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v8.10.0005 - 2009-07-05 12:33
+ Menu View | List Style: Added option "Sticky Selection". This is a
selection style known from many apps with multiple selection lists.
The effect is pretty much identical to holding the CTRL key while
you click on an item or hit the space key on the focused item:
The previous selections are not touched and the current item's
selection state toggles. Also clicking on the white space will not
unselect the selected items.
Sticky Selection is obviously very practical when you work on long
lists and want to pick out particular items manually: You won't
easily lose your work by the slip of a finger.
Tip: To unselect all items using the mouse start a drag-select
(hold mouse button down and drag a bit), or use Deselect All
(Ctrl+Shift+A).
Note that you won't have the "Rename On Slow Double-Click"
functionality when "Sticky Selection" is active.
Note that obviously "Sticky Selection" will only come to effect
when "Multiple Select" is on (which no known user ever turned
off).
+ Scripting got a new function.
Name: property
Action: Retrieve a particular property from a file or folder.
Syntax: property([property], [item])
property: [optional] name of the desired property
defaults to showing Shell Properties dialog
item: [optional] name of the file or folder
defaults to current path / item
return: the desired property
Examples:
msg property("FileVersion", "%winsysdir%\msvbvm60.dll");
msg property("CameraModel", "F:\IMG_1926.JPG");
msg property("WhenTaken", "F:\IMG_1926.JPG"); //= EXIF date
msg property("Artist", "1.mp3"); //1.mp3 in current path
msg property("FileVersion"); //version of current file
property(, "<xypath>\<xyexe>"); //show Properties for XYplorer
property(); //show Properties for current item
Usage:
This powerful function gives you direct and ultra-fast access to
all available properties of all available files and folders on
system without any browsing involved!
Which particular property is available (and how it is called!)
depends on the file, the file type, and on your OS. You have to
experiment to find out what works.
For starters here a list of property verbs ("legacy name", left
column!):
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb776504(VS.85).aspx
Remarks:
(1) Note that file times ("Write", "Create") are returned as
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), which is usually not
identical to the System Filetime (unless you live around
London). See:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724290(VS.85).aspx
(2) Also the formatting of the returned data is completely
controlled by the Shell. E.g. the "FileVersion" of
XYplorer.exe is returned as "8.10.0.4" as opposed to
"8.10.0004" or "8.10.00.04".
+ 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
+ Renamed tweak: OEA_ListRightClickOnWhite is now
CEA_ListRightClickOnWhite. Reason: the official term is "Custom
Event Action" (CEA) rather than "On Event Action" (OEA).
! Could crash when existing while thumbnails were being created.
Fixed.
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