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Can I make xyplorer always show full paths in the path box?
Posted: 05 Oct 2020 16:41
by arkid
A small but constant frustration I have is that in various parts of the windows file structure ("My documents" is the most obvious example) XPplorer shows a relative path in the path box.
Ie it shows "Documents\folder1\folder2" instead of C:\My Documents\folder1\folder2
Viewing it like that is fine but the issue I have is copying so that I can paste the url into some other program, something I need to do surprisingly often.
I know that right clicking on the icon to the left allows me to "copy real path" but I wish I didn't have to do this as it's more clicks.
Is it not possible to make it always show full paths? I haven't found a setting for this.
Re: Can I make xyplorer always show full paths in the path box?
Posted: 05 Oct 2020 16:49
by highend
Why don't you just use Ctrl+p (it always copies the real path)?
Re: Can I make xyplorer always show full paths in the path box?
Posted: 05 Oct 2020 17:29
by arkid
Ah ok.... well i never knew of that shortcut, I guess there's that. Still would be nice to display full paths
Re: Can I make xyplorer always show full paths in the path box?
Posted: 05 Oct 2020 18:19
by admin
Well, I was in the mood:
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+ Added a tweak to always show the real path with drive letter in the
Address Bar and in the Find Files Location box, even if the tree is
located in a "virtual" (or "special") path:
ABPathsReal=1
Note that the distinction between virtual path and real path is lost with
this tweak enabled and in certain contexts the tree will end up in the
real path when it normally (without the tweak) would end up in the virtual
path.
Next beta...
Re: Can I make xyplorer always show full paths in the path box?
Posted: 05 Oct 2020 18:48
by arkid
Ah brilliant thanks!
Re: Can I make xyplorer always show full paths in the path box?
Posted: 05 Oct 2020 19:17
by admin
It gets even better. I went all the way and made it an UI option:
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+ Address Bar: Added command "Show Real Path" to the icon's right-click
menu. Tick it to always show the real path with drive letter in the Address
Bar and in the Find Files Location box, even if the tree is located in a
"virtual" (or "special") path like "Desktop".
Note that the distinction between virtual path and real path is lost with
"Show Real Path" enabled and in certain contexts the tree will end up in
the real path when it normally would (or should) end up in the virtual
path.
Re: Can I make xyplorer always show full paths in the path box?
Posted: 05 Oct 2020 19:53
by arkid
Christmas has come early!
Re: Can I make xyplorer always show full paths in the path box?
Posted: 06 Feb 2021 08:09
by Lusayalumino
No way -- I just saw this; this is fantastic. Thanks!