> I have only recently noticed that using Alt-F5 to open an archive
> disables split mode.
>
> If you open the archive in a single pane window, F8 will not split the
> window. If you open it in one half of a split window than you cannot
> navigate to the other pane. However if you extract one or more files you
> will be prompted with the directory in the opposite pane.
>
> I suspect that this has always been the way ZTree works, and that there
> are good reasons why that is so. But have not found a reference to it in
> the help file. Perhaps a note should be added there.
yes, but it is a long outstanding [wish] to be able to navigate between the two panes even if one pane is in archive mode. Currently I open another ZTree session as a workaround, but this is cumbersome.
To be fair: I have no idea how much work this would be, there may be a great amount of architectural change involved.
Bernhard