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Hello
I am an orphan of XTree. For years, I am testing various file manager. XY seems a good replacement for XTree.
Only a few questions: is it possible
- select files and folders from several different folders?
- see only the files and folders selected? (in XTree was "View All Tagged Files")

Thanks.

Tilvio

Hi Tilvio, welcome.

Tilvio wrote:Hello
I am an orphan of XTree. For years, I am testing various file manager. XY seems a good replacement for XTree.
Only a few questions: is it possible
- select files and folders from several different folders?

You can do this with an script:
http://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic. ... 695#p33695

- see only the files and folders selected? (in XTree was "View All Tagged Files")

You can do this with an script:
http://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic. ... 355#p54355

"Filter by selected items"
filter '"Filter selected" ' . '"' . getinfo("SelectedItemsNames", """|""") . '"';

// or with v9.70.0002 - 2010-11-06 or newer:
filter '"Filter selected" ' . formatlist(getinfo("SelectedItemsNames", "|"), "q");



If you need more help... just ask.

Stefan: Any way to quickly toggle this between not selected excluding folders/not selected including folders?
Thanks!

SkyFrontier wrote:Any way to quickly toggle this between not selected excluding folders/not selected including folders?

Don't hijack threads.
Please ask this in that other thread
http://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic. ... 355#p54355
or open an new one
and describe better what you want, thanks!

Tilvio wrote:Hello
I am an orphan of XTree. For years, I am testing various file manager...

I assume that you have looked at ZTreeWin (http://www.ztree.com/) which is based on XTreeGold.

Tilvio wrote:Hello
I am an orphan of XTree. For years, I am testing various file manager. XY seems a good replacement for XTree.
Only a few questions: is it possible
- select files and folders from several different folders?
- see only the files and folders selected? (in XTree was "View All Tagged Files")

Hello and welcome,

sorry for the late reply! (I actually had replied on the same day but then apparently messed it up and managed to not post it...)

- select files and folders from several different folders?
Yes, in search results, or in the Catalog. The best strategy depends on what you want to do next.
BTW, in a future version there will be Virtual Folders which are pretty much made for this task.

- see only the files and folders selected?
Will be added to UI in one of the next versions.

Don

Stefan wrote:

SkyFrontier wrote:Any way to quickly toggle this between not selected excluding folders/not selected including folders?

Don't hijack threads.
Please ask this in that other thread
http://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic. ... 355#p54355
or open an new one
and describe better what you want, thanks!

I wasn't aware of that other thread - and I believe that in your way of seeing this, even there you could consider thread hijacking (I would, if I were to patrol forums seeking stuff like that - but I really believe that a more flexible approach must be applied to everything, and remember that I was the guy who opened a poll earlier this year when a certain user started to act like a child or whatever he was trying to do, disrespecting users and etc. Each situation deserves a proper balanced measure).
I always try to gather stuff together (even references) so the forum hopefully won't be polluted by more of the same nor variations of variations of variations of threads. Please, understand my point of view (not to mention other users who contact me on the very opposite fashion, ie, asking to NOT start another thread if a matter is pretty similar to what is discussed).
As per your request, I'll open another thread regarding that, but not for now - quick answering some posts and need some rest...
Thank you!

Stefan wrote: You can do this with an script:
http://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic. ... 695#p33695

You can do this with an script:
http://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic. ... 355#p54355

This sounds good but I am a newer of XY. I was hoping they were native functions...
Now I go to see how works the scripts.
Where can I begin? Is there an "Hello World" function?

Thank you.

Tilvio wrote: This sounds good but I am a newer of XY. I was hoping they were native functions...

See the answer from Admin above :-)

Now I go to see how works the scripts.
Where can I begin? Is there an "Hello World" function?
Thank you.

Maybe this can help you? > How did you start scripting >> http://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=5054
Special the scripting tour >>>http://www.xyplorer.com/tour/index.php?page=scripting

If you need help on the scripts above you can ask here, or search for an related thread, or open an new one for your questions.


HTH?

Forty-Two wrote: I assume that you have looked at ZTreeWin (http://www.ztree.com/) which is based on XTreeGold.

Oh yes!!! It's great, fast, powerful but I'm bored of the old DOS interface...

Just to have a complete thread about XTree clones:
ZTree (http://www.ztree.com/) the best, the most powerful - shareware
FILEXTREME (http://go.to/filextreme) faithful clone - seems freeware
XFile (http://www.coastline-software.com/) clone with some improvements - freeware (lite) and shareware (full)

Hope this is not too off topic...

Thank you.

Tilvio

admin wrote: sorry for the late reply!

Don't worry, no hurry

admin wrote: - select files and folders from several different folders?
Yes, in search results, or in the Catalog. The best strategy depends on what you want to do next.
BTW, in a future version there will be Virtual Folders which are pretty much made for this task.

Search results is OK. The Catalog: mean that I haven't fully understood this tool...
Waiting for Virtual Folders I go to learn The Catalog...

admin wrote: - see only the files and folders selected?
Will be added to UI in one of the next versions.

OK, thank you.