Show/Hide POM item depending on number of selected files

[xy123]

Some POM items I only use when multiple files are selected and others only when single file is selected.

For example, I don't want to see "Open Multiple Urls" when single .url file is selected or "Copy Url" when multiple files are selected (because this script doesn't work with multiple files).

Something like a new variable "=1" or ">=2" or "=2" (default would be >=1), so you never see menu items you can't or won't use.

[highend]

You can at least reduce that list by e.g. displaying "Open Url(s)" and let those scripts handle single / multiple selections...

[xy123]

And what should I do with "Everything Rename" item which is >=3 (show only when 3 or more files are selected). Also user shouldn't remember that "Open Url(s)" means "Copy Url" when single file is selected.

[xy123]

I admit, this feature is from FileMenu Tools, but I want to stop using FT, because XY has POM. BUT Show/Hide menu item depending on number of selected files is a killer feature, so I still can't.

[highend]

No clue why on one item it's Copy URL but not Open URL but that's probably just your brain...

You could use multi-purpose scripts and only two entries (Single selected item, Multiple selected items), the possibilities are endless...

I'm out

[xy123]

the possibilities are endless...

So are you saying somescript.xys like this is possible?

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    $count = get("CountSelected");
    if     ($count == 1) { POM_Item_Label="Copy Url"; $url = getkey("URL", "InternetShortcut", "<curitem>"); copytext $url; }
    elseif ($count >= 2) { POM_Item_Label="Open Multiple Urls"; $url = getkey("URL", "InternetShortcut", <pfaitem>); run lax(firefox.exe -new-tab $url); }

[xy123]

I came up with this, but there isn't a variable which will use multi-script caption, is it?

In CFA:

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|"<Hmmm>" url>::if (get('CountSelected') == 1) { load "MyPOM.xys", "Copy Url"; } elseif (get('CountSelected') >=2) { load "MyPOM.xys", "Open Multiple Urls"; } ;

In MyPOM.xys:

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"Copy Url"
    $url = getkey("URL", "InternetShortcut", "<curitem>");
    copytext $url;
"Open Multiple Urls"
    $url = getkey("URL", "InternetShortcut", <pfaitem>);
    run lax("C:\Program Files\Firefox\firefox.exe" -new-tab $url);

[highend]

A variable that uses multi-script captions? What?

[xy123]

Forget about multi-script captions.

I thought something like "Dynamic Menu Item Caption/Label".

If single file is selected menu item label is "Caption A" and if multiple files are selected "Caption B".

[highend]

Why should captions be necessary? You have 2 things to do with urls, either if one is selected OR if more than one is selected...

|"Url(s)" url>::e|load "MyPOM.xys";

MyPOM.xys:

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$cnt = get("CountSelected");
    if ($cnt == 1) {
        $url = getkey("URL", "InternetShortcut", <pfaitem>);
        copytext $url;
    } elseif ($cnt >=2) {
        $urls = "";
        foreach($file, <pfaitems>, , "e") {
            $url   = getkey("URL", "InternetShortcut", $file);
            $urls .= "-new-tab -url " . quote($url) . " ";
        }
        run lax("C:\Program Files\Firefox\firefox.exe" $urls);
    }

[xy123]

Because we can have more than 2 things to do.

Thank you very much for your script, that one actually works.