Dual, triple, quadruple pane and beyond

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phuckstepp
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Dual, triple, quadruple pane and beyond

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A couple of feature wishes I have to improve on an already superb file manager:
  • Allow tabs to be torn off of the window to create a new instance of XYPlorer with the tab. Ideally, one control process would handle all the open XYPlorer windows rather than a unique instance each time - although that might be a substantial change.
  • Instead of being restricted to a Dual pane, it would be amazing if the files area could be split any number of times and in any direction, like in the new File Pilot. So, if you had one pane visible you could drag a tab to the right half and split it to make 2, then take another tab and drag it below the second pane to make a third, and so on.
  • Allow the path breadcrumb to change into an address bar when clicked after path buttons - this would allow the removal of the main address bar (optional setting).
I'm guessing that now we're getting closer to a x64 version these modern enhancements could be possible?

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Re: Dual, triple, quadruple pane and beyond

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The possibility is not affected by bitness, but the probability increases after the 64-bit edition is completed.

phuckstepp
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Re: Dual, triple, quadruple pane and beyond

Post by phuckstepp »

Sure, I understand. I was just thinking that with the codebase migrating to Twin Basic it might open up a lot more possibilities.

Brad At CNC_Auto
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Re: Dual, triple, quadruple pane and beyond

Post by Brad At CNC_Auto »

Right-Clicking on a FOLDER and being able to "Open In A New Window" would be useful. The 2nd Pane is fine, but in my multi-display configuration I am regularly requiring this. (QTTABBAR had this feature.)

RalphM
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Re: Dual, triple, quadruple pane and beyond

Post by RalphM »

Double or triple posting the same wish in different threads here will only annoy people and probably not getting you what you wish for.
There are several posts about multiple instances on this forum, that deal with the resulting problems, so I'm not stating them here again.
Maybe the switch to 64bit development will fix some of the issues in the near future.
Ralph :)
(OS: W11 25H2 Home x64 - XY: Current x64 beta - Office 2024 64-bit - Display: 1920x1080 @ 125%)

Brad At CNC_Auto
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Re: Dual, triple, quadruple pane and beyond

Post by Brad At CNC_Auto »

Ralph,

Sorry - My intention was not to annoy anyone. My thought was that providing feedback to would demonstrate the interest in the feature by others.

Regards...

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