Various Wishes
Posted: 20 Jul 2006 23:34
It seems I just like to keep you busy & busy & .... 
In the toolbar, I'd love a button for Calculate Folder Sizes 
I'd like a command to calculate folder size only for selected ones. Yes, I know the trick with the Properties panel - and btw:
Activate Properties & select a folder, size is calculated.
Select folder and then choose properties, not calculated :/
(Note that I dont want you to calculate the size all the time of course, but if the option is enabled, when activating the properties panel then calculate)
And back on topic, it's just that I sometimes need to calculate size for a few folders, so a way to select them & go would be nice.
And(/or) when it's being calculated through the properties panel, once calculated could the size be added to the list (column Size) ? I'd really love that too
When using a command copy/move in a new folder, the default name is "New Subfolder" ; could there be a way to make it the filename of the focused item (minus the extension if you want) ?
(Not that I want the folder to use that name, but many many times folder's name will be the first part of the filenames; ie. files are "Project Whatever - Report of something.txt" and the folder will be "Project Whatever"; so that way instead of typing it back (and risquing a typo) i could just remove the last part)
kind of a bug, I think: we can't change sort order if there are no items :/ (I know its really nothing but... 
)
I'd like "something" (TBbutton, key, mouse trick) to switch to the first item of the "other kind" (file/folder) (that only makes sense using Sort Folders Apart obvisouly, but who doesn't? )
What I mean is for example, when I go to a folder, sorted by name. When I sort by size, date or whatever, files are now on top of the list. I'd like to select a file and then have something to send focus to the first item that is not a file, aka a folder.
Right now I can dbl-click to bring the focused item (first folder from previous name order) back on top, but that folder can be anywhere on the folder list (doesnt have to be the newest one or whatever)
Thoose are just ones I thought of, but I wouldn't actually used them, or can live without, so I don't really care that much whether or not you go for them
Dbl-click on an empty area in the List while having a multi-selection will loose the selection. Could it keep it and move to the higher item on the list instead?
"Move Here As" is disabled for multi-files, why not enable it with a batch rename?
When dragging items on the catalog and holding Ctrl (to copy them) maybe having a little plus sign somewhere could be nice?
EDIT: oops I forgot, is the menu "View/List Style/Line Numbers" really usefull?? I mean its just the same as "View/Show Columns/Line Numbers" right? So doesnt really make sense to have it there too dont you think?
In the toolbar, I'd love a button for Calculate Folder Sizes I'd like a command to calculate folder size only for selected ones. Yes, I know the trick with the Properties panel - and btw:Activate Properties & select a folder, size is calculated.
Select folder and then choose properties, not calculated :/
(Note that I dont want you to calculate the size all the time of course, but if the option is enabled, when activating the properties panel then calculate)
And back on topic, it's just that I sometimes need to calculate size for a few folders, so a way to select them & go would be nice.
And(/or) when it's being calculated through the properties panel, once calculated could the size be added to the list (column Size) ? I'd really love that too
When using a command copy/move in a new folder, the default name is "New Subfolder" ; could there be a way to make it the filename of the focused item (minus the extension if you want) ?(Not that I want the folder to use that name, but many many times folder's name will be the first part of the filenames; ie. files are "Project Whatever - Report of something.txt" and the folder will be "Project Whatever"; so that way instead of typing it back (and risquing a typo) i could just remove the last part
) kind of a bug, I think: we can't change sort order if there are no items :/ (I know its really nothing but... ) I'd like "something" (TBbutton, key, mouse trick) to switch to the first item of the "other kind" (file/folder) (that only makes sense using Sort Folders Apart obvisouly, but who doesn't? )What I mean is for example, when I go to a folder, sorted by name. When I sort by size, date or whatever, files are now on top of the list. I'd like to select a file and then have something to send focus to the first item that is not a file, aka a folder.
Right now I can dbl-click to bring the focused item (first folder from previous name order) back on top, but that folder can be anywhere on the folder list (doesnt have to be the newest one or whatever)
Thoose are just ones I thought of, but I wouldn't actually used them, or can live without, so I don't really care that much whether or not you go for them
Dbl-click on an empty area in the List while having a multi-selection will loose the selection. Could it keep it and move to the higher item on the list instead? "Move Here As" is disabled for multi-files, why not enable it with a batch rename? When dragging items on the catalog and holding Ctrl (to copy them) maybe having a little plus sign somewhere could be nice?EDIT: oops I forgot, is the menu "View/List Style/Line Numbers" really usefull?? I mean its just the same as "View/Show Columns/Line Numbers" right? So doesnt really make sense to have it there too dont you think?
Just thought you could either apply the VF after the search; or "add it" to the search, but I realize that that maybe wouldn't work if RegExp mode in used...
Calculate Folder Sizes