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Any way to do this? I want line numbers always.

Surely someone can help?

Right click column header > Line Number

binocular222 wrote:Right click column header > Line Number

Or (for the more general case), make sure View->Columns->Line Numbers (top option) is checked.

avsfan wrote:

binocular222 wrote:Right click column header > Line Number

Or (for the more general case), make sure View->Columns->Line Numbers (top option) is checked.

Or do it via Tools > Customize List > Show Line Numbers.

Note: if you have defined a Default Folder View make sure to update it after line numbers are switched on.


Cheers,
Filehero

Let me restate my question. I want line numbers to be switched on all the time. I want to set line numbers to be on and have them on forever, regardless of which folder I am viewing. I want to set it and forget it.

Now, if DFV is the way to do that, fine , however the only help I can find in help states:

The Default Folder View

By using the command Define this Folder View as Default you can define a Default Folder View (DFV) for all folders with no associated specific folder view.

Note that even if you do not define a DFV, an internal default folder view is always applied if no specific folder view is active! The advantage of saving an explicit DFV is that you can configure it using Edit Folder View dialog, i.e. you can determine which settings are applied and whether Auto-Save Changes is enabled. The internal default folder view always restores all settings and auto-saves all changes.

But I cannot find anywhere in the complex menu and configuration structure of XY to actually setup a DFV.

Help!?!

First set all settings the way you like them
Then, go in the Menu to:
View->Folder View Settings->Define this Folder View as Default
Then, go to View->Folder View Settings->Manage Folder Views... and ensure that no folders (unless its on purpose) are overridden with specific settings

Note that if you do not use any Folder View Settings anyway then you also need no Default Folder View. Because: XYplorer always remembers its settings anyway. If you turn Line numbers on then they stay on forever, unless you did something explicit to prevent that.

autocart wrote:First set all settings the way you like them
Then, go in the Menu to:
View->Folder View Settings->Define this Folder View as Default
Then, go to View->Folder View Settings->Manage Folder Views... and ensure that no folders (unless its on purpose) are overridden with specific settings

Thanks autocart, this worked! I have line numbers everywhere. I could not find this in the help file.

admin wrote:Because: XYplorer always remembers its settings anyway. If you turn Line numbers on then they stay on forever, unless you did something explicit to prevent that.

Unfortunately they seem to stay on for the current folder only. What I needed (and expected) was that once I enabled line numbers, on it would be on for all folders. IMHO it would be much more intuitive to have the setting apply globally by default.

mwoffenden wrote:

admin wrote:Because: XYplorer always remembers its settings anyway. If you turn Line numbers on then they stay on forever, unless you did something explicit to prevent that.

Unfortunately they seem to stay on for the current folder only. What I needed (and expected) was that once I enabled line numbers, on it would be on for all folders. IMHO it would be much more intuitive to have the setting apply globally by default.

Well, as I said, this is what it is by default.

admin wrote:XYplorer always remembers its settings

almost always
sometimes you have to tell it to do so, like in Configuration->Find Files & Branch View->Persist visual filters across folders
more intuitive would be for "persist" to be standard (actually the way your statement sounds like - no harm meant) and for the config-item to be named "Do not persist VF across folders"

only as a side thought about intuitivity

admin wrote:

mwoffenden wrote:

admin wrote:Because: XYplorer always remembers its settings anyway. If you turn Line numbers on then they stay on forever, unless you did something explicit to prevent that.

Unfortunately they seem to stay on for the current folder only. What I needed (and expected) was that once I enabled line numbers, on it would be on for all folders. IMHO it would be much more intuitive to have the setting apply globally by default.

Well, as I said, this is what it is by default.

I believe what probably happened is that he turned on Folder View Settings, but for some reason his Line Numbers were off when he did so, so his default view didn't have them...

Thanks for everyone's comments and help.

Clearly the whole thing around FVS settings is too complex and should be set with some reasonable defaults. I've tripped over this more than once and in this instance, I spent 30 minutes on it.

autocart wrote:

admin wrote:XYplorer always remembers its settings

almost always
sometimes you have to tell it to do so, like in Configuration->Find Files & Branch View->Persist visual filters across folders
more intuitive would be for "persist" to be standard (actually the way your statement sounds like - no harm meant) and for the config-item to be named "Do not persist VF across folders"

only as a side thought about intuitivity

OK, I heard ya.