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Re: Clickable breadcrumbs.
Posted: 17 Oct 2013 03:51
by binocular222
My XY crash when I click Window > Enable breadcrum. Hope that it's not LayoutSP again.
Re: Clickable breadcrumbs.
Posted: 17 Oct 2013 07:12
by Filehero
Good morning...
Filehero wrote:This what I get with beta 13.10.0102 upon XY startup.
Error_91.png
...and some news: starting xy via
does work, too.
Edit: Could not repro on my business machine (win7 x64 Enterprise).
When back at home I have one check left I can think of (stopping Listary before starting XY the regular way). Hope that I don't have to trash my settings.
Cheers,
Filehero
Re: Clickable breadcrumbs.
Posted: 17 Oct 2013 07:38
by stanmarsh
tested the phase 2 breadcrumb and its very good, the lighter shade detail for the path when you go a level back is very easy on the eyes, also the triangle looks a lot better than the slash.
i have a wish for the shortcut Go | Breadcrumb (Ctrl+Backspace), which is somewhat related to the new Breadcrumb
i wish it could have the same triangle feature (showing available paths), this can be called mini breadcrumb or just crumbs
this is for the keyboard users, using just the cursor arrows keys you can navigate all of your folders
thanks!
Re: Clickable breadcrumbs.
Posted: 17 Oct 2013 07:41
by admin
stanmarsh wrote:tested the phase 2 breadcrumb and its very good, the lighter shade detail for the path when you go a level back is very easy on the eyes, also the triangle looks a lot better than the slash.
i have a wish for the shortcut Go | Breadcrumb (Ctrl+Backspace), which is somewhat related to the new Breadcrumb
i wish it could have the same triangle feature (showing available paths), this can be called mini breadcrumb or just crumbs
this is for the keyboard users, using just the cursor arrows keys you can navigate all of your folders
thanks!
Not possible. This is a standard menu where I cannot paint triangles, well at least not within reasonable effort.
Re: Clickable breadcrumbs.
Posted: 17 Oct 2013 07:46
by admin
OK, good morning! Error 91. I don't get it and I don't know where it comes from (tested in XP and Win7; also in classic mode). Hm.
Re: Clickable breadcrumbs.
Posted: 17 Oct 2013 08:32
by LittleBiG
If I have many folders, clicking on the triangle creates a popup with arrows up and down, without mouse support, without scrollbar. It is painfully slow to choose a folder in this way.
I am sorry to say, but Windows Explorer is much better at this part. But I hope you will be able to improve it in a later phase.
Re: Clickable breadcrumbs.
Posted: 17 Oct 2013 09:17
by admin
admin wrote:OK, good morning! Error 91. I don't get it and I don't know where it comes from (tested in XP and Win7; also in classic mode). Hm.
Well, I probably got it.
Re: Clickable breadcrumbs.
Posted: 17 Oct 2013 09:22
by Filehero
admin wrote:Well, I probably got it.
Have you seen my
edit?
Interesting, care to share some details?
Cheers,
Filehero
Re: Clickable breadcrumbs.
Posted: 17 Oct 2013 09:24
by admin
I did not get an error on /win=tray, but it might all be connected. I'll send an update soon...
Re: Clickable breadcrumbs.
Posted: 17 Oct 2013 09:41
by Filehero
admin wrote:I did not get an error on /win=tray, ...
Misunderstanding, I
didn't get an error this way as well, XY just can be opened full-fletched. Only calling the plain standard path for startup raises this error.
admin wrote:I'll send an update soon...
Can restest only when back from work this evening.
Thanks for hunting.
Cheers,
Filehero
Re: Clickable breadcrumbs.
Posted: 17 Oct 2013 10:08
by admin
LittleBiG wrote:If I have many folders, clicking on the triangle creates a popup with arrows up and down, without mouse support, without scrollbar. It is painfully slow to choose a folder in this way.
I am sorry to say, but Windows Explorer is much better at this part. But I hope you will be able to improve it in a later phase.
Yeah, sure. This is next on my list.
Re: Clickable breadcrumbs.
Posted: 17 Oct 2013 10:15
by Enternal
Wow. Just realized this thread number is 8888. Nice.
Anyways, I was wondering but does the plan for the breadcrumbs including the ability to traverse through folders completely in the breadcrumbs? Like:
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Re: Clickable breadcrumbs.
Posted: 17 Oct 2013 10:18
by admin
No, not at the moment.
Re: Clickable breadcrumbs.
Posted: 17 Oct 2013 10:58
by nerdweed
I was revisiting breadcrumbs for various softwares. The scrollbar in Windows Explorer isn't the best approach, as it only utilises a part of the screen.
My folder layout is usually very few folders (no scrollbar required) or too many folders. Would showing multiple menu's be better than the scrollbar based approach. This would allow a compact listing of all subfolders.
Re: Clickable breadcrumbs.
Posted: 17 Oct 2013 11:04
by Enternal
admin wrote:No, not at the moment.
Ah I see. No problem since the foundation for the Breadcrumbs need to be focused first heh.
Anyways, so far it's working well. There is one issue though. If the folder happens to have "." in the name such as "This.Is.A.Folder", the folder icon does not display next to it unlike the other regular folders.
nerdweed wrote:I was revisiting breadcrumbs for various softwares. The scrollbar in Windows Explorer isn't the best approach, as it only utilises a part of the screen.
My folder layout is usually very few folders (no scrollbar required) or too many folders. Would showing multiple menu's be better than the scrollbar based approach. This would allow a compact listing of all subfolders.
I think a scroll bar could work. Perhaps set it so that it uses a percentage amount of the vertical height of the screen. Like 50% or something. Although multiple menu is not a bad thing either but it could get messy especially locations with more folders that what the listing could display at once.