XYplorer Beta Club

I see you already put a Browse for Folder(/File) when it applies, for the argument. In the same idea, I'd like to see that field support autocomplete. I usually know what I wanna put there, but that Browse... feature can be a bit slow, whereas I believe the autocomplete is much faster.


Also, I know this is probably already stretching a bit towards scripting, maybe, but I just have to say it anyways

- I love the menu interface for a few reasons, one of them being that it allows to assign one KS to popup a menu with a list a commands. For instance, I can have a list an application to open with that shows up, I actually already did that & think it's pretty cool!

- Now, What I'd love is the ability to create "custom menus", where I could put together commands from different categories(/commands), eg. I could have both Rename, Copy and Open With commands listed under the same menu.
So one key would trigger that menu to popup, because sometimes one "task" I have to do might have a bunch of commands linked to it, but not necessary the same kind of commands.

- And then, for the "almost scripting" part, imagine we could have on such menus, below all items/commands we put there, after a separator something like "Trigger All Commands", that would trigger all the commands sequentially, in the order we put them. That way, I could define a bunch of commands and need only one key to have them all to be applied.
It's not scripting per-se (as in, no variables, ifs, loops, etc) but already pretty fantastic for sure. I could have a bunch of different renames, followed by some To Clipboard commands, all triggered by one single KS!! Really, I don't need scripting then!

Easy jacky, easy... as always: let's first ride the basic version for a while before pimping it up.

jacky wrote:

- And then, for the "almost scripting" part, imagine we could have on such menus, below all items/commands we put there, after a separator something like "Trigger All Commands", that would trigger all the commands sequentially, in the order we put them. That way, I could define a bunch of commands and need only one key to have them all to be applied.
It's not scripting per-se (as in, no variables, ifs, loops, etc) but already pretty fantastic for sure. I could have a bunch of different renames, followed by some To Clipboard commands, all triggered by one single KS!! Really, I don't need scripting then!

This is what I think will set XYPlorer miles apart from all other file managers as it enables so many powerful opportunities. I can appreciate Don being cautious to hold back the flood-gate of ideas and wishes (I suspect he is already a long way ahead anyway) but this approach just invites new opportunities.

Go for it Don, this is a true winner.

It seems to me, that as new user command categories are developed then the follow-on window can be specifically designed to present the easiest method to exploit this. The most significant thing here, especially for me, is that so much can be accomplished without specialist knowledge and I hope and guess that very powerful commands can be gathered together under the control of a single KS without the need to know a damn thing about scripting and codes etc.

I do have a suggestion for people who use the mouse a lot. With the above in mind, once a KS has been established could it be carried forward to a Category item as well. This then opens up the ability to click and set in motion the same process as that under the user KS.

jacky wrote:I see you already put a Browse for Folder(/File) when it applies, for the argument. In the same idea, I'd like to see that field support autocomplete. I usually know what I wanna put there, but that Browse... feature can be a bit slow, whereas I believe the autocomplete is much faster.

The only complaint I've got with the Browse dialog is that, unlike some other similar ones in other products, is that it doesn't allow user to pick view type (Icons/Details/etc) which thus permits sorting by various fields on Details to quicker locate desired file...I almost always select Details followed by sort on Modified date to bubble most recent to top as that is most often the desired one.