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Simple Startup Tabs Question
Posted: 22 Dec 2009 22:46
by Dave-X
New to XY and had a simple question about Startup tabs.
What I want is a "My Computer" tab opened and locked each time I start-up XY. What I don't want is the history restored of all the tabs opened from the last session. I simple want "My Computer" opened only and locked. I've tried toggling "Don't save history" and/or "Don't save tabs". Either one will not save the right tabs or one will not save the locked state of "My Computer".
How can I achieve this?
Re: Simple Startup Tabs Question
Posted: 22 Dec 2009 23:58
by zer0
Hello and welcome to the club!
Would navigating to 'My Computer', right-clicking on that tab and clicking on 'Lock Location' achieve the result that you require? New locations will be opened in a new tab(s) and by ticking 'Don't save tabs' you'll have only 'My Computer' upon each start
Re: Simple Startup Tabs Question
Posted: 23 Dec 2009 00:22
by Dave-X
zer0 wrote:Hello and welcome to the club!
Would navigating to 'My Computer', right-clicking on that tab and clicking on 'Lock Location' achieve the result that you require? New locations will be opened in a new tab(s) and by ticking 'Don't save tabs' you'll have only 'My Computer' upon each start
That almost does exactly that, but it DOES not save the locked status of the tab. So each time I close XY, the tab is unlocked and will not open tabs beside it. It needs to start locked.
Re: Simple Startup Tabs Question
Posted: 23 Dec 2009 09:30
by admin
Dave-X wrote:zer0 wrote:Hello and welcome to the club!
Would navigating to 'My Computer', right-clicking on that tab and clicking on 'Lock Location' achieve the result that you require? New locations will be opened in a new tab(s) and by ticking 'Don't save tabs' you'll have only 'My Computer' upon each start
That almost does exactly that, but it DOES not save the locked status of the tab. So each time I close XY, the tab is unlocked and will not open tabs beside it. It needs to start locked.
Not possible at the moment. "Don't save tabs" forgets all tab info and you start with one vanilla tab pointing to the last location.
Re: Simple Startup Tabs Question
Posted: 23 Dec 2009 14:16
by RalphM
Why don't you lock your only tab you want to keep , tick Save Tab Data and create a UDC or catalog entry to Close all other unlocked tabs (:: #352), which you have to run after restart of XY...
Re: Simple Startup Tabs Question
Posted: 24 Dec 2009 16:54
by Dave-X
New too the application, how would I go about doing that?
Re: Simple Startup Tabs Question
Posted: 24 Dec 2009 17:13
by jacky
Well, if you don't mind having to start a script manually on start-up (that can be just clicking on a TB button or hitting a KS), simply assign to a Catalog (F8) item, User-Defined Command (menu User, under category Run Script) or even a Custom Toolbar Button the following script:
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::#340; #353; goto %computer%; #350;
Only downside is that you'll get prompted ("Close all other tabs (including locked and home tabs) and lose all their settings?") but after you clicked OK, you'll only have one single tab opened, locked on My Computer.
FYI what the script does:
#340; // Open New Tab, this is to ensure we're not on a locked tab
#353; // Close All Other Tabs, so there's only the current one left
goto %computer%; // Go to My Computer
#350; // Lock Location, voilà!