How to make SC go to the last file?

[lanux128]

as per title, i have a custom ahk script running after each capture (post-capture options). after the script runs, SC auto-refreshes the thumbnail panel and does not set focus on the latest captured file. is there anything i can do about it?

[mouser]

is there some reason SC is changing the focused file?  it would refresh the thumbnail panel if a new file was created by your script in that directory, but it shouldnt change the focus..   are you deleting that last captured file perhaps?

[lanux128]

ok, that makes sense. the script renames certain newly captured files.

[mouser]

if you invoke "ScreenshotCaptor.exe filepath" it should switch to the file you specify.

but i may be able to fix sc behavior to by default do the thing you want if you tell me a little bit more about what's happening and what you would like to happen instead.

[lanux128]

this is the format i use in the "File Naming Template":

%quickfield%%windowtitle%_%customdate%_%num%

1. i wanted to fine-tune the filenames further so i wrote a custom ahk script to do that as part of the post-capture options.
2. this script parses the newly captured filenames and rename them if it is matches the list of word i want to exclude.
3. after renaming is done, SC refreshes the thumbnail panel and somehow loses the focus on the last captured file.
4. now when i toggle SC's main window, no file has the focus, necessitating a scroll down the panel for the latest file.
5. i would to avoid #3 if possible.
6. in the meantime i will try out your suggestion of calling "ScreenshotCaptor.exe filepath" within the script after renaming is done.

thanks again!

[mouser]

I'll see if i can't detect an external rename of the currently selected file and switch to it.

[lanux128]

thanks, let me know either way.

[mouser]

I've also tested passing a filename on the commandline and that works fine, so you should be able to use that method too.