This is the code I've got so far:

You'll need to change the d:\_a in the root create

If I then run that and rename c folder:

-.js

is outputted, it tells me d:\_a\c was renamed to d (but this is bad, as it is a File)

if I try to rename it again:

The file, because it was created by the string convert, creates the File with no path and defaults to the running path of the program

In the code, I've tried renaming the file in the updateItem function, using the current item, but that gets ignored.

I'm wondering whether to do away with File completely and create my own data model of a filepath. Then I'd have complete control and would be able to define a getParent() recursive function on any item in the structure to get the current full path and keep the name separate, so that can be changed and displayed without any hinderance.

^ i wouldn't. too many bugs when the model gets out-of-sync with the filesystem

😞

@iari you can use mouseevents - i.e.

addEventFilter(MouseEvent.MOUSE_PRESSED, ::someMethod)

@Sergio Casero You can apply custom selection/hover behavior to certain tiles, and there are listeners for 'onClick' for the whole table. It could probably be mildly modified to say if it's of a certain column, THEN you execute a function

this is an example I made with a cute little "cat schedule" app: https://github.com/Kotlin-Thursdays/Neighborhood-Cat-Scheduler/blob/master/src/main/kotlin/com/example/demo/view/BottomView.kt

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@carlw have you got any thoughts/solutions? When a cell is edited and the value is saved into the TreeView. Is there a place where I can safely intercept and update the value before it is?

...thus I could try to do what I've done in the itemUpdate and add the true path in

@sp33dy Hey carl, I only started reading your problem. Still reading through it - have you looked at the OSGI.kt file in TornadoFX? OSGI has a neat drag-and-drop that handles storing files

nope, that would help. I'm simply trying to engineer exactly that. Allow the customer to change the file structure within the tool; i.e. rename, drag, drop, etc. I understand the drag'n'drop mechanism last week. It's just this rename piece that is bothering me. This isn't even a filesystem issue. This is understanding how to use the TreeView/Cell and intercepting the 'string' entered by the user for the file and recreating the correct path in the tree

looking for it now

🙂

@sp33dy also, I don't know if this got answered yet, but I played around with get file paths earlier - coincidentally, I needed a home path, but this is what I did for my testing suite project. Happy to say I have time to work on it today

-.kt

Documentation is available on gitbooks for OSGI, but I would HIGHLY recommend starting with looking at the code and getting your own instance to run first!

Yes, that OSGI is based on a table, not a tree

I realise though that maybe I should move away from io.File and use nio.Path

that might be a better object in general to use

ah it'll still have the same proble