Copy file name only

[homunculus]

I often need to copy and paste the file name only, without the path. I'm talking about long file names (30+ characters), not short ones I could easily type in myself.  :)  Right now, I tend to copy the full path with Alt-C, paste it in the text editor and then edit out the path. It would be great if x2 had a dedicated hotkey for copying the file name only. It looks like right now both Alt-C and Ctrl-Alt-C do the same thing, namely copy the full path. Could we remove the redundancy and have Alt-C copy the full path and Ctrl-Alt-C just the file name?

[Cosmo]

I support this idea.

Nevertheless you can use SendToToys. It provides (besides others) an additional send-to target, where you can place the filename into the clipboard. This is configurable. So I personally use the x2-built-in command alt-c for copying the pathname and this send-to-target for the filename without the path.

[nikos]

F2, shift+end, ctrl+C, ESC, easy!

[Robert2]

Why not simply use "Ctrl+P"?

[fgagnon]

Nice one, Robert2.
Being a (primarily) Details view user, I didn't think of suggesting that because it also copies all the columns.  :(
But ... in any other view, Ctrl+P copies just the selected item name(s).

[homunculus]

Why not simply use "Ctrl+P"?

Because I use the Details view and Ctrl-P gives me headers and file info. The pasted content needs even more editing than Alt-C.

[homunculus]

F2, shift+end, ctrl+C, ESC, easy!

About as easy as going from France to Spain through China. Yes, there are more-or-less inane workarounds, but splitting two redundant hotkeys (a bad idea to begin with), as proposed, can't be that hard.

[fgagnon]

Given that we prefer Details view, the fewest keystrokes method I see for copying a single item name to the clipboard is:
Ctrl+F2, Ctrl+C, Esc

And there is a registry tweak (or use x2 Settings Editor) to set F2 to select the entire itemname, including the extension. Using that setting would further reduce the keystrokes to: F2, Ctrl+C, Esc
(... but still not as simple as your initial suggestion/request at the top if the thread to change the Ctrl+Alt+C usage so it copies just the itemname(s) to the clipboard. )

[johngalt]

I thought about it and thought about it some more and I support the idea - if copying the filename can be implemented in a future build then CTRL + ALT + C would make a good shortcut key for it as well.

Add my name to the list of people requesting this feature.

[bst]

Hi,

ALT + C and CTRL + ALT + C are not identical.

ALT + C copies item names (including paths) separated by linefeed

CTRL + ALT + C copies item names (including paths) in a comma-separated list

FWIW, you could use here:

Ninotech Path Copy http://home.worldonline.dk/ninotech/freeutil.htm
use menu: Copy Long Name

putclip from cygwin http://www.cygwin.com/  or gclip from http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/
$echo $N | putclip

CopyToClip from http://mc-computing.com/Languages/CopyToClipboard.htm
> CopyToClip $N

Or use AutoHotkey or similar and write a small script.

cu, Bernd

[slsides]

the file manager i used to use (powerdesk) did allow copy filename as well as copy path.  i liked the feature.

[johngalt]

good point bst - I only tried it with one file so it looked the same - with multiple files the difference is obvious.

Adding SHIFT Into the mix copies the 8.3 file paths in a similar fashion.

[becritical]

Is there a way to NOW copy only filename without using other extensions?

[Kilmatead]

If you mean only copy the filename itself (not including the full path), when sorting by the Name column, <Ctrl+Alt+P> will do that. (Indeed, it will only copy whatever information is in the column which is currently sorted, so it's flexible that way.)

If you do this quite often, want to avoid the Name-sorting requirement, and/or would prefer something more obvious like a toolbar-button, a script (for a user-command) could be easily written.

Or, if you mean the entire filepath including the name, as mentioned above, simply <Alt+C> will do it. Alternatively, hold <Shift> while Right-Clicking and there's a shell entry for "Copy as path" (this is a standard windows thing).