Site Panel - Abnormal Expand/Collapse

[Dana Johnson webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

I've always had the same folder problem and the Dreamweaver 4 format makes no difference. It is not a trouble with panels, it is a problem with folders (directories).

For example:
Site
+ A
+ B
+ C

I might click on the + for B and suddenly

Site
- A
aa
ab
- B
ba
bb
bc
+ C

So why did A pop open also? If it was only A then perhaps I clicked in the wrong place but multiple folders pop open for one click. Since I have many folders/files, it is hard to navigate when everything starts popping open. (When my A pops open, B isn't even on the screen anymore, I have to scroll down to find it). Usually I do a little dance of opening/closing folders until I end up with only the one I want. So typically, it takes a half dozen clicks to achieve only the B folder open.

[Todd]

"Dana Johnson" [email]webforumsuser@macromedia.com[/email] wrote:

> I've always had the same folder problem and the Dreamweaver 4 format makes no difference. It is not a trouble with panels, it is a problem with folders (directories).
>
> For example:
> Site
> + A
> + B
> + C
>
> I might click on the + for B and suddenly
>
> Site
> - A
> aa
> ab
> - B
> ba
> bb
> bc
> + C
>
> So why did A pop open also? If it was only A then perhaps I clicked in the wrong place but multiple folders pop open for one click. Since I have many folders/files, it is hard to navigate when everything starts popping open. (When my A pops open, B isn't even on the screen anymore, I have to scroll down to find it). Usually I do a little dance of opening/closing folders until I end up with only the one I want. So typically, it takes a half dozen clicks to achieve only the B folder open.
>
>
>

Hello Dana,

Im not sure if you are speaking of remote, local, or both types of folders.

However, if you are speaking about remote folders there is an explanation.

On some servers they have folders that are aliased. What does this
mean. Well in the root directory of your site you might have a folder
called ht_docs, or html, or www. Within that folder you may have a
folder called cgi-bin. From the ftp server it may appear that cgi-bin
is actually a folder within the www dir. However, this does not need to
be the case.

Some servers are setup like this as far as a folder structure goes.

Base_Dir

user_home_dir
notes_dir
logs-dir

Within the user_home_dir there are a series of directories like...

www
cgi-bin
logs
stats

And within the www directory

cgi-bin
images
other_stuff



So what does all this mean. Well there may only be one directory called
cgi-bin on the server. Howevever, it appears in two places. Both in
the www directory and also in the user home directory. The folder in
reality only exists once but the server shows the ftp software two
different locations.

Some servers can be configured in this manner. If you open one cgi-bin
in the www directory. I often times will also open the cgi-bin diretory
in the userhome dir. Remember... its the same directory... one is just
an alias of the other. Many times cgi directories are placed above the
www directory for security reasons, however an alias of that directory
is placed within the www directory so that scripts can be called in a
manner like [url]www.example.com/cgi-bin/example.cgi[/url]

The structure of this link shows the cgi-bin under the www directory,
when in reality it could be in a completely different location.

This is just one possibly reason for the problem you are experiencing.

[G Wright]

I can actually confirm that I also definately have this issue still even in dreamweaver CS4 as well, and it has been present in past revisions for us such as CS3 from memory too. It most certainly occurs working with local folders, and no connection active to the remote server. All of a sudden they will get a mind of their own, and much like your example I can click on folder C after shrinking folder A, and folder then A will pop open as well, and so begins the dance of trying to shrink and display folders till I see only what I need. Like trying to complete a rubix cube.

I have tried various things such as enabling and disabling aspects like cloaking, version control, in the site settings, but they none ever seem to make a difference. It's been as a persistent issue between our various Windows platforms over time as well, so doesn't appear to be confined to just a bug within a particular version of Windows.