XYplorer Beta Club

aurumdigitus wrote:Instead of making Don go through all these code machinations , why bot just use a utility (e.g. IcoFx) extract the icon you're so fond of and place it in a folder.

j_c_hallgren wrote:But this is nothing different from how it's always worked, right? It may not be ideal but I don't see this as a new issue.

j_c_hallgren wrote:I see it as the Customize TB being used to select which icons and in what seq they appear on TB, and any custom values of the actual icon being handled by some other context or dialog.

zer0 wrote:4. Using the suggested 24x24 size doesn't produce good results - it appears that an icon of that size still gets scaled and this results in a distorted image.

5. It's not possible to DnD icons onto buttons - makes applying icons more time-consuming, especially if all icons are grouped in a folder.

6. Browsing for an icon opens a window different from a typical one when browsing for a file - should be like the one when clicking "Browse..." when wanting to upload a file here. That window will allow use of breadcrumb in AB and also Recent Places, which will simplify finding an icon immensely.

Stefan wrote:

admin wrote: Try it... (next beta)

Am i to early?
(v8.30.0011, 09-sep-2009)

Or did i make something wrong?
i get always the default icon only:
E:\a\xyplorer\Tools\computer.icl /3
C:\WINDOWS\system32\shell32.dll /3
c:\Programme\Microsoft Office\Office10\EXCEL.EXE /261
c:\Programme\Microsoft Office\Office10\EXCEL.EXE /00261


BTW: IconShop is one tool to see the icon resources in an file
http://users.telenet.be/liontech/Downloads.htm

zer0 wrote:

j_c_hallgren wrote:But this is nothing different from how it's always worked, right? It may not be ideal but I don't see this as a new issue.

I guess it's a matter of habit and way of thinking. I am more used to being able to add things below and, if necessary, bring them higher. Also, not being able to add/remove buttons in batch mode is a downside.

j_c_hallgren wrote:

zer0 wrote:

j_c_hallgren wrote:But this is nothing different from how it's always worked, right? It may not be ideal but I don't see this as a new issue.

I guess it's a matter of habit and way of thinking. I am more used to being able to add things below and, if necessary, bring them higher. Also, not being able to add/remove buttons in batch mode is a downside.

Looking at this again, I better see what you mean...it's simply a case of adding new "above" or "below" the curr selected on right, and which is more typical...it's now "above" and I guess you may be right in that "below" may be more common.

However, I was mainly pointing out that this isn't something related to new CTB but a pre-existing condition.

Re batch: Just how often does one do this function? I suspect rarely enough so that batch couldn't be justified for time needed.

j_c_hallgren wrote:Re batch: Just how often does one do this function? I suspect rarely enough so that batch couldn't be justified for time needed.

admin wrote:I think above is more common. Just tried some toolbars in other apps and they all do it above.

admin wrote:

Stefan wrote:

admin wrote: Try it... (next beta)

Am i to early?
(v8.30.0011, 09-sep-2009)

Or did i make something wrong?
i get always the default icon only:
E:\a\xyplorer\Tools\computer.icl /3

I just saw why it does not work for you: You use small toolbar icons, right? That's a bug, will fix...

jacky wrote:Also -- I don't know if you got something like this planned already or not, but one thing I'd love to see for CTB is to have another script, a "context-menu script." The idea would be that, when right-clicking on the button, XY would analyze that script and determine whether or not it shows a pop-up menu.
- If so, then it is "merged" into the current context menu we got, so we'd have Run, Edit, sep, <context script menu>, sep, customize TB
- If not, then it's the same as above, except instead of a menu we have only one item, using whatever caption was defined on script, defaulting to "Run context script" or something
- Of course, if one doesn't specify such a "context script" then the context menu is the exact same as currently.

Muroph wrote:

jacky wrote:Also -- I don't know if you got something like this planned already or not, but one thing I'd love to see for CTB is to have another script, a "context-menu script." The idea would be that, when right-clicking on the button, XY would analyze that script and determine whether or not it shows a pop-up menu.
- If so, then it is "merged" into the current context menu we got, so we'd have Run, Edit, sep, <context script menu>, sep, customize TB
- If not, then it's the same as above, except instead of a menu we have only one item, using whatever caption was defined on script, defaulting to "Run context script" or something
- Of course, if one doesn't specify such a "context script" then the context menu is the exact same as currently.

after playing around with CTB for a bit i've started to think this would be a very nice feature.
but i think the run and/or edit commands should be at the bottom of the context menu, to make the actual script a little bit easier to click.

admin wrote:

jacky wrote:[...]
Also -- I don't know if you got something like this planned already or not, but one thing I'd love to see for CTB is to have another script, a "context-menu script." The idea would be that, when right-clicking on the button, XY would analyze that script and determine whether or not it shows a pop-up menu.
- If so, then it is "merged" into the current context menu we got, so we'd have Run, Edit, sep, <context script menu>, sep, customize TB
- If not, then it's the same as above, except instead of a menu we have only one item, using whatever caption was defined on script, defaulting to "Run context script" or something
- Of course, if one doesn't specify such a "context script" then the context menu is the exact same as currently.
[...]

[...]
Conc. the context menu: brilliant! Will be added in CTB 2.0.

admin wrote:[...]
Yes, this is a possibility for a later stage. I will wait some weeks to see what other ideas emerge from the universal mind, body, and soul.

Stefan wrote:

admin wrote:

jacky wrote:[...]
Also -- I don't know if you got something like this planned already or not, but one thing I'd love to see for CTB is to have another script, a "context-menu script." The idea would be that, when right-clicking on the button, XY would analyze that script and determine whether or not it shows a pop-up menu.
- If so, then it is "merged" into the current context menu we got, so we'd have Run, Edit, sep, <context script menu>, sep, customize TB
- If not, then it's the same as above, except instead of a menu we have only one item, using whatever caption was defined on script, defaulting to "Run context script" or something
- Of course, if one doesn't specify such a "context script" then the context menu is the exact same as currently.
[...]

[...]
Conc. the context menu: brilliant! Will be added in CTB 2.0.

admin wrote:[...]
Yes, this is a possibility for a later stage. I will wait some weeks to see what other ideas emerge from the universal mind, body, and soul.

Of course to squeeze as much as possible from the available space is nifty.
So i like the idea of "context menu script"

I think the context menu for this context-script could be always there visible,
even without having an ctx script set.
If clicking on this ctx script without having any script set would just do nothing... or display an error msgbox?

I have made an picture how this could look:

CTB001.PNG

(with some other ideas... just ideas...no push)

Stefan wrote:I love CTB,

CTB002.PNG

thank you Donald! good work.

admin wrote:How did you make the disabled items?

"Enabled" msg 'here';
"Disabled"
"Cancel"