One of the reasons I love xplorer² is the separated folder sorting, compared to what my Explorer does in Windows 2000, for which I couldn't find a solution (note the folder sorting in the pictures below).
However, there's only 1 thing I found missing in this wonderful Windows Explorer alternative, which is a quick way to access the active folder's properties.
Explorer in Windows 2000
xplorer²
In the pictures above (you can click them to see a larger version) I right-clicked the background area in the folder content pane resulting in a context menu (note that full row selection is disabled).
However, you can see that, for some reason, the Properties menu item (or any alternative route) is missing from xplorer²'s context menu.
Currently I am aware of only a few work-arounds:
- Mouse:
Manually navigating the tree-view, pin-pointing the folder item, then right-clicking (without moving) to access the folder's properties. - Keyboard:
Ctrl-Tab to focus on the tree-view, App-key to open the (shell) context menu, then the R-key or Cursor up followed by Enter to open the folder properties.
For example in Windows Explorer, navigating from the folder content pane, both Shift-Tab followed by Alt-Enter or App followed by R open the folder properties.
After some thorough searches in the knowledge base, on the forum, and in the manuals, I did, however, find a section that mentioned a shell integration menu item:
Excerpt from xplorer² manual
Please let me know if this is just my Windows or a feature that is actually only available in the commercial version.
Thank you for reading
