Item select rectangular box in list view since Creator's Update

APoL0x · 08 Jul 2017

Since the release of Windows 10 Creator's Update, Microsoft introduced a subtle but (at least for me) very annoying feature when you're using List View in any of your folders:

Item select rectangular box in list view since Creator's Update-rectangle-box.png

Now the blue item select rectangular box It occupies the entire size of the column in which the file is, when before the release of Creator's Update it only occupied the size of the file name. This is very annoying to me because I continually do "missclicks" and inadvertently clicking on a file. Is there any way to change this by modifying the registry or some other way?

Thanks very much for your attention.

meebers · 12 Jul 2017

Not exactly sure what you mean, however I have the view set to both "list" and "details" and I get this

Brink · 12 Jul 2017

Hello APoL0x, :)

This is called "full row select".

Unfortunately, the methods to disable auto arrange and full row select no longer work starting with Windows 10 Creators Update. Hopefully it will be possible in a future version of Windows 10.

al91 · 10 Feb 2018

Hello
I have just now found a solution for this problem which cropped up with 1703.
Download Ultimate WindowsTweaker for Win 10 at:
http://www.thewindowsclub.com/ultima...r-4-windows-10
Then proceed to Customization, File Explorer Tab and select "Disable" on feature "full row select"
Works in 1709 where tweaker "FolderOptionsX" is unable to change setting

dalchina · 10 Feb 2018

Qttabbar (an extremely useful free file explorer tweak tool that adds tabs, options, and appearance tweaks) also does this effectively:
QT TabBar Download

Item select rectangular box in list view since Creator's Update-1.jpg

Item select rectangular box in list view since Creator's Update-2.jpg

Changes somewhere in here (shows pairs of keys, old key, then new key)

Code:

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al91 · 11 Feb 2018

Wow Dalchina, this one IS a treat.
Could spend hours fine tuning.
Thanks a lot
Alain
Regarding my post on Ultimate windows tweaker, I have noticed yesterday an unexpected problem.
If you disactivate "full row select", then you cannot get the usual view in: My PC, view tab, mosaics which normally should show on multiple columns the "loading bar" of all drives.
Instead, you just get a single column with no other information than the name and letter of the drive.
This problem does not exist with QTtabBar.

NB: Sorry if I don't use the exact english term when quoting a tab, a menu name or a command, but my Computer is in French of course