Favorites subfolders

[Rhywun]

Is it possible to add subfolders within the list of favorite folders? So I can put groups of favorites in different categories.

[nas8e9]

Is it possible to add subfolders within the list of favorite folders? So I can put groups of favorites in different categories.

You could try the Catalog feature for now, which allows a single sublevel.

As for adding multiple levels to Favorites, I'm not sure how easy that would be given that the Manage List interface which is used for many things, would also need support added. Also, at a certain point things like the Mini-Tree as well as the Catalog seem more suitable to manage a huge folder list.

[j_c_hallgren]

Is it possible to add subfolders within the list of favorite folders? So I can put groups of favorites in different categories.

You could try the Catalog feature for now, which allows a single sublevel.

And don't forget that Catalog switching might be a solution to this as well:
http://www.xyplorer.com/release_9.70.htm#switchcatalogs

[zer0]

In addition, the roadmap -- link in my signature -- mentions workspaces that will allow you to group tabs. This is not too dissimilar from having groups of favourite folders.

[Rhywun]

All the alternatives seem to clutter up the interface not to mention bypass the Favorites functionality that's already there. I think the UI for editing favorite folders could easily handle this functionality by, say, using indentation or some sort of prefixed symbol to indicate items in a subfolder.

I don't have a "huge" folder list... but I have a few projects where I want to group some shortcuts together so they don't clutter up the list.

[zer0]

All the alternatives seem to clutter up the interface not to mention bypass the Favorites functionality that's already there. I think the UI for editing favorite folders could easily handle this functionality by, say, using indentation or some sort of prefixed symbol to indicate items in a subfolder.

I don't have a "huge" folder list... but I have a few projects where I want to group some shortcuts together so they don't clutter up the list.

What you can potentially do -- and yes, it does bypass the existing functionality -- is have a TB that features categories with child goto commands with destinations.

[LittleBiG]

I had too many items in the Favorite Folders, so I had to create something like Favorite subfolders. My solution is:

I added "groups" to my favorite folder in this way, and a last line for the easy access:

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"FIRST GROUP...|<xyicons>\Scraps\Folder Add-01.ico" ::load "<xyscripts>\Fav_First"
"SECOND GROUP...|<xyicons>\Scraps\Folder Add-01.ico" :: load "<xyscripts>\Fav_Second"
"MISC...|<xyicons>\Scraps\Folder Add-01.ico" :: load "<xyscripts>\Fav_Misc"
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"Manage Favorite Folders" ::#612

The Fav files (here: Fav_First.xys, Fav_Second.xys, Fav_Misc.xys) contain the actual favorite folders and a few lines for the easy maintenance and closing:

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"Windows Temp" C:\Users\b\AppData\Local\Temp\
"Downloads" C:\Downloads\
//end
"-"
"Add current folder to this group" ::writefile(self("file"),replace(readfile(self("file")),'//'.'end','"' . <curfolder> . '" ' . <curpath> . <crlf> . '//'.'end'),"o")
"Modify this group" ::open self("file")
"Close" ::break

If you'd like a Back to groups possibility, add this to the xys files:

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"Back" ::button favs

I use this whole bunch from the right-click in the white space of the tree, I think it is the easiest way.