PaperList - July 7th, 2014

[Enternal]

Updated July 07, 2014
* Now will works with Paper files that are in subfolders within XYplorer's Paper folder.
* Added access to XYplorer's full Paper button menu from within PaperList's own menu.
Updated July 02, 2014
* Initial release: http://xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic.php? ... 15#p107798

Code based on Filehero & klownboy's Laycat Script:
http://xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=11898

PaperList allows quick access to all XYplorer's Papers file that are available within XYplorer's default Paper folder (<xypaper>). It will also allow you to delete Papers file without the need to tranverse to the XYplorer's Paper folder. Easy access and deletion to all created Paper files!

Tested to work with Marco's Everything in XYplorer:
http://xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=12054
and highend's External search with Agent Ransack & FileLocator (Pro):
http://xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=11197

Setup
Save the PaperList file into <xyscripts>.
Run this snippet code:

Code: Select all

Snip: CTB 1
Action
  NewUserButton
Name
  Paper Folders
Icon
  :paper
ScriptL
  Load PaperList;
ScriptR
  Button paper, 2
FireClick
  0

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PaperList.xys

July 7th, 2014

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By using the CTB code above, the following screenshots show the effects of the Left click and the Right click. You get the benefits of XYplorer's own Paper toolbar item plus more!!

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And if you still need more items from XYplorer's default menu, there's the Full Default Menu item on PaperList's menu!

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[Marco]

As you usually say for very great ideas: so good that should be implemented directly in XY!

One "cosmetic" suggestion: "Delete Paper Folder" should be (imo) "Delete Paper Folder...". The ellipsis lets you know that clicking will bring another window for further actions/selections. Otherwise it seems that upon clicking you immediately delete a (which one?) paper folder.

[klownboy]

Thanks Enternal, I agree with Marco in that, this is the way the XY's built-in Paper CTB should be laid out. I like your addition to cover sub folders.

[LittleBiG]

Great!

[Filehero]

Great!

+2

[Enternal]

Thank you everyone! I'm glad that it's neat and useful! And yes Marco, I will add the ellipsis in the next version. That makes a lot of sense visually. Thanks!

[aurumdigitus]

Maybe something has escaped me here but wouldn't things be more efficient if PaperList were incorporated into Laycat?

[klownboy]

Hi aurumdigitus, I had mentioned that in the LayCat thread here http://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic. ... 15#p107809 but I was little worried that the menu, at least for anyone with quite a few entries, would become too long and it's questionable whether it "fits" or is closely related to LayCat or LayCatTools. I ended up putting PaperList as a separate CTB with it's right click the paper ctx menu (i.e., button "paper", 2;).

[aurumdigitus]

My suggestion was hasty and ill advised. The two really do not have that much in common.

The only honorable thing to do is recant.

[Filehero]

Hi,

even if I've finally started to appreciate what paper folders can add to my daily work, I continue to use both scripts. Like you I also see apples and oranges there...


Cheers,
Filehero

[romero]

Awesome, thank you! I was just wondering how on earth to script something like this and found myself way over my head