Toggle File Colors ?

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How can I toggle files between two different colors ? As well how do you colorize shared network folders for a networked computer ?

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How can I toggle files between two different colors ?

Which colors, labels / color (or instant color) filters?

As well how do you colorize shared network folders for a networked computer ?

E.g. for a color filter:

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dir:\\<your netbios server name>\folder\*somefolder

Note the "*" in this definition! Without it "*" would be added automatically and then
all subfolders beyond somefolder would be colored as well^^

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Which colors, labels / color (or instant color) filters?

Instant Color Filters. The goal is simple toggle selected files with two different colors, quickly.

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dir:\\<your netbios server name>\folder\*somefolder

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dir:\\<NetworkDriveName>\<sharedFolder>* 

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I wouldn't do that with instant colorfilters, at least not for selected items (they are not bound to a specific folder / item type)

A version that uses labels:

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    $label1 = 1; // Red
    $label2 = 4; // Green

    $label1List = "";
    $items = get("SelectedItemsPathNames", "|");
    $tags = tagitems(, , , 1);
    while ($i++ < gettoken($items, "count", "|")) {
        if (gettoken($tags, $i, "|") == $label1) { $label1List = $label1List . gettoken($items, $i, "|") . "|"; }
    }
    if ($label1List) { tagitems(, $label2, $label1List); }
    $label2List = formatlist($items, "F", , "!$label1List");
    if ($label2List) { tagitems(, $label1, $label2List); }

Why does that look so complicated? Because it's much faster to use tagitems on a bunch of files only once instead
for each and every single file...

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The above code works on single files as well ?

I placed the code in a button that is to be executed by the right mouse; nothing happens ?

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The above code works on single files as well ?

Ofc

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I created a button in the toolbar which should work when right clicking on a file, as the script was placed within the OnRightClick for the button; instead windows default context menu appears ?

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A button's script should be fired when you click on a file in the list pane?
You have to right-click the button to fire the script^^

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A button's script should be fired when you click on a file in the list pane?
You have to right-click the button to fire the script^^

I was able to label the file color to red; although I wasn't able to toggle between red, green and off when right clicking on the button to launch the script per file ?

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and off

That was never a requirement^^

How can I toggle files between two different colors ?

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    $label1 = 1; // Red
    $label2 = 4; // Green

    $labels = ""; $labels1 = ""; $labels2 = "";
    $items = get("SelectedItemsPathNames", "|");
    $tags = tagitems(, , , 1);
    while ($i++ < gettoken($items, "count", "|")) {
        switch (gettoken($tags, $i, "|")) {
            case $label1:
                $labels1 = $labels1 . gettoken($items, $i, "|") . "|"; break;
            case $label2:
                $labels2 = $labels2 . gettoken($items, $i, "|") . "|"; break;
            case default:
                $labels = $labels . gettoken($items, $i, "|") . "|";
        }
    }
    if ($labels)  { tagitems(, $label1, $labels); }
    if ($labels1) { tagitems(, $label2, $labels1); }
    if ($labels2) { tagitems(, "", $labels2); }

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Works Perfectly, thanks