The Glider™

[admin]

"The Glider"... it may not be the final name, but this is the next killer feature, and it's so hot, everyone will steal it. You move the mouse over the area in the tree to the left of the nodes, and for each node the Glider, a floating mini toolbar, magically appears, offering the two most basic file management buttons: Copy and Move. Clicking them will copy or move whatever is selected in the list to the node the glider is pointing to. A one-click-wonder. Everyone has always wanted this (subconsciously), everyone will get it immediately because it's so natural, it's a game changer.

Here's a first mockup (icons and other details will be adjusted or adjustable, of course):

XYGlider3.png

Alternative names:
The Tool Fly
The Tool Flyer
The Flyer
Manta
Floating Bar
Floating Buttons

[Filehero]

Is it always shown or only if there's at least one selection somewhere else? How about clipboard items?

I would call it Target Flyout.

The idea is cool.

[Norn]

I don't use tree so I won't comment, but it would also be useful to have a floating toolbar.

[admin]

Clipboard would need a 3rd button "Paste".
I'd say it's shown only if there's at least one usable selection (or clipboard).

[xy123]

Killer feature indeed.

[klownboy]

It will be very useful whatever it's called. I'm curious about getting to a target tree folder currently out of view in the tree. I assume we will still, in some manner, need to scroll (or use up or down arrows) to get the target tree area into view first similar to what we do now or something else?

[admin]

Yes. However, it might be an idea to have the tree scroll when the mouse hovers over the top or bottom edges. But that's another topic.

[admin]

By the way, for the leftmost nodes, a vertical glider is the solution:

[GreetingsFromPoland]

+1 for "Glider".

other considerations could be "FolderFly" or "FolderFlight".

[zakhar]

floating toolbar.

+1 to Norn's floating toolbar suggestion.

And:
It would be perfect to be able to add user buttons (and may be toolbar buttons too?)
to the Glider™ for scripting access (so that user can control, which commands are represented on the Glider).

[admin]

Well, there is no space for lots of buttons. It cannot be wider than the tree (at least that's the way I designed it ATM).

[zakhar]

no space for lots of buttons

Yes, but may be two (or some more?) buttons are already a script access and were very good.
(User would be already able to open a large multilevel menu with personly configured items, such as it is now possible from user buttons.)

[admin]

We'll see. Phase one will be the 2 or 3 basic button version.

[Filehero]

The restriction to the tree isn't a technical one, right? If a clipboard is a valid trigger condition it could be applied to folders in a list as well.

Copy, Move, Paste: the trinity of file management meets smart targets, the circle is closed now.

[klownboy]

Yes. However, it might be an idea to have the tree scroll when the mouse hovers over the top or bottom edges. But that's another topic.

That's what I was thinking. If the edge of the Glider starts to touch the upper or lower edge of the tree, the Glider would initiate the scroll so you could access (target) a folder above or below what's currently visible and also expand nodes if need be.