Recently, I found myself having to do a lot of renaming jobs. Each directory I worked in had hundreds of files, but when I went to rename them - using regex rename, if it matters (it's so great that you support regex, by the way!), the preview window was way too small, and I couldn't resize it.
Is there any way to resize this window manually by dragging? I didn't know if there was some INI tweak to unlock this or not.
But if not, it would be nice if this could be changed. If you're only renaming a handful of files, it's fine. But any more than that, and it's like being locked into looking through a peephole, instead of a window. (pun not intended)
Drag to resize the rename preview window
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Re: Drag to resize the rename preview window
This was discussed at least once before at http://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2719
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Re: Drag to resize the rename preview window
Oops!
Sorry, didn't mean to double post. Reading that other thread, it looks like the feature was put on hold for the time being. I guess I'll just make this another vote to renew it at Don's convenience.

Sorry, didn't mean to double post. Reading that other thread, it looks like the feature was put on hold for the time being. I guess I'll just make this another vote to renew it at Don's convenience.
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Re: Drag to resize the rename preview window
I just happened to vaguely recall seeing that issue before so just wanted to point to it for historical reference...having a new thread after this time seems perfectly reasonable.Demset wrote:Oops!
Sorry, didn't mean to double post.
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Re: Drag to resize the rename preview window
You want it higher, not wider, right? After release of 8.00 I will look at this...Demset wrote:Recently, I found myself having to do a lot of renaming jobs. Each directory I worked in had hundreds of files, but when I went to rename them - using regex rename, if it matters (it's so great that you support regex, by the way!), the preview window was way too small, and I couldn't resize it.
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Re: Drag to resize the rename preview window
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You want it higher, not wider, right? After release of 8.00 I will look at this...
I'd like the ability to choose both, by dragging to resize the way you can do with most windows - but yes, it's primarily the height that's the issue.
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