CREATE Folder for Inexistent Locations

[SkyFrontier]

Is it possible to have option to

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XYplorer

Couldn't find location:

E:\_BKP\_DONE\

Create?

OK - Cancel

?

That would save lots of times when navigating thru recently moved folders but for a reason or another they should stay there.
Also, applying the same concept to any other field that accepts addresses on XY could for example give a more permanent role to scripts.

[admin]

Yes, I like it. It makes the "dialog" (actually it's rather a "f*** you" than a dialog ) less frustrating.

[SkyFrontier]

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Self:
...more permanent role to scripts.

A bit of thinking: there may have situations in which "creating a folder" is NOT desirable, so IF you think on a script function for this, arguments like:

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On non existent folder, create? "0"/"1"

would be welcome.

Also, i believe that this newly created folder should be defaulted to "visible on files list - highlighted" and NOT directly opened when created. It is a mere "click enter" if one wants it opened after creation.

I remember a file manager (ShellLess, I believe) which also had a function to create a destination folder for copied/moved/backuped (no, it's XY unique! ). Wait. XYplorer ALREADY does that:
right click a file, "Move/Copy/Backup to>Copy to> Copy to... \\CTRL+F7". Enter a non-existent path, or use completion of paths:

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"XYplorer

The destionation you have selected does not exist:

E:\_BKP\_DONE\

Do you want to create it now?

OK - Cancel"

So it's just a step beyond...

[zer0]

This is a good idea, since we already get prompted if a script attempts to copy/move a file to a non-existing location. A question: will those buttons (just one called "Create This Directory" will do) be embedded on a non-existing page or will we get a modal dialogue instead (not recommended)?

[SkyFrontier]

Regarding "general default path" and "location currently not available:"

-"create folder" could also be of help? For the second case, I'd bet it would be of help.
So it seems there's plenty of room to improve by just taking this step, I believe. Everyone/everything could benefit out of it.

[admin]

I added this to the going-to branch of code flow. Looks nice.

[SkyFrontier]

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Admin:
"I added this to the going-to branch of code flow. Looks nice."

Glad it helped.

Well. Now I'm contacting the Doctor just to work around the Time Machine problem. Also, in a worm hole I'll find a way to incorporate dual tree in XYplorer with a little help from Einstein and Hawking. Now have to warp to the future and see in which point this code already exists. Damn, things happen lightning FAST over here!

[SkyFrontier]

Can this be improved a bit, so when we get a "Location currently not available", CTRL+ SHIFT (or anything available...) + double-clicking we could also be asked to create the currently unavailable location and jump into it...?

[zer0]

Can this be improved a bit, so when we get a "Location currently not available", CTRL+ SHIFT (or anything available...) + double-clicking we could also be asked to create the currently unavailable location and jump into it...?

Erm, help me out here -- an unavailable location != an non-existent location, right? So how can you create a location that in unavailable? What happens to an unavailable location that does exist? Will its contents be somehow merged with this newly-created location? This isn't at all clear...

[SkyFrontier]

zer0:

...So how can you create a location that in unavailable?

Consider portability and folder sync'ing - sometimes I realize that a folder SHOULD be on a certain location by just seeing that it's not there via XY's notice, and I want to have a way to quickly fix that situation instead of going upwards and downwards and then creating something that SHOULD be there but it doesn't for some reason.

Will its contents be somehow merged with this newly-created location?

If it's there, it should be displayed -as it is, in fact!
If not, it could be created on-the-fly, a la what currently happens when you try to insert a non-existent path into Address Bar - a pop-up shows up and prompts for instant creation.
Nothing related to contents. It's all about folders, primarily.

[zer0]

I think we're getting confused here. If a folder is unavailable, I'd say it does exist but something prevents access to it. So are you proposing that a folder should be created if it's not available? I don't see that being possible.

[SkyFrontier]

Can't say for you, zer0, but in my daily usage an unavailable folder appears when I backup/delete a folder but now and then I need it to appear there again for a reason or another (that's why preserving original path and telling that it's "currently unavailable" is a must have for me, just like the portable tabs, and I just want the ability to quickly create it again without the hassle of going thru deep directories just to recreate what I could do with a single:

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-Hey! It's not there! Create?
-Yeah! That's what I want! Thanks!

...or a prompt asking me which name the new "old" folder should have, suggesting initially (pre-filled) the old name, which in turn could be more comfortable.

[zer0]

Can't say for you, zer0, but in my daily usage an unavailable folder appears when I backup/delete a folder but now and then I need it to appear there again for a reason or another (that's why preserving original path and telling that it's "currently unavailable" is a must have for me, just like the portable tabs, and I just want the ability to quickly create it again without the hassle of going thru deep directories just to recreate what I could do with a single:

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-Hey! It's not there! Create?
-Yeah! That's what I want! Thanks!

...or a prompt asking me which name the new "old" folder should have, suggesting initially (pre-filled) the old name, which in turn could be more comfortable.

I still think we are talking about two different things. If a folder exists and you can't get to it then that's it's unavailable. Which is why I was getting confused -- how can it be possible to create another child with the same name in the same branch?

If a folder you need doesn't exist, then creating it does make sense But calling it "unavailable" does not.

[SkyFrontier]

zer0:

But calling it "unavailable" does not.

Well... I partially agree with you if you partially agree with me that -this is not my department! It's DON's!
I just wanted to refer it by the term it's splashing out of my Windows.
BUT "unavailable" sounds good enough to me since it's not available at the moment - but will be as soon as I create it in the easier possible way... that is the subject of this thread anyway!

[zer0]

BUT "unavailable" sounds good enough to me since it's not available at the moment - but will be as soon as I create it in the easier possible way... that is the subject of this thread anyway!

If a folder doesn't exist and you want to create it then it's non-existent. If it exists and you can't get to it for whatever reason, then it's unavailable. Learn the difference!