New Version of the modlauncher

[Suicide Junkie]

Couldn't you have it refresh only if there hasn't been a mouse movement or button press within 10 seconds or so?

That would help to avoid refreshing while people are typing...
You could also not refresh while a text box has the focus.

[Krsqk]

Or refresh at a lower rate (like 5-10 min. or so). There's a statistically lower chance of being hit by it (unless you're me). Include a refresh button for impatient people.

[Matryx]

Ahh.. well to prevent problems with refreshing the directory list (you can hot swap mods on the fly) it calls the reselection function on the list.
Because of the way delphi works I can't change the way it reselects the item in the list to "not call" this refreshing function.
I can however increase the duration of the refresh, which I will tomorrow night.

[Suicide Junkie]

Well, just don't reselect, or do anything when the user is typing then.

If (currenttime - Lastinputtime > 10 seconds and refreshwanted = true) then call(reselect)

[geoschmo]

Matryx, is there some reason you can't just have it not auto-refresh at all? The only reason for needing a refresh is to have new mod folders and new games show up. Can't you just add a manual refresh button and get rid of the auto refresh?

Geoschmo

[Matryx]

Yes.. there's no good place for a refresh button
Good suggestion though Geo.
I shall make that change.
I'll stick a button in the titlebar to refresh both lists whenever the user wants to click it.

[Matryx]

Ok. New Version.
Automatic Refresh Removed.
Manual Refresh mode added in the form of a button near the top.

Incidentally, if anyone has a better suggestion of the position, then e-mail me a screenshot of your suggested layout
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