Disable Tabs & Dual Pane?

[Mancala]

Hi all,

I have Windows 8.1.

How do I disable all Tabs and Dual Pane with XYplorer 14.30.0200 to where new windows open instead of Tabs and Dual Pane?

Any help is greatly appreciate it!

Thanks!
Sarah!
manquala@yahoo.com

[admin]

Hi and welcome,

I'm afraid that's not what XY is designed for. You can have multiple instances (Configuration | Startup & Exit | Allow multiple instances), but it won't work as streamlined as it does with tabs.

Don

[Mancala]

Hi Don,

Thanks for all your help!

Allow multiple instances tab is already checked?

I just thought that since there is a purchase charge for the software XYplorer 14.30.0200, options would be given like to enable or disable tabs and new windows or new tabs options?

Thanks!
Sarah
manquala@yahoo.com

[Mancala]

Hi Don,

Thanks for all your help!

Allow multiple instances is already checked?

I just thought that since there is a purchase charge for the software XYplorer 14.30.0200, options would be given like to enable or disable tabs and new windows or new tabs options?

Thanks!
Sarah
manquala@yahoo.com

[klownboy]

I'm not positive what you're asking, but a view like shown here is possible with a fresh copy of XY. I did this manually starting a fresh copy and disabled the tab bar, toolbar, menu bar and just about everything else but the titlebar. So, if I could do it manually, I suppose we could easily do in a script. Yes, no? All the bars including the tab bar can be disabled, at least in the purchased version, either in the menu or automated in XY's scripting.

fresh_view_cap.PNG

Yeck we could even take the titlebar away (with AHK). I haven't used the multiple instances feature but I may be tempted to play around with it to get new instance views like this. XY is hardly recognizable.
Ken

[PeterH]

Hi Mancala,
just a question for understanding: when, i.e. on what action would you expect, but not get new instance of XY?

[Mancala]

Hi All,

Thanks for the replies! Thanks for helping me also! I really appreciate it!

I attached screenshot of an example to help explain the tabs, dual panes, and windows better.

I hope the attached screenshot works.

I hope it also helps explain better what I am trying to do with the new windows, to where I am able to get help?

Thanks!
Sarah
manquala@yahoo.com

[Quaraxkad]

I too vastly prefer separate windows over tabs and panes, so I have a script that runs when I press Ctrl+Enter that opens the currently selected folder in a new instance. I didn't write the script, but here's the post I got it from with instructions on how to use it:

2. is (as Enternal already stated) possible through scripting

Create a script in the .\Data\Scripts folder of XY:
Name it e.g.: Open_folder_externally.xys

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    $link = property("#ShortcutTarget", "<curitem>");
    if ($link != "" && exists($link) == 2) {
        run """<xy>"" /new ""$link""";
    } elseif  (exists("<curitem>") == 2) {
        run """<xy>"" /new ""<curitem>""";
    }

put this code into that file.

Remove the keyboard shortcut for Ctrl+Enter
Currently assigned to: #162 File | Open Focused Item

Now go to User - Manage Commands
Category: Load Script File
Create a new one
Caption: <Whatever you like>
Script File: Open_folder_externally
(You don't need to specify a path or an extension if it's in the script path)

Assign Ctrl+Enter to it.

Done.

[admin]

I was not aware that anybody would prefer a new window to a new tab. What I could do is add a new command to the folder context menu: "Open in New Window".

[Marco]

Just a little addition: search tabs can be configured to open in the same tab the search was performed.

[klownboy]

I was not aware that anybody would prefer a new window to a new tab. What I could do is add a new command to the folder context menu: "Open in New Window".

Don, actually that could be a nice feature, similar to the other "goto" command IDs like #1043 and #1062, but the folder would be opened in a new XY instance. If we had a new command ID for that case, we could eliminate a having a script line similar to this below. I'm thinking we would only have to use the new command ID, but I'd like to be able to use SCs on the new XY instance (i.e the SCs apply or are piped to the new XY instance not the existing one) which is what is happening here. Could that be accomplished?

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if(exists("<curitem>") == 2) {
   run """<xy>"" /new ""<curitem>"" /script=""::loadlayout('thumbs');""";} 

Thanks,
Ken

[admin]

I will add that command. Not sure about the piping.

[klownboy]

Thanks Don. I'm not sure if it would be called piping, but it would be nice we could specify an SC (e.g. loadlayout) that could somehow be applied to the new instance so we wouldn't have to run "XYplorer /new /script=" with a command line. I can see why that might be difficult. Maybe instead along with the command ID, it could be a new SC (e.g., XYnew) which would use the normal XY ini as oppose to "fresh", but XYnew would allow SC commands or script as parameters. Thanks.

[klownboy]

Gentle bump...Hi Don, I lost track of this item so maybe you did as well. See the above few entries concerning a new SC and/or cid for running a new instance of XY. I think it came up shortly before you went on a planetary exploration. Being able to do something like send a command (piping) to the new instance would be a huge plus. Thanks.
Ken

[PeterH]

You all are aware of the consequences executing multiple XY on one set of configuration files, like XYplorer.ini?

That is: every XY will load a copy of the current files in the moment it is started, change them local in memory, and save with overwrite them when saving settings, i.e. on exit. And the last save will win, i.e. overwrite all previous saves.

If you always know exactly what you are doing you might get expected results, but I'm sceptical

You also might use different .ini for every XY - but this will be hard to organize, I think.