xplorer2 v2.0

pj · Post by pj » 2011 May 01, 21:43

Simple request: In the robust Copy and Move dialogs, when attempting to copy / move items listed in a scrap container, please add the folders of the tabs presently open in xplorer2 to the list of folders presented in the "Here" drop down field.

fgagnon · Post by **fgagnon** » 2011 May 02, 02:38

pj wrote:Simple request: In the robust Copy and Move dialogs, when attempting to copy / move items listed in a scrap container, please add the folders of the tabs presently open in xplorer2 to the list of folders presented in the "Here" drop down field.

... and I second that request. :thumbup:

narayan · Post by **narayan** » 2011 May 02, 02:53

Thirded!

Also, a similar mechanism in OmniFinder would be good to have (just add all tabs to the "Special folders" pulldown.)

An extension of that idea: Provide a check box "all tabs", which searches in all tabs loaded in both (acrtive+inactive) folder panes.

narayan · Post by **narayan** » 2011 May 02, 03:16

Some people may want to search only in all tabs of the active pane; but NOT the inactive pane (to avoid expanding the scope of search too much).

So the special folders pull down menu should have-

All tabs (active pane only)
All tabs (both panes)

robcheese · Post by **robcheese** » 2011 May 03, 15:45

Hope its not too late to get my 2 cents in...

- Resizing the xplorer window resizes all panes. It would be nice if it only resized the folder panes (like in windows explorer)

- In most applications that use tabs the active tab is brighter then the inactive tabs however this is reversed in xplorer.

- It would be nice if we could export partial settings (like in the visual studio setting exporter). For example this would allow a user to transfer their user commands between two computers without also transferring their browsing history.

- Drag drop tabs between panes. Or at least be able to assign a hot key to the "Move across" action.

- Standard forward/back navigation.....please

- In my opinion the inactive pane background colour and filtered pane background colour should override a colour scheme's background colour.

- Editing/creating custom groups can be a little confusing for new users as it is quite different from editing/creating anything else in the customize menu.

- It would be nice if the scrap pane could be empty when Xplorer launches.

- If "slow double-click to rename" is on and you double click an exe that doesn't take focus immediately then xplorer will think you are trying to rename it. Also if you click an item in a folder pane then give another window focus, then give xplorer focus by clicking the same item, it will again think you are trying to rename the item. Both of these issues do not occur in windows explorer.

- If you drag drop something into the folder it is already in then there is an error message which is not necessary in my opinion (you don't get an error message in windows explorer).

I don't mean to come off overly negative here. I could make a much bigger list of things I like about xplorer. Thanks Nikos for all your hard work!!!

kunkel321 · Post by **kunkel321** » 2011 May 03, 21:06

Has Nikos posted a timeline for v2?

Post by **nikos** » 2011 May 04, 05:41

you'd better get those icons designed fast!

narayan · Post by **narayan** » 2011 May 04, 07:20

In robust transfer, we have to be careful to select the "Rename target" option in advance.

If we have not taken that precaution, we are stuck: When x2 finds a name conflict, it allows us to select from yes, yes to all, cancel, no, and no to all.

This lack of choice is not good when we have already transferred a large number of items already. (It makes sense if x2 warns in advance before transferring anything).

Please add rename and rename all options also.

narayan · Post by **narayan** » 2011 May 04, 07:25

QuickViewer pane should have display options:
* Zoom slider,
* Fit to window,
* Actual size (reset)

kunkel321 · Post by **kunkel321** » 2011 May 04, 14:03

narayan wrote:QuickViewer pane should have display options:
* Zoom slider,
* Fit to window,
* Actual size (reset)

A grid-pattern background for graphics with transparency would also be helpful.

kunkel321 · Post by **kunkel321** » 2011 May 04, 14:08

nikos wrote:you'd better get those icons designed fast!

Here you go...
EDIT2: Icon set moved to "icon help" thread.

EDIT: I'm working on a "classic" hi-rez set, for people that don't like
my homespun designs (above), even though they are CLEARLY superior
in every way. Anyway, if anyone owns a copy of DrawPlus X4 and would
like to co-author the classic set, please send me a PM. I have about half
of the set done (many of the icon designs in the above set are actually
rebuilds of the classic set that comes with x2). I'll keep working on it...
But I'm not feeling terribly ambitious about it.

RightPaddock · Post by **RightPaddock** » 2011 May 05, 04:24

nikos wrote:to open anything in the other pane use Alt+Enter

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sorry

RightPaddock · Post by **RightPaddock** » 2011 May 05, 06:37

Comments on Folders and Files

x2 provides this via Ctrl/Z, but it is inconsistent in where the comments are actually stored

On folders they are stored in desktop.ini files
On most files they are stored in an Alternate Data Stream named SummaryInformation
On jpeg files at least, and maybe others, they are put into the MS WIC Comments field (I think that's Tag-ID 9C9C).

Can xplorer2 be given an option to always store comments in an Alternate Data Stream, irrespective of whether its a folder or a file, and irrespective of the file type.

Options->Show Hidden files and folder

Would it be possible to split this option into two items one for folders the other for files.

Then I could hide those pesky desktop.ini, someprogram.ini, thumbs.db etc, but still be able to see hidden folders like AppData & Cookies etc.

Via regedit would be OK for me.

RP

IneedHelp · Post by **IneedHelp** » 2011 May 05, 06:49

RightPaddock wrote: Would it be possible to split this option into two items one for folders the other for files.

Then I could hide those pesky desktop.ini, someprogram.ini, thumbs.db etc, but still be able to see hidden folders like AppData & Cookies etc.

+1, but not like that. I still want to see hidden/system files, just not the standard ones, so a global filter list would be nice- there we could specify name patters for common files like desktop.ini, thumbs.db, or whatever we would not like to see.

Post by **nikos** » 2011 May 05, 06:57

xplorer2 doesn't choose where to store comments, it relies on windows. ADS isn't very convenient as comments will be lost if you put them on a USB stick

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