Backup to Other Tab

[SkyFrontier]

Currently when I have to backup stuff (and had to backup a lot lately!), I open a source folder on pane 1, destination folder on pane 2 and start looking for files to copy/move/backup. When I need to BACKUP, I find it easy to "copy tab to another pane", then right click on file(s) and "Move/Copy/Backup to>Backup To>Tabs>*destination folder*.
Why not:
-have access to inactive pane's entries at *destination folder*?
-(easier and preferred) have a "Panes\Backup to Other Pane" function, which I could also assign a CKS/CTB to?

[TheQwerty]

There's always scripting:

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Focus("List");BackupTo("<get path i>");

[SkyFrontier]

Anyway to refresh inactive pane so I can SEE the backup-ed file?
Work around made with:

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Focus("List");BackupTo("<get path i>");focus "PI"; #485; focus "PI"

...any way to get rid of backup confirm dialog?

-THANKS, by the way! Ah, if I had that idea two weeks ago...

[j_c_hallgren]

Why not:
-have access to inactive pane's entries at *destination folder*?
-(easier and preferred) have a "Panes\Backup to Other Pane" function,

Somewhere way back (maybe 2 yrs+?...I'm not going to try and find it), there was a thread similar to this (or part of a thread)...I don't know if I was the OP or not but it was how x2 gives you as default in prompt for destination (when in DP mode) the opposite pane and I'd suggested similar for XY.

Right now, you can easily select CopyTo>Tabs>xxxx to get a tab on current pane but there isn't an easy way to get access to other pane tabs so I'd suggested something like "Active Tabs"/"Inactive Tabs" or "Active Pane Tabs"/"Inactive Pane Tabs" or similar as choices for the interim...that would only add one item to that menu and give more flexability.

[admin]

-(easier and preferred) have a "Panes\Backup to Other Pane" function, which I could also assign a CKS/CTB to?

Admittedly this sounds like a very XY-ish proposal. We have this Move/Copy/Backup trinity in many places...

[SkyFrontier]

Admin:
Admittedly this sounds like a very XY-ish proposal. We have this Move/Copy/Backup trinity in many places...

Which is PERFECT! So far, I had to pack using WinRAR and setting the app to keep creation/last accessed dates, thus allowing to safely move backup files around and in some cases preserving dates for research/reference purposes.
XYplorer made my life easier in many aspects.

[admin]

Admin:
Admittedly this sounds like a very XY-ish proposal. We have this Move/Copy/Backup trinity in many places...

Which is PERFECT! So far, I had to pack using WinRAR and setting the app to keep creation/last accessed dates, thus allowing to safely move backup files around and in some cases preserving dates for research/reference purposes.
XYplorer made my life easier in many aspects.

Fine. But what you need "Backup to Other Pane" for? Is it only to watch the backup arriving at the other side?

[SkyFrontier]

I need to keep pane 1 as "source" and pane 2 as "destination", so I can freely navigate and split different pieces of info from "source" into several "destinations" while keeping an eye on results in the same second.
-disabling "backup done" dialog could speed up things a lot, once we still could get similar effect via statusbar - I believe that the entire dialog could fit there, just my opinion.
-some times I have to set "pane 2/destination" as active and hit "refresh/F5" to check backup is REALLY there, as it is not showed immediately. Without the above mentioned dialog, I could adapt a little script I am currently using to workaround this issue.
Thanks!

[admin]

I need to keep pane 1 as "source" and pane 2 as "destination", so I can freely navigate and split different pieces of info from "source" into several "destinations" while keeping an eye on results in the same second.
-disabling "backup done" dialog could speed up things a lot, once we still could get similar effect via statusbar - I believe that the entire dialog could fit there, just my opinion.
-some times I have to set "pane 2/destination" as active and hit "refresh/F5" to check backup is REALLY there, as it is not showed immediately. Without the above mentioned dialog, I could adapt a little script I am currently using to workaround this issue.
Thanks!

I'll think about it...