#668723 ncdu: Cursor does not stay in place at ../ entries

Package:
ncdu
Source:
ncdu
Description:
ncurses disk usage viewer
Submitter:
Jari Aalto
Date:
2026-07-13 17:35:15 UTC
Severity:
wishlist
Tags:
#668723#5
Date:
2012-04-14 07:16:26 UTC
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When ascending into directories, this works ok. However when going back and
putting cursor on "..", the cursor location is not preserved on .." in
order to continue backtracking. Instead the cursor location is moved to the
first directory entry in the list. This makes backtracking deep directory
structure difficult.

Please keep cursor location at ".." if previous keypress was also at ".."
subsequent (previous) screens.
#668723#10
Date:
2012-04-14 08:13:20 UTC
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package ncdu
tags 668723 + upstream
forwarded 668723 http://dev.yorhel.nl/ncdu/bug/10
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Hi Jari,

Thank you for the report, I've forwarded it upstream.
#668723#19
Date:
2012-04-14 11:31:32 UTC
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package ncdu
tags 668723 + wontfix
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Hi,

The upstream's answer is:

| I can see how having the cursor on the first entry will help when using
| the regular "open dir" keys, but there already are more convenient keys
| to go back to the parent directory: 'h' or left arrow. I'd rather not
| throw away a useful feature (the select-previous-subdir one, a feature I
| personally like a lot), when there already is an efficient way to get
| back to parent dirs.