Disable preview for files which aren't considered as human-readable
Posted: 06 Jul 2019 09:09
Is it possible to disable preview for exe and other files which aren't considered as human-readable?
Here is a test:
1. Enable preview pane (PP for short) (Ctrl-F11)
2. Select any exe file. You will see that it is shown in the PP as a hex dump. Bad. (Even if you are able to understand and manipulate the hex dump, it is nearly impossible without appropriate text editor.)
3. Select action.dat in Data directory. It's not exe, but it is not human-readable. You will see that it is shown in the PP in its raw form. Bad.
4. Select tag.dat in Data directory. It is human-readable and it will be shown in PP. GOOD.
So, in other words, the program should check whether the file is human-readable or not, and enable/disable preview accordingly to it.
Files:
Previews in the preview pane. They are taken from another file manager, to show the expected behavior (expected to my opinion):
Here is a test:
1. Enable preview pane (PP for short) (Ctrl-F11)
2. Select any exe file. You will see that it is shown in the PP as a hex dump. Bad. (Even if you are able to understand and manipulate the hex dump, it is nearly impossible without appropriate text editor.)
3. Select action.dat in Data directory. It's not exe, but it is not human-readable. You will see that it is shown in the PP in its raw form. Bad.
4. Select tag.dat in Data directory. It is human-readable and it will be shown in PP. GOOD.
So, in other words, the program should check whether the file is human-readable or not, and enable/disable preview accordingly to it.
Files:
Previews in the preview pane. They are taken from another file manager, to show the expected behavior (expected to my opinion):