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Colored Tabs?
Posted: 09 Oct 2014 00:16
by Papoulka
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OK, I'll bite... What and where are "colored tabs"? This feature was added recently and I have a use for such, but I can't figure out how to do it. If there's anything in the menus, help, or forum I've overlooked it.
Thx
Re: Colored Tabs?
Posted: 09 Oct 2014 08:08
by Stef123
I am a bit lost, too. Intrigued by your title, I tried variatons of "|hex color code" in the Rename-tab field, but no luck. All I could achieve was matching the tab BG to the list color BG.
Re: Colored Tabs?
Posted: 09 Oct 2014 11:01
by bdeshi
"Colored Tabs" just mean the tab header background colors set in Config->Colors now apply even to tabs with "Windows Themes" style (Config->Tabs->Visual style).
(you have to check "Apply Colors" in config->colors)
Previously the tab BG colors only applied when tab visual style was "XYplorer classic"
Re: Colored Tabs?
Posted: 09 Oct 2014 12:19
by Slavaon
I thought there will be color tabs in XYplorer, for visual relief of perception.
For example so:
- Colored Tabs.png (3.07 KiB) Viewed 5539 times
It would be useful.
Re: Colored Tabs?
Posted: 09 Oct 2014 18:27
by Papoulka
Thank you, Sammay; now I understand.
Yes, being able to color only the tab would be nice; maybe someday.
Re: Colored Tabs?
Posted: 09 Oct 2014 19:10
by Stef123
Thanks Sammay for letting us know. The term is a bit misleading considering what it means in other software.
Papoulka wrote:
Yes, being able to color only the tab would be nice; maybe someday.
I agree. Maybe similar to custom icons in the rename tab by specifing a hex color or color name:
Re: Colored Tabs?
Posted: 11 Oct 2014 00:30
by Meester
I'll take it one step farther. I was thinking that the color tabs could be automated like with the file names. For example, depending on what directory the tab is located in would show a different color. Why? I have several servers that are really slow when reading. When I'm strolling through the tabs because the names of the directories aren't always clear, because I oftern work on a local server but then copy the same structure to the storage server. So the name on the tab will be the same for both servers, I never know what server it is until I pick on the tab and see. When I pick on a tab pointing to one of those slow servers, XYPlorer puases for a long time waiting to get info from that server. It would be nice if I could make those slow servers a color of red to warn me, "Are you sure you want to pick on this slow server?" So if I could put a code in there saying, when ever a tab points to this server or drive letter or directory, make it color red.
Re: Colored Tabs?
Posted: 15 Oct 2014 02:14
by sireddie
Meester wrote:I'll take it one step farther. I was thinking that the color tabs could be automated like with the file names. For example, depending on what directory the tab is located in would show a different color. Why? I have several servers that are really slow when reading. When I'm strolling through the tabs because the names of the directories aren't always clear, because I oftern work on a local server but then copy the same structure to the storage server. So the name on the tab will be the same for both servers, I never know what server it is until I pick on the tab and see. When I pick on a tab pointing to one of those slow servers, XYPlorer puases for a long time waiting to get info from that server. It would be nice if I could make those slow servers a color of red to warn me, "Are you sure you want to pick on this slow server?" So if I could put a code in there saying, when ever a tab points to this server or drive letter or directory, make it color red.
+1 for this feature
Re: Colored Tabs?
Posted: 20 Oct 2014 11:11
by eil
Meester wrote: So if I could put a code in there saying, when ever a tab points to this server or drive letter or directory, make it color red.
i like this idea too.
Re: Colored Tabs?
Posted: 23 Oct 2014 04:00
by sireddie
Ok so I've found a way of differentiating between local and network tabs. Works quite well and the only side-effect is that all network folder icons (not only on tabs) are modified.
This is what I've achieved:
- XYplorer - network folder icons 1.png (98.36 KiB) Viewed 5343 times
How to set it up:
Tools -> List Management -> Portable File Icons...
- XYplorer - network folder icons 2.png (32.76 KiB) Viewed 5343 times
Individual system icons extracted using
NirSoft IconsExtract
Converted to .png online:
http://iconverticons.com/online/
Colour replaced in Photoshop (Image - Adjustments -> Replace Color...)
Converted back to .ico online:
http://iconverticons.com/online/
Hope this is useful to someone
Re: Colored Tabs?
Posted: 24 Oct 2014 04:28
by Meester
In order for SirEddie's idea to work, make sure that you have "Tools/Configure/General - Refresh, Icons, History/Enable custom file icons" checked on. Once I figured that out, very cool.
I used this code:
\\*\*\>Folder-Red.ico <-- This makes folders on all servers at my company red
c:\*\>Folder-Green.ico <-- Folders on the C: drive are Green
p:\*\>folder-Green.ico <-- Folders on the P: drive (the local server) are Green
After using SirEddie's tip on how to create the colored icons I also put them in the Xyplorer/Data/Icons folder. Also I just did a search for Folder.ico in my windows directory to figure out where one was.
sireddie wrote:Ok so I've found a way of differentiating between local and network tabs. Works quite well and the only side-effect is that all network folder icons (not only on tabs) are modified.
This is what I've achieved:
XYplorer - network folder icons 1.png
Re: Colored Tabs?
Posted: 06 Aug 2018 10:38
by cadu
+1
Does anyone know if "color tabs" is already in official XYplorer roadmap?
Re: Colored Tabs?
Posted: 17 Jul 2019 08:59
by Leito
Since this post is high in search engines result, informing that it has been implemented in
XYplorer 20.00:
Custom Colored Tabs. Now tabs can be individually colored.
For example, to set a new
background color right-click the tab header and select
Background Color.... In the pop-up dialog use the button
Select Color... to open a color picker. Or, if you are nerd enough, simply type in the hex color value (RRGGBB). Finally click OK and admire the newly colored tab header.
To set a new
text color do the same using the
Text Color... item in the tab header’s right-click menu.