Thin Lines with 4K monitors

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Re: Thin Lines with 4K monitors

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This leaves me pretty cold even though it may be a start to build on.
Are there other such stat options that I should check out?

With this attached selected I did an F1 to see what it says.
For a moment I thought I had lost my touch because F1 did not work as well as it does in the F9 Configuration
menus.

1.
Do you by any chance have a listing of all the available stats (names)?

2.
Listing of stats that would have to be computed and is therefore less attractive?

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Re: Thin Lines with 4K monitors

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No, that's it.

Window could be a bit wider... I'll check that.

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Re: Thin Lines with 4K monitors

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I was thinking full width of the screen and only 2 or 3 lines high - toggle on or off.
A single standard column heading (Excel style) easy to read with items not selected in gray such as Branch View and Hide Folders in list, hidden files stats etc.

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Re: Thin Lines with 4K monitors

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Scripting has a lot to offer in terms of custom reports... :cup:

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Re: Thin Lines with 4K monitors

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Not really familiar with that (yet).
First order of business is what sort of info, how and why. It has to make sense to users.

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On the attached are my rough preliminary headings lines (lines 2 & 5)
Data goes directly under the headings (in lines 3 &6) and should line up
directly one above the other. All data should be shown including Branch
View data regardless of being selected or not. Same goes for Hidden
files.

I'm interested in the hidden files also because many or most database
programs use that and often leave their 'bird-droppings' behind in the
form of monster files. Yes I know that these totals do not account for
System files and Clusters used.

By having this kind of detailed information in this form - there should be
NO need for explanation or documentation (AKA hell files - hell to write
and hell to read).

I'm hoping that this can all be placed permanently at the bottom of the XY
screen - one above the other or end to end - and be toggled on off with a
function key (+ a letter if needed).

Why do I want all that info - to verify that all the folders and files are
in good order and/or if they should be reworked in some way.

To me this is as vital as the clearer tree that we have now been blessed
with thanks to Admin.

Info, that I do NOT want to see are things such as disc size, total amount
of all files and/available space or micro seconds to generate etc.
At most there could be a small warning flag that the current disc is using
the last 10% of available storage. This is all stuff that we all know by
instinct - just like knowing if it is day or night.

I'm hoping for your favorable consideration Admin :-)

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Re: Thin Lines with 4K monitors

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Hi Admin, +anybody else with a constructive opinion :-)
I was looking at the "Folder Sizes - Shift + F5" command - it is a step in the right direction.
I had a hard time getting it to function but finally did.
Now the problem is that it can NOT be turned off - so clearly this is not a toggle.
Are there prerequisites to using this command?
Appears it has to be a detail view? Anything else?

What I have proposed is intended to bypass all those kinds of problems by being either on of off.
What are your thoughts on all this? It may look like a lot of work but (nearly) everything should
be available from the existing program variables
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Re: Thin Lines with 4K monitors

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The last part of this thread of messages has some clear proposals (by me) as how one can keep track of all the files and folders.
Just as needed in my "...flaw or feature" messages.

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