Feature Request: Autocomplete in address bar

[d00d]

Nikos,

Only came across x2 last week and I love it. Already put it to good use as a replacement for windows explorer.

One feature I sorely miss however is autocomplete in the address bar. It's particularly useful when typing long locations... For an example of how it works, you could look at windows explorer on Win2K or XP... type "C:\Pro" and you will see a drop down menu showing matches. Further if you type "C:\Program Files\Micro" you should see multiple matches. What are your thoughts on this feature?

Also, when I browse on my cd drive, x2 seems to get caught on IO reads quite a lot (meaning that it becomes unresponsive till it finishes reading whatever its reading). Especially if I change to a folder with say 20 or more files. Is this a known issue? Windows explorer tends to be much more responsive in such situations.

Anyways, keep up the great work!

[narayan]

This is explained in the alpha text (help menu). There are two mechanisms--not just one:after entering your string, just use UP arrow or F1.

You may enter any part of the address string (not just the beginning).

[nikos]

nice name d00d

[phkhong]

The UP arrow keys works for folders that were previously visited. Is there a way to autocomplete a folder which exists in the drive but has not been visited in the past?

For example:
c: has c:\windows, c:\temp; c:\My Programs, etc

If I have used 2xExplorer to view c:\windows, c:\temp previously, typing the win or temp and pressing the UP arrow will displays them in the history. If I then type c:\My Pro, UP arrow will not show C:\My Programs. It will be nice that if in the address bar, typing c:\My Pro will autocomplete like in windows Explorer as mentioned by d00d.

[nikos]

in x2 you can press F1 to cycle among the possible autocompletions, see alpha.txt