XYplorer Beta Club
But, I think it could be a pretty cool option to have the Catalog on top of the NP, or above the Tree if you prefer. It sounds very obvious to me, when you think about it (and this may apply to me more specifically but whatever, I'm me, I love me, go me!
) :- My XY is 100% maximized
- I don't use them every minute, but menus are in top of the window
- Tabs & Toolbar are on top of the window
- When I work on files, they're usually on top of List/window : if I'm on big files they're on top, recent files then they're on top, older files then they're on top, I usually always order my List so that files more "interesting" to me come first, aka on top
- Hell, even on Tree the node of interest (usually current location, can be destination for D&D operation) is if not the first then one of the 5 first nodes visible on Tree, again aka on top of the window.
(I know the IP is down there, but I feel it's different somehow. Maybe because I use it mostly to preview which can be achieved from TB (and the Quick File View is taking over for non-image files anyways), or FF but then it's different, for some reason. Maybe because I need to use the keyboard then, maybe because I use it less often, since I mostly do name searches, idk)
Yet, every time I want to use a Catalog item I need to go all the way down just to click that item, and then it's back up. So yeah, having the Catalog on top seems like a logical move when you think about it, I feel.
Plus, since as I said my nodes of interest are usually on top of my Tree, and my Tree is bigger than my Catalog, I'd still have less moving to do when I need to use it than when I used Catalog w/Tree on top.
I'm sure it would look "odd" at first and one might need a little time to adjust, because having it down there looked normal/obvious and we've gotten used to it, but I feel it might be a good thing to have an option to move it up.
Take a look at this, doesn't that look nice :
