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v7.40.0010 - 2008-08-04 15:04
+++ Folder Specific Settings (FSS): Now you can save the settings of
any particular folder and have them automatically restored
whenever you come back to this folder.
What is saved
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The saved settings currently are the following:
- View (Details, List, Thumbnails, ...)
- Sort Order (sorted column and direction)
- Column Positions and Widths
- Column Visibility
What is restored
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
You will see later that you can further configure which of these
settings are actually restored on a per-folder basis!
When it is restored
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
If FSS is enabled and you go to a folder for which you have
previously saved the settings, then those settings are restored --
with two exceptions:
(1) As you know, XYplorer's tabs do remember those settings as
well (apart from Column Visibility, which is global). I
decided to give the tabs' memory higher priority: If you go
back to a folder via tab switch then Folder Specific Settings
are not applied.
(2) On startup the last settings are remembered. Any saved Folder
Specific Settings are not applied.
Folders are identified by their full name, or by a wild-carded
pattern (!), the latter of which deems me to be another
revolutionary feature of XYplorer! Later you will see how you can
have FSS for all folders named e.g. "Images"...
How it is done
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Similar to other user-configurable settings like UDC and CKS, FSS
is remembered between sessions using a little *.dat file (fss.dat)
with a proprietary format. That way even large amounts of folders
(contrary to Explorer there's no limit for the number of stored
settings -- unless you think 2GB is a limit) can be handled in a
quick and practical fashion.
Of course, FSS is also portable -- although portability here is
naturally restricted since you are likely to have different folder
names in a different environment.
Usage
~~~~~
Under menu View you find a new submenu "Folder Specific Settings"
containing a couple of commands.
- Enable Folder Specific Settings [toggle]
Check [default]/Uncheck to enable/disable the whole feature.
- Remember Settings [toggle]
Check to save and remember the current folder's settings. From
now on when you go to that folder all the saved and remembered
settings (see above for the list of settings) will be
automatically applied.
Uncheck to forget the saved settings for the current folder.
If the current folder is identified via a wildcard pattern, then
unchecking the settings will remove that pattern from fss.dat.
Since this might also affect other folders that also match that
pattern, you will be prompted before this happens.
- Update Settings
Click this command to update the saved settings for the current
folder. E.g. you decide that the Name column should be a bit
wider than the currently saved width. Simply make it as wide as
you wish and select "Update Settings". From now on the new width
will be applied if you browse to that folder.
Again, if the current folder is identified via a wildcard
pattern, then updating the settings might also affect other
folders that also match that pattern; you will be prompted
before this happens.
- Customize...
Opens a dialog where you can individually fine-tune FSS for each
folder or wildcard pattern. See "Customize FSS" below.
Customize FSS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Here you can decide which of the saved settings are actually restored,
whether all subfolders of the current folder shall be included into the
FSS service, and you can define a wildcard pattern that will be
used instead of the folder's full path to be compared against the
folders you are browsing to.
Not yet implemented. Tomorrow...
+ Configuration: Now, the Fonts settings are done in the
Configuration dialog.
- Menu View: Removed the submenu "Font". See here above ...
! Rename Preview Window: Now current and new names lists adjust
independently to the needed size. If the adjusted lists taken
together are too narrow or too wide they are scaled
proportionally.
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