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blitz999:
I have created a user command using create folder (on target) to automatically insert the current filename in the create folder dialog box. I am running mc on win7 sp1, and I have mc split horizontally.
When I execute the command the current filename is inserted into the create folder dialog box, but when I click OK, the folder is created in the Opposite explorer panel! So, if I select a file in the LOWER panel the folder is created in the UPPER panel (and the same thing happens in reverse). The same thing happens whether the explorer panel layout is horizontal or vertical.
There are no other options available in this command, so I'm stumped as to how to get around this.

Thanks in advance.

AlanJB:
That all makes perfect sense:  "Target" is the "other" panel (the one without focus).

You cannot create a folder with the same name as a file (under the current path) in any Windows operating system - it is simply not allowed.

blitz999:
@Alan

Thanks for your  reply.  You are correct. I should have mentioned in my initial post, that I thought of this and tried changing the name to see if that would make a difference, but it didn't. Once I executed the command, the filename I used was irrelevant, and the folder was always created in the opposite panel.

Are you saying  that this is not a bug, and even thought the command will copy the current filename into the create folder dialog, the structure of the program will never let me create the folder (even with a modified folder name) in the same panel (drive) in which the file was selected.

This can be done in Total Commander. If  you select a file and hit the make folder button, it inserts the filename in the dialog  minus the extension (which MC does not), so there is no conflict with Windows, and it creates the folder in the same panel (drive) as the file. 

It would seem that the whole purpose of this command is to create a folder in the same panel (drive) as the file you selected, so that you could then move the file into that folder on the same drive as the original file ???

Any word from MC's  developer would be helpful.

Thanks.

Mathias (Author):
Since you are not providing what your user defined command is doing it is hard to say if you are doing anything wrong or not, and what that is.
It depends on what you are doing and what command you use.
Normally all direct commands are sent to the panel in focus.

blitz999:
Mathias,
Thanks for your response. Here is a screen shot of the 'User Command' that I created.

Hope this helps.

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