XYplorer Beta Club

Is there a way to open all sub directory's right away?

So lets say, you have a January directory, filled with directory’s of the days, 1,2,3... When you hit the January directory and then use a shortcut key, that all subdirectory’s (all days in this example) open.

Greetings,

Steve

You mean each in a tab?

Open several items from catalog categories? I had a similar wish sometime back here?? But on second thought i am wondering how often i might use it.

No, what I mean is that in the list, the first directory , when you click on the + to open the subdirectory’s, that also all other subdirectory’s open within that directory (and the subdirectory’s of the subdirectory’s and so on...), one idea I had is for example, ctrl-click on the +sign to also open subdirectory’s.

And also, to display all files within all subdirectory’s, a workaround is to search for all files within all subfolders (my spell checker is saying subfolders is a wrong word here, that’s why I say subdirectory) but it shouldn’t look search for files, just display them, and I have seen this is possible, but I don’t know what file manager did it...

And another one: making it possible to select files by checkboxes.

Greetings,

Steve

itsme28m wrote:No, what I mean is that in the list, the first directory , when you click on the + to open the subdirectory’s, that also all other subdirectory’s open within that directory (and the subdirectory’s of the subdirectory’s and so on...), one idea I had is for example, ctrl-click on the +sign to also open subdirectory’s.

Ok I think you're talking about the Tree here, so yeah holding Shift while clicking on the plus/minus sign might be a nice trick indeed to fully expand/collapse a branch.
Right now this can be done by right-clicking on the folder and using the menuitems "Fully Expand" or "Fully Collapse", or you can use the keyboard shortcut (Tree must be focused obviously) : numpad multiply (*) to fully expand, and numpad divide (/) to fully collapse.

itsme28m wrote:And also, to display all files within all subdirectory’s, a workaround is to search for all files within all subfolders

When you're on a folder, you can easilly run such a search to display all items in the folder & its subfolders, simply by pressing Ctrl+F3, or menu Edit/Shown All Items In Branch (Note that this item is also on the List' context menu)

Very funny.... I have seen such a function that I wanted to see in xyplorer, in... You guessed it: xyplorer!

Shame on me...

So one wish remains: a shift or ctrl-click on the plus/minus sign to fully collapse/expand.

Thanks Jacky

itsme28m wrote:So one wish remains: a shift or ctrl-click on the plus/minus sign to fully collapse/expand.

Shift.

Right now, my Win Expl and XY appear to handle both Shift and Cntl when clicking on a plus/minus the same way...my question is: If we're going to expand on that ability, which key are (ex) WE users most likely to use to do the limited expand just as it does now? I'm not 100% sure....something to consider?

BTW, on my keyboard, to do a NumPad Multiply (since there is no separate Num pad), I have to use my blue "Fn" key plus the zero/right paren/multiply key, so doing a Shift or Cntrl + click is a bit easier.

j_c_hallgren wrote:Right now, my Win Expl and XY appear to handle both Shift and Cntl when clicking on a plus/minus the same way...

... which is no-special-way, right?

I intuitively opted for Shift, unreflected and dead-sure as an instinct.

admin wrote:... which is no-special-way, right?

I intuitively opted for Shift, unreflected and dead-sure as an instinct.

Yeah seems Ctrl or Shift don't have any effect, AFAICS. And Shift would get my vote too

Once again, time from request to implement is just about a day!
Tried the newest beta with this tweak...works fine...and I'm sure I'll be using it for certain folders quite often...thanks!

Yep, this new tweak is really cool! Especially since I used to forgot about the keyboard shotcut (:oops:) and use the ctxt menu, which can be slow to show up... Real nice!