Custom toolbar

[GlennAllen]

Is this a feature that I missed in my search for it (looking through this forum and the settings in XY):

have a custom toolbar between the two panes where you can place buttons/functions of your choosing? For example, copy (select in one pane and files are copied to the other pane) and--similarly--move buttons. I know you don't need the toolbar to do this, but I like the more visual aspect of having a toolbar between panes.

Thanks.

[TheQwerty]

Hello and welcome to the club!

The good news is you didn't miss it on your search of features.
The bad news is that such a toolbar is currently not possible.

That's not to say it will never happen but at present Don has not made any plans public.

In the meantime, there are existing toolbar buttons you can add to the main toolbar:

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Additionally, you can assign those commands keyboard shortcuts or use scripting to trigger them in many other ways!

Hopefully, you're able to find something that works for you!

[GlennAllen]

Thanks, and, yes, I did add those 2 to the toolbar at the top (as well as another one whose function I often use). There are about a half-dozen functions which I use a lot for files I select in one pane or the other, so such a toolbar could also be called a "most used functions" toolbar for me.

Since it's something I miss from old Norton Commander days (with those same favorite/often-used functions--copy, move, edit, view, new file, new folder, etc.), being at the bottom of the window wouldn't be bad either (just not as good as being between the panes). Of course, for NC that was a combined toolbar/menu/KB function-key hints thing for a rather limited UI.

Yeah, maybe it could make it to some future feature list. I just like having those constantly-used functions constantly in view.

[kodyman]

After seeing the post below, I've been playing around with adding my most used toolbar items/commands to a new catalog category. It isn't a custom toolbar but kind of close.
http://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic. ... og#p135019
I'm thinking I may set up a separate catalog just for my most used commands in an order that fits me better.

I tried setting up a "copy to other pane" using #804; in the location line as described in the post but I keep getting an error pop-up.

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I made sure I had a file(s) selected. Even tried using the checkbox selection.
If I use the toolbar button or drop down menu copy to other pane works fine. Do I need to add anything else to the command to get it to work in the catalog?

Thanks

[TheQwerty]

When you trigger the catalog entry the catalog becomes the focused control and some commands aren't big fans of that.

The easiest thing to do is to focus the list before calling those commands by using:

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focus 'l';

Like so:

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focus 'l';#804;

[kodyman]

Thanks TheQuerty!!! Working like a charm now!
I'll remember to use focus if this happens on any other commands I add to my catalog list.