XYplorer Beta Club

hi.

I want to copy files to the folder in the same path with "copy to dialog", when I type the character '\', it drops down a list with folders in current drive but current dir.

I think the better way is when user typing a char, for example 'd', the drop-down list shows folders begin with 'd' under current dir, just like Address Bar, if not finding, creates the folder at current dir.

Hm, this already works here exactly as you describe it.

Really?

It seems not to be valid in my computer.

Try to enter C:\ ...

what i mean is relative path like this pic, not full path.

For relative path type \ as first letter.

admin wrote:For relative path type \ as first letter.

Shouldn't we expect \ to be the root of the current drive?
(*Very* old convention from DOS-times, but see current commands like cd, dir, ...)

So if something should be relative to the current directory it could start with .\
..\ would be one directory higher,
\ root of current drive,
c:\user is what it says, ...

PeterH wrote:

admin wrote:For relative path type \ as first letter.

Shouldn't we expect \ to be the root of the current drive?
(*Very* old convention from DOS-times, but see current commands like cd, dir, ...)

So if something should be relative to the current directory it could start with .\
..\ would be one directory higher,
\ root of current drive,
c:\user is what it says, ...

Agreed -- if I'm in c:\temp, according to the decades-old convention, the following should resolve:
test1 -> c:\temp\test1
.\test1 -> c:\temp\test1
\test1 -> c:\test1
c:\test1 -> c:\test1
d:\test1 -> d:\test1

The \ is not my idea. This like the shell auto-complete works. I just hooked the Edit box to this built in Windows feature. Actually I plan for about 7 years to write my own version of it, because the shell auto-complete has a couple of drawbacks and side-effects. Maybe this year...