Ability to copy/move multiple links

[hs]

Basically what i want is a feature similar to Piky Basket. It allows to put various links into basket from various folders and then a user can move/copy all items at one go. It's very useful IMHO.

Secondly i observed that one can bring up the Info panel bu right clicking at the bottom. How about adding a feature to hide it again on another click.

More info abt Piky
http://www.conceptworld.com/Piky/piky_features.asp

Regards

[serendipity]

Welcome to XYplorer forums!!

Something like piky is coming in XY too, its called drop stacks. You can collect items and drop elsewhere.

Regarding infopanel, left-click does exactly what you want. Right-click remembers the user-defined size.

[admin]

Basically what i want is a feature similar to Piky Basket. It allows to put various links into basket from various folders and then a user can move/copy all items at one go. It's very useful IMHO.

The Catalog can already be used for this. Collect your items in a Category, then "Copy All Items in Category" (Category context menu). Then you have them on the clipboard and can do with them what you want.

I wrote this very quickly (I'm cooking right now!) without trying. Try with care, I sometimes I make mistakes when I'm hungry...

[hs]

Thanks for clearing. I already have used the category once for storing quick links for my video folders . Nice
BTW is the drop stack same as categories?

[admin]

Thanks for clearing. I already have used the category once for storing quick links for my video folders . Nice
BTW is the drop stack same as categories?

Categories can be used as a drop stack in some ways. Real drop stack support (which is planned) would have more power. More like a virtual ad hoc folder, with presence in tree and list.

[serendipity]

Link to one of the old drop stacks discussions:
http://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic. ... rop+stacks

[panorama]

I wrote this very quickly (I'm cooking right now!) without trying. Try with care, I sometimes I make mistakes when I'm hungry...

Three things:
1 - Try and keep your keyboard clean
2 - Never code on an empty stomach
3 - Bon appétit !

[aimy]

Wow! I don't know this feature is already there.. Is it?

I was just about to recommend the same thing.. PikyBasket!

So how am I going to achieve the same objective by using XYPlorer?

[aimy]

Errrk... I can't digest the Catalog manual...

Actually.. before this I thought Sticky Selection is the answer to the PikyBasket.. but I was wrong.

But I think, it would be more easier if we have some button to do this isn't it?

Means that the button for start adding items to clipboard (files that need to be copied/cut), then we use the copy/cut button.

And paste like usual.

The next time the user press that button, it will start making a new clipboard.

Am I right?

[aimy]

I managed to find the usage of that Catalog finally.. (I guess so).

So, I don't think it's really practical.

Furthermore when I don't find any way to clear up all the items in that Category (in this case I named it as Cop[y Items) in ONE SHOT!

Please response.

Thank you.

[zer0]

Errrk... I can't digest the Catalog manual...

Actually.. before this I thought Sticky Selection is the answer to the PikyBasket.. but I was wrong.

But I think, it would be more easier if we have some button to do this isn't it?

Means that the button for start adding items to clipboard (files that need to be copied/cut), then we use the copy/cut button.

And paste like usual.

The next time the user press that button, it will start making a new clipboard.

Am I right?

Potentially, this could have been possible using scripting if either of the following 2 scripting features have been present:

- Being able to add to an array of elements.
or
- XY's copyto, moveto, backupto could read in a list of files to apply those operations to from a text file.

Sadly, neither are in XY's arsenal AFAIK, or I could have put together a couple of nice scripts that would do the job

[aimy]

Potentially, this could have been possible using scripting if either of the following 2 scripting features have been present:

- Being able to add to an array of elements.
or
- XY's copyto, moveto, backupto could read in a list of files to apply those operations to from a text file.

Sadly, neither are in XY's arsenal AFAIK, or I could have put together a couple of nice scripts that would do the job

Thanks for your response..

So, can I conclude that XYplorer is not yet reaching the Piky Basket as the original benchmark?

[jacky]

- XY's copyto, moveto, backupto could read in a list of files to apply those operations to from a text file.

Sadly, neither are in XY's arsenal AFAIK

Oh you can do that easily. Imagine the current item is a text file containing a list of files (full path, one per line) you could just do something like this:

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copyto 'D:\Destination', replace(readfile(), <crlf>, '|');

[zer0]

So, can I conclude that XYplorer is not yet reaching the Piky Basket as the original benchmark?

Thanks to jacky, who has enlightened me, I am able to create a couple of scripts that hopefully meet your needs. My thinking is to create one script for you to add files to a collection and a script to copy/move/backup them where you want and flush that collection. Do those meet your needs?

[Muroph]

My thinking is to create one script for you to add files to a collection and a script to copy/move/backup them where you want and flush that collection. Do those meet your needs?

there's already a script by serendipity to do that here.
my teracopy script also has some collection commands (link on my sig).