Newbie Questions

[voon]

Trying out XYplorer, used xplorer2 Lite so far. I like XYplorer so far quite well, but there's a few things bugging me a lot:

- The pane coloring ... I'd like it to be as simple as in xplorer2 ... the active pane has a completely gray background ... I don't want it to only color the active column in the pane. How can I achieve that?

- Path clicking ... can the full, absolute path be made clickable somehow to jump to directories inside the path? I.e. in a path U//V/W/X/Y/Z I'd like to click on W to end up there.

- "back" button on the mouse should bring me back one level in the directory tree.

Both may be available .. I'm trying to understand all options at the moment .. but have failed with my coloring attempts so far

[nas8e9]

Hi and welcome,

- The pane coloring ... I'd like it to be as simple as in xplorer2 ... the active pane has a completely gray background ... I don't want it to only color the active column in the pane. How can I achieve that?

I recently tried that myself and for some reason I can't get changes to Configuration > Colors & Styles > Other > Inactive pane, to take. The developer or other forum members should have more information.

- Path clicking ... can the full, absolute path be made clickable somehow to jump to directories inside the path? I.e. in a path U//V/W/X/Y/Z I'd like to click on W to end up there.

This is a frequently requested feature that so far hasn't made the roadmap. By the way, it is appreciated if you search the forum first so that existing threads can provide an answer or an opportunity to keep discussions contained to a single thread.

- "back" button on the mouse should bring me back one level in the directory tree.

This is currently not possible but should be enabled once the roadmap item Custom Event Actions (CEA) is implemented.

[serendipity]

Hi and Welcome!

- The pane coloring ... I'd like it to be as simple as in xplorer2 ... the active pane has a completely gray background ... I don't want it to only color the active column in the pane. How can I achieve that?

I don't know how it is in xplorer2, but here are the relevant places to make changes.
Assuming that you want everything white: go to Tools>Configuration>Colors & Style>List>Sorted column> set it to white. If you want do the same for all modes (Browse, Find etc) in List dropdown menu.
Next, set Inactive pane to also white.

- Path clicking ... can the full, absolute path be made clickable somehow to jump to directories inside the path? I.e. in a path U//V/W/X/Y/Z I'd like to click on W to end up there.

Win7 type breadcrumb has been requested before, not sure if XY will get it, but something similar can be done. Right-click on Address bar's down arrow and you'll see relevant paths for your current folder. Similarly, on the tab right-click on the icon to get relevant paths.

- "back" button on the mouse should bring me back one level in the directory tree.

I am not sure if this is a XY related question, maybe you can configure your mouse back button to backspace?
Also interesting for you maybe simply double-click in list's empty space you will be taken one level up.
Relevant setting is: Tools>Configuration>Extended>Mouse>Double-click on empty space goes up. This is already enabled by default.

[highend]

I am not sure if this is a XY related question, maybe you can configure your mouse back button to backspace?
Also interesting for you maybe simply double-click in list's empty space you will be taken one level up.
Relevant setting is: Tools>Configuration>Extended>Mouse>Double-click on empty space goes up.

If your back button is either the fourth or the fifth button of your mouse you can use XMouseButtonControl
to achieve what you want.

The appropriate setting is called "Simulated Keys" and you have to use "{BACKSPACE}" there.

http://www.highrez.co.uk/downloads/XMou ... ontrol.htm

[admin]

- The pane coloring ... I'd like it to be as simple as in xplorer2 ... the active pane has a completely gray background ... I don't want it to only color the active column in the pane. How can I achieve that?

You cannot but I like the idea. In the next version if "Configuration | Dual Pane | Shade inactive pane" is ticked then the inactive pane will not color the active column anymore.

[admin]

Hi and welcome,

- The pane coloring ... I'd like it to be as simple as in xplorer2 ... the active pane has a completely gray background ... I don't want it to only color the active column in the pane. How can I achieve that?

I recently tried that myself and for some reason I can't get changes to Configuration > Colors & Styles > Other > Inactive pane, to take. The developer or other forum members should have more information.

"Configuration | Dual Pane | Shade inactive pane" should be ticked.

PS: maybe I should move that one color interface "Inactive Pane" to Configuration | Dual Pane ...

[admin]

- "back" button on the mouse should bring me back one level in the directory tree.

It does not do so by default but you can easily tweak it (manually modify the INI file -- see How to tweak):

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    + Tweak to customize the action on Mouse Back Button:
        [Settings]
        CEA_MouseBack=0
      You can choose between the following values/actions:
        0 = Go Back [Default]
        1 = Go Up
    + Tweak to customize the action on Mouse Forward Button:
        [Settings]
        CEA_MouseForward=0
      You can choose between the following values/actions:
        0 = Go Forward [Default]
        1 = Go Down

So you would set this to achieve what you want:

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CEA_MouseBack=1

[voon]

Thanks very much for all the answers! The mouse tweak works just like I'd like it to and the colors are being addressed, nice (i find the column coloring very confusing ). What's the contra to bread crumbs? Is it hard to implement? That's one of the best features in WIn7 file management I thought. But motivated now to continue the evaluation.

[admin]

What's the contra to bread crumbs? Is it hard to implement? That's one of the best features in WIn7 file management I thought. But motivated now to continue the evaluation.

Well, one of the initial reasons not to do clickable bread crumbs is that I always had the impression that xplorer2 invented this cool idea. At least I saw it there first. Now, as Win7 has it, too (inspired by xplorer2?), it's kind of common domain. But there are other reasons, e.g. it's not that easy to do without adding addtional elements to the interface, and I do not want to add headers to each of the panes.