XYplorer Beta Club

Hi All,

Just downloaded XYplorer looks cool - regexp searches that is awesome!

One thing I've noticed I used quite a lot in Windows Explorer is clicking at the end of the address bar and using Ctrl-Shift-Left Arrow Key to select the previous folder/word. The default for XYplorer seems to highlight the entire address bar text instead.

Is there a option to just select the last folder?

Cheers
Luke

kule wrote:One thing I've noticed I used quite a lot in Windows Explorer is clicking at the end of the address bar and using Ctrl-Shift-Left Arrow Key to select the previous folder/word. The default for XYplorer seems to highlight the entire address bar text instead.

Hi!

Hm, looks like "" is not recognized as a word-separator. Because blanks and hyphens do work as expected with Ctrl-Shift-Left. I don't know if I can do anything about it, since that edit box in the Address bar is one of the few controls I have not written myself but used the one MS provides. Which appears to be buggy. (Now you see why I re-wrote almost everything myself... ) Gotta do some research.

admin wrote:Gotta do some research.

Nothing. The issue is either not known or not solvable.

Let's tackle it the other way round: why do you select the previous folder/word? Maybe there's another way that leads to your goal...

Thanks for the reply, just one of those things I guess you get into habits of using things in certain ways.

I'm a developer so I tend to stay in an application folder and jump around directories within that. One way in which I would use it is a quick way of getting around the directory structure i.e. you want to go back two directories then into a different folder you can just select the previous two folders quickly, delete then carry on typing using autocomplete to get into the directory you're after - you only need to use the keyboard, you dont need to use the mouse.

Does that make sense?

kule wrote:Thanks for the reply, just one of those things I guess you get into habits of using things in certain ways.

I'm a developer so I tend to stay in an application folder and jump around directories within that. ...

You can travel by keys using Backspace for up, Shift+Backspace for Down, and arrows to select a sister folder.

In the near future there will be user-programmable hotkeys that will give you one-key jumps to any folders (shifting the burden from your fingers to your memory ).

All that won't beat an old habit, I know.

This is something I've been meaning to mention for ages - please make it so Don, it's a bit annoying. If for no other reason than WE does this so it's expected behaviour.

lukescammell wrote:This is something I've been meaning to mention for ages - please make it so Don, it's a bit annoying. If for no other reason than WE does this so it's expected behaviour.

Können vor lachen! (Unzip your German...)

Thanks for the quick replies - I'll give the backspace option a go.

Would be good if it could be added though

Cheers
Luke

admin wrote:

lukescammell wrote:This is something I've been meaning to mention for ages - please make it so Don, it's a bit annoying. If for no other reason than WE does this so it's expected behaviour.

Können vor lachen! (Unzip your German...)

"Ability forwards laugh!"

Automated online translation sucks...

"Great suggestion, but I can't do it!"

How's that?

lukescammell wrote:"Great suggestion, but I can't do it!"

How's that?

That's pretty good! The literal translation would be something like "I wish I could do it despite of my uncontrollable laughing!" You see, German can be short sometimes!

So are you gonna do it? Not knowing how to do it's never stopped you before.

lukescammell wrote:So are you gonna do it? Not knowing how to do it's never stopped you before.

In fact it did not stop me this time neither! Next upload...

Excellent, thanks Don

Nice, I like it too.