How to temporarily move/copy without custom or bg processing

[Jerry]

Say you routinely have custom copy/move and/or background queue processing always enabled by default. But now and then you just want to copy/move something via the normal shell foreground method. For example, you may have a large file or several files currently getting processed on the queue but want to instantly copy/move something right now. Or you may not need byte-verification for very small or otherwise less-critical files.

This post explains how you can temporarily override the custom or background behavior and do a regular shell copy/move immediately in the foreground. The feature described here is currently experimental and you can get the background discussion behind it starting with this post here: http://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic. ... =30#p64602. For the relevant beta log entries, see http://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic. ... =15#p64849 and http://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic. ... =15#p64716 and http://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic. ... =15#p64713.

1. The only way to do this temporary override is with a mouse gesture. No, you can't simply hold down a key modifier or combination (such as Shift, Alt, etc) to enable this override as you drag, or use this feature via other more conventional means or via scripting.

2. To activate the gesture, click on the selected file and make a slow straight movement up to the right at a 45 degree angle for a distance of at least 100 pixels and then move back along that same path to the starting point. Do not release the mouse button. You will then see the status bar indicate the override is in effect. Then continue with the usual copy/move drag. No, there is no way to customize this or any other mouse gesture in XYplorer, even though a simple right-left gesture would be easier, more reproducible and not prone to the problem discussed in step 3.

3. If the gesture's not working for you, make sure you are traversing the required 45 degrees up to the right for at least 100 pixels and coming back precisely to where you started. If still not working, then it may be that the file is too close to the absolute top of the list and your gesture path takes you out of the list view window. In cases like that, you need to use the following variant to this gesture: Click on the file and move the mouse down a sufficient distance, hold it there for more than 250 milliseconds and then do the 45 degree motion. Alternatively, you can just always do the move down and hold variant of the gesture. However, if the file is too close to the absolute bottom of the list, you need to revise it and move up instead of down. If all of this still doesn't work, you will need to practice a bit with the gesture to hone your skills.