and has a padlock in it. If a panel is locked, then you can't navigate to a different folder at all. Perhaps you mean something different.

I do lock the panels in some of my workspaces. When I do, I always have it showing as a list so that I can expand the tree of folders. The mostly eliminates the requirement to navigate away from the locked root folder.

I have tried locking the workspace and it helps me a lot. It's not quite what I actually want, but it's much better.

I understand this to be the intended behavior. A workspace remembers its state.

I still think that the point of a workspace that I can open via the ‘Workspace XY’ link is that it is always called up exactly as it was created and saved. Otherwise the idea of the workspace makes no sense.

This is the biggest limitation of QSpace. The preferences are so numerous and undocumented (not even a hover explaining what a preference does). I can't figure out what many of them do. I would be interested to know if you find a way to have the app work the way you want. I've written the developer a few times. They always respond within a few days. They will certainly be tell you whether this is possible and how to do it.

Were you able to speak to support? I wrote to them three times with the same question about the workspace and got exactly ZERO answers. Maybe he doesn't like me, or maybe I'm writing to the wrong address. In the menu, go to QSpace > Feedback. Then a window opens and there is the following e-mail address: qspace@awehunt.com. Did you write to the developer at this address? Greetings from Germany

 

[svenmany]

Otherwise the idea of the workspace makes no sense.

Making sense is subjective. What they've done makes sense to me. However, I might prefer it the way you describe for some of my workspaces. Currently a workspace is like a bookmark (a real one that you put in place when you're done reading). It remembers where you left off.

Were you able to speak to support? I wrote to them three times with the same question about the workspace and got exactly ZERO answers. Maybe he doesn't like me, or maybe I'm writing to the wrong address. In the menu, go to QSpace > Feedback. Then a window opens and there is the following e-mail address: qspace@awehunt.com. Did you write to the developer at this address? Greetings from Germany

Yes and that is the address I used. I've had two exchanges with them. I wrote them on 2024-10-08 and they responded on 2024-10-12. That exchange had one followup, which they responded to on 2024-10-13. I also wrote them on 2023-09-26. They responded the next day.

I'm not sure why they haven't responded to you. I did open one of my emails with a complement of their product. It was genuine. Perhaps developing a little rapport helped.

 

[MacLiron2]

Support replied to the third email. His solution works. I'm sharing the text from the email with you.
Many thanks for support.
Ronald

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Hi,
Yes, when you open a workspace window, it will automatically remember and restore the state when it was last closed, including the location of the panes. You can set a Start Location for each pane in the workspace window, so that it will be restored to Start Location when reopening.

Strange, I can't reply to your email through qspace@awehunt.com, so I tried to send it through this email address.
Hope it helps!

Thank you,
Wenda

 

[svenmany]

Support replied to the third email. His solution works. I'm sharing the text from the email with you.
Many thanks for support.
Ronald

absolutely fabulous

 

[dbrewood]

Ah had that is what I'd done, set the start location.