TotalFinder bug : files-on-top in list view breaks "New Folder"

TotalFinder
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El Cap
TF 1.8.1

  1. Set “folders on top”
  2. Open finder window to some existing directory with some existing contents - in list view
  3. Make new folder (… in any way, e.g. cmd-shift-n)
  4. The new folder appears just as a filename of one or other of the existing directory files
  5. When you re-sort the list view, the random filename list entry changes to the (correct) “untitled folder”
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Yes, this a long-standing bug and I don’t have a good solution for it. I tried several times to mitigate this issue and failed.

Please note that Folders on Top feature had to be reimplemented for pretty much every major OS release. I believe that this problem is not present in earlier OS releases and is also not an issue in Sierra (the feature was replaced by Apple’s implementation of “folders on first”).

I’m sorry for the inconvenience.

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sorry, i tried to look for any previous duplicate reports of this issue, couldn’t find any.

btw a handy workaround for those who like quick keystrokes is just something like
cmd-1
cmd-2
i.e. if you default to view by list, like i usually do, then you can just quickly sort-resort the view (view it as something else then view it back as it was first time) as a reflex keystroke action, and then the new folder appears correctly.