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File creation issue -- low priority

Topic last updated 24 Dec 2010, by Hexley Ball. 0 replies
Hexley Ball
24 Dec 2010

While moving files from an old project to a new one, I ran into an odd file-creation issue. It seems that when a file is dragged from its original project to a different project, if a replacement file of the same name is created in the original project then that new file cannot be opened for editing.

There are plenty of work-arounds, so this is a low-priority issue.

Here is a way to reproduce the issue:

  1. Create a new project, "foo".
  2. Drag "foo/main.cpp" to any other project (one lacking a main.cpp of its own, of course).
  3. Now right-click on the foo project, and select "New File...". Enter "main.cpp" as the filename.
  4. This creates a main.cpp that cannot be edited. It seems to be a phantom..

I'm using FF 3.6.13 under XP Pro Sp3.