Some WinEx functionalities I wish were in x²lite ...

AEN007 · Post by **AEN007** » 2008 May 14, 19:07

14May2008

Greetings.
I make this posting in hopes x²lite
might find my wish list worthwhile to consider.

1) In WinEx Alt-Enter pops up the properties info tab.
In x²lite F12 does the same.
One can control where on the screen the popup
appears in WinEx but not in x²lite.
If one does Alt-Enter in the folder details section
(not the tree) in WinEx, the popup appears
wherever the mouse is on the screen.
In x²lite the popup appears randomly on the screen.
I know of no way to manipulate this in x²lite.
Maybe now it is already or in the future will be
possible to control where the popup appears?

2) In WinEx one can use the keyboard for context menu
options - either the &character or the first letter
of the menu item. This is true for x²lite as well; however,
this functionality also applies in WinEx on context menu
submenus but not in x²lite. For example, I use send to
repeatedly. In WinEx I could use the keyboard n
for send to & then the first letter of the choice under
the send to submenu. I name all my send to choices
so that they have unique first letters
(likewise with start menu choices).
In any case I wish I could use the first letter of the send to
choice under x²lite, but that is (seemingly) now not possible.

Thanks for a great freeware product.
The size on disk column is FANTASTIC.
I used to have to do popups all the time for that value.
Does anyone know why WinEx reports a number
in the folder detail section (Size) that is not
actual size or size on disk?
I have no idea what that number represents
or why WinEx reports that number.
It seems totally useless.
I use WinEx no longer, so I am only curious.

Any insights appreciated.
Thank you.
Regards,
AEN
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Post by **nikos** » 2008 May 15, 08:06

1. i don't know how windows explorer positions these properties dialogs, i don't have any direct control

2. likewise i don't know how you can have keyboard mnemonics for sendto menu, sorry

thanks for your good words for xplorer2!

AEN007 · Post by **AEN007** » 2008 May 15, 21:40

15May2008

Greetings.
I mention the following (in case no one has noticed) -
when one selects 1 file in x² & hits the context menu,
the menu appears there in x² @ the selected file;
however, when one selects 2 or more files &
then hits the context menu, the menu appears
wherever the mouse cursor is on the screen.

So maybe x² could manipulate whatever causes that
so the F12 popups could appear
wherever the mouse cursor is on the screen
like the context menu does when 2 or more
files have been selected ...

In any case, thank you & regards,
AEN
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AEN007 · Post by **AEN007** » 2009 Aug 24, 19:37

24August2009
Greetings.
Yesterday I found slick little portable utilty called PStart.
http://www.pegtop.net/start/
The utility functions as a USB stick surrogate Startmenu.
(I actually now use PStart on my dinosaur laptop on which I installed XP
and run without explorer.exe, so I need a surrogate Startmenu there ...)
The PStart popup menu does use keyboard mnemonics like the Windows Startmenu.
I think x² would be even slicker than it already is
if x² popup menus used mnemonics like the Windows Exporer & Startmenu do,
so I now make this posting in hopes the PStart published might
let x² in on the secret of enabling mnemonics functionality ...
Thanks in any case.
Regards,
AEN
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