Thanks David > There is a problem with the new gtk+-2.8.x. When opening a directory > sometimes nothing is displayed. I also noticed blank filelist(s), a few times, a while back. I couldn't create the problem on demand, to allow its investigation. More recently, after cleaning up some treeview things, it's not been happening, and I forgot about it ... There is a vertical scrollbar with > no thumb-button. Clicking the scrollbar corrects whatever the > problem is. > > There are a couple new functions in the scrollbar api. I haven't > looked into the problem. Timing of treeview display suggests that something like threading is happening inside treeviews, whether or not an application has explicitly created threads. Can lead to race conditions. Given the irregular occurrence, I suspect something along those lines. In any event, if you get any clearer insight, please advise. Regards Tom -- Users can unsubscribe from the list by sending email to emelfm2-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field or by logging into the web interface.