Release 25.70
XYplorer 25.70 has been released on 12-Mar-2024. Here’s a quick introduction to the main new features:
Permanent Custom Sort Order Per Folder. Now a custom sort order, created by freely sorting the files in a folder by dragging them to the desired positions, can be remembered per folder. Whenever you reopen that folder, it will be in the same custom sort order. Windows hasn't supported this since Windows 7, but now it's back in XYplorer and it's here to stay.
To quickly save the folder view settings for the current folder, add the "Folder View Settings" button to the toolbar via Tools | Customize Toolbar... (Ctrl+Shift+F9).
The "Folder View Settings" button waiting to be added to the toolbar.
For a long time, XYplorer has allowed you to sort your files manually (Tools | Customize List | Manual Sorting) and to save this custom sort order per tab. But not per folder. Now you can do the latter, too. Simply save the current folder view settings by pressing the "Folder View Settings" button (or via menu View | Folder View Settings | Save Folder View), and whenever you reopen that folder, it will be in the same custom sort order.
Make sure that Sort Order is checked in View | Folder View Settings | Edit...:
Check it!
If you change the sort order, simply press View | Folder View Settings | Save Folder View again to save it for future use.
How to create and save a custom sort order, step by step
1. Turn on Manual Sorting.
2. Grab a file by the caption and drag it to the desired position.
3. Now the file is in the new custom position, the Name column shows a hand icon for "manually sorted".
4. Now press the diamond button ("Folder View Settings") to save this sort order.
Done. Every time you open the folder, it is sorted exactly in this way.
5. [Optional] For further adjustments, right-click on the diamond and choose Edit...
Zero Padding. Now it is easy to add zeros to numbers in file names during batch renaming. Turn track_1.mp3, track_2.mp3, track_10.mp3 into track_01.mp3, track_02.mp3, track_10.mp3 with a single click and restore a reasonable order in your playlists.
Look at the pictures, look at the patterns, look at the help file.
Pattern: <pad 8 0>*
Pattern: <pad 4 0 nb>*
Pattern: <pad 4 0 nr>*
Pattern: <pad 3 0 nbr>*
The switches used above are: n = look for the first number, r = look for it from right to left, b = look only at the base, not the extension. The order of the switches does not matter.
Many Other Improvements. See change log (about 1.5 MB).
