Mapping Open in new tab/other pane to shortcut

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kavajawa
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Mapping Open in new tab/other pane to shortcut

Post by kavajawa »

Hello,

I was unable to find these two commands - Open in new tab/ other pane accessible through item's context menu via right button in shortcut configuration - is there any way to map those two actions to a shortcut?

Thank you for help.

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Re: Mapping Open in new tab/other pane to shortcut

Post by Stefan »

Hi welcome.

For how to get the scripting ID's for commands from menu
see this picture >> http://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic. ... 076#p41076

To get an list of all commands click there on [Options] > "Copy Cheat Sheet"
or
RalphM wrote:See Menu Help/Make List of Commands
Some more info out of many in this forum about buttons and commands >> http://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic. ... 756#p54756


If you need more info just ask.

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Re: Mapping Open in new tab/other pane to shortcut

Post by kavajawa »

Thank you for your answer.

The problem is however, that I'm unable to locate these two commands in "Action manager", I ran thorough all of them and I could not locate them.

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Re: Mapping Open in new tab/other pane to shortcut

Post by admin »

There are no direct shortcuts for this. But:

Open folder in new tab: Hold SHIFT when opening (dblclick) it. (Tree and List)
Open folder in new tab: Hold CTRL+ALT when opening (dblclick) it. (Tree only)

EDIT: The above was not really correct. It works like this:

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Tree:
  Alt+Click:        Open in Other Pane
  Shift+Alt+Click:  Open in New Tab in Other Pane

List:
  Ctrl+Shift+DblClick: Open file or folder in other pane

kavajawa
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Re: Mapping Open in new tab/other pane to shortcut

Post by kavajawa »

Yes thank you, my biggest problem is I don't use mouse except for games several times a year, and this is the only thing I'm missing from Total Commander, there it works by default via Ctrl + arrows. Well maybe I could look at scripts and try to do something like go in -> open thin in second pane -> go back, but that is not the most ideal solution I think
Or I just make simple AHK script that uses context menu.

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Re: Mapping Open in new tab/other pane to shortcut

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kavajawa wrote:Yes thank you, my biggest problem is I don't use mouse except for games several times a year, and this is the only thing I'm missing from Total Commander, there it works by default via Ctrl + arrows. Well maybe I could look at scripts and try to do something like go in -> open thin in second pane -> go back, but that is not the most ideal solution I think
In TC, can you also open files (non-folders) in the other tab/pane?

EDIT: Hey, I just saw there is a way to assign a KS to "Open Folder in New Tab" (it will also preselect a file when you trigger it on a file):
CKS (F9) / Miscellaneous / Go To / Open Folder in New Tab

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Re: Mapping Open in new tab/other pane to shortcut

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OK, to finish this thread and leave TC in the dust I added the following:

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    + CKS | Miscellaneous | Go To: Now there are three commands:
        Open Folder in New Tab
        Open Folder in Other Pane             (NEW)
        Open Folder in Other Pane in New Tab  (NEW)
      Note that all three commands work for Tree and List, and in case 
      of the List they work not only for folders but also for files 
      (which will be focused and selected in the target tab).

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Re: Mapping Open in new tab/other pane to shortcut

Post by Cadence »

Hello Everybody,

ist it possible to make this shortcut to a default setting?

List:
"Ctrl+Shift+DblClick: Open file or folder in other pane"

Like Tree left, Active pane on Top and when i click on the Folder (in the Top Pane) the content will be shown in the bottom Pane.

it is very inconvenient when you're on the phone or something (Ctrl+Shift+DblClick) and want to browse through the folders...

I'm still in trial mode - so i'm very new to this program. It would be nearly perfect if this feature would be possible...

Thanks!

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Re: Mapping Open in new tab/other pane to shortcut

Post by admin »

Hi and welcome to the club!

This is not possible, but what about this: Hold ALT and click a folder in Tree and it is opened in the inactive pane.

Don

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