XYplorer Beta Club

I used XYplorer a bit on trial a long time ago.
I'm testing again with the new version, trying to remember why I didn't go with xyplorer....

First, I see I can set favorite folder color on the favorites list, but how do I set all favorite color? They show as bold...

Second, how do I show favorites or recent or whatever as a section under the folder tree? Or is this available only as a dropdown?

The best for me would be as a bar under File/View, it would show "DL Stor1 Stor2 Temp Pulled Docs" Where each item is a "link" to a location, where clicking goes there, and right-drag-drop allows context operations to the locations. The idea is to take the least amount of space while providing a visible and functional tool.

Third, does the right drag context have to be one or the other? Can't I just have the windows setup AND the XYplorer at the same time?

Forth, I like how "desktop" is under "my computer" although techinically it's backwards. It is much easier to navigate the XYPLorer way.

Ghosty wrote:Second, how do I show favorites or recent or whatever as a section under the folder tree? Or is this available only as a dropdown?

Try the Catalog if you've not already! Best way to handle favorites by far! See http://www.xyplorer.com/tour/index.php?page=catalog

The best for me would be as a bar under File/View, it would show "DL Stor1 Stor2 Temp Pulled Docs" Where each item is a "link" to a location, where clicking goes there, and right-drag-drop allows context operations to the locations. The idea is to take the least amount of space while providing a visible and functional tool.

Similar to this thread? http://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=6185

j_c_hallgren wrote:

Ghosty wrote:Second, how do I show favorites or recent or whatever as a section under the folder tree? Or is this available only as a dropdown?

Try the Catalog if you've not already! Best way to handle favorites by far! See http://www.xyplorer.com/tour/index.php?page=catalog

The catalog will work for this the favorites in the tree view. I wonder why it was called catalog... but whatever.

j_c_hallgren wrote:

Ghosty wrote:The best for me would be as a bar under File/View, it would show "DL Stor1 Stor2 Temp Pulled Docs" Where each item is a "link" to a location, where clicking goes there, and right-drag-drop allows context operations to the locations. The idea is to take the least amount of space while providing a visible and functional tool.

Similar to this thread? http://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=6185

I meant the same thing the catalog does, only on a bar at the top. Breadcrumb path is nice in itself, but I copy the path from there often and found most implementations to be cumbersome, so I'd lean to leaving it a text field and using up button - but more likely, I'd use the tree to navigate up multiple folders.

Ghosty wrote:The catalog will work for this the favorites in the tree view. I wonder why it was called catalog... but whatever.

The catalog was a later addition to the existing favorites (which are still available) so thus needed a different name and since it can also hold things other than just filenames, catalog seems like an ideal name.