Toggle a Configuration Setting Using a Script

[soldier9599]

I would like to be able to write scripts that toggle configuration settings, but I can't figure out any syntax relating to this. Specifically, I am currently interested in creating a custom hotkey and toolbar button that toggle between 32 and 64 bit context menus. Is this possible? I have coding experience, but I only started using XYplorer a few days ago so I'm a bit lost. So far I've done a "hello world" and that's it. I have figured out how to make a custom toolbar button run a script and how to set a hotkey to a UDC, but I can't figure out how to edit configuration settings using scripts. Any help would be appreciated.

I realize there is an option to view the 64-bit context menu in the 32-bit context menu, but I'd rather just have a toggle switch if possible. Ideally, I would have one combined context menu with all of the options, but I'm assuming that's not possible, am I right? Also, I'm not looking to alter the XYplorer.ini file. That would just be a change the initialization settings and require restarting the program to take effect. I'm trying to toggle the setting as if I went into configuration and altered the value currently saved into RAM.

[admin]

Hi and welcome!

This is currently not possible, but I think it can be useful, so I will make it accessible via the non-documented tweak() command in the next beta. It will work like this:

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        tweak("ContextMenu64", ""); // toggle
        tweak("ContextMenu64", 1); // on
        tweak("ContextMenu64", 0); // off
        echo tweak("ContextMenu64"); // get state      

Don

[PeterH]

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   echo tweak("ContextMenu64", 1); // set on and get previous state? 

[admin]

Yes, and the question is...?

[PeterH]

Yes, and the question is...?

...will this be possible? (Setting the setting *and* getting the old value.)

[admin]

Yes, it IS possible already now.

[PeterH]

Yes, it IS possible already now.

Then it's no question

[soldier9599]

Thanks! This is perfect.

I worked with it a bit to make it so on left click my button would toggle, and on right click it would allow me to choose the state or check the state with easy to understand English language text.

My left click code is just the toggle state line you have:

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tweak("ContextMenu64", ""); // toggle

Here is my right click code:

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"Enable 64-bit Menu"
 tweak("ContextMenu64", 1); // on
"Enable 32-bit Menu"
 tweak("ContextMenu64", 0); // off
"Check State"
 if (tweak("ContextMenu64") == 0) {
  echo "32-bit menus are activated.";
 }
 elseif (tweak("ContextMenu64") == 1) {
  echo "64-bit menus are activated.";
 }

[driftingnarwhal]

Hello I'm trying to use the tweak command to make a toggle to set whether folders are sorted separately or not, but I'm getting an error that SortFoldersApart is not supported by tweak. Is there a reason that it's not supported?

Here's what I'm using as my script to run on left click:
tweak("SortFoldersApart", "");

Thanks for your help!

[jupe]

tweak only supports a limited set of commands, what you want to do can be done like this though:

settingp "SortFoldersApart", 1; and to turn off settingp "SortFoldersApart", 0;

you'll need to add to the script if you want to make it toggle.

[driftingnarwhal]

Okay thank you so much!!

[jupe]

Actually sorry, you can make it a toggle using this command #333; instead.

[driftingnarwhal]

Even better. Thanks again for the help!

[xy123]

My left click code is just the toggle state line you have:

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tweak("ContextMenu64", ""); // toggle

I get "Key 'ContextMenu64' is not supported by Tweak". Something changed?

tweak only supports a limited set of commands

[highend]

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