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Is there  a way to get the size of the currently selected subdir? I know that i get the size of all subdirs with ctrl-D

Press F12 to get the size dialog.

If you have to do that frequently (with different selections), then select the  Tools| options menu option; select the Advanced tab; and then tick the calculate subfolder sizes automatically. After this, The status bar will show the size of your selection (files+folders).

>> To see the total size of folders belonging to different directories, collect them in a scrap pane and then follow this last trick..

Actually, what I want is the same as ctrl-D, but only for the currently selected directory.

there's no direct way to do that but i can imagine a few possibilities:
a. use ctrl+S to send the selected folder(s) to a scrap and do a ctrl+d there
b. ctrl+alt+J to show just the selected folder and then again ctrl+d then ctrl+J to show back everything else

Or go into the directory and do an ALT-D. Gives a nice breakdown too in the folders. My preferred way to see the size info.

nikos wrote:there's no direct way to do that but i can imagine a few possibilities:
a. use ctrl+S to send the selected folder(s) to a scrap and do a ctrl+d there
b. ctrl+alt+J to show just the selected folder and then again ctrl+d then ctrl+J to show back everything else

Puh! I will never do this. It's way to many keys to push... The only thing I really would like is that you add ctrl-shift-c to show subdir size for current dir in the next version. What about that?

narayan gave you a single click solution: F12 (or alt+enter)

klunde wrote:It's way to many keys to push... The only thing I really would like is that you add ctrl-shift-c

Better, that is already possible! Right click (or Shfift-F10) R (properties). The same info and more! The same amount of keystrokes (two or three) as ctrl-shift-c.

 :P  :lol:  :P  :twisted:

[Later] Oops. F12 = Properies. Everyday learning something new....

I don't agree - it must be a one-hand short cut. I can easily press ctrl-shift-c with my left hand. If I must use two hands its not a shortcut. Also I do not care about other nifty informations - all I want is to know is the size of the selected dir inclusive subdirs - like the excellent ctrl-c function. Unfortunelately the ctrl-c function is usesless when the three top directories has 200~ ++ files. X2 waits forever and forever and loops (resets) long before it comes down to the directory I've selected in the list.

so what's the difficulty with the single-stroke F12 suggested above?

yes i usually use  F12  too...

Hi Nikos,

So could a new command called "Subfolder size [current]" be created, with a new shortcut.  X2 would then only calculate the selected file's size.

The existing Ctrl-D command, could be called "Subfolder size [all]" or "Subfolder sizes [all]".  Not sure which is grammatically correct, maybe both are? Anyway...

Just a suggestion to an already excellent product.  

Osei

fgagnon wrote:so what's the difficulty with the single-stroke F12 suggested above?

What's the difficulty? It opens a new window! I don't want a new window where I have to press esc to get out of it again. I just want to know the size of the currently selected directory as it already shows me with the ctrl-d function, but unfortunelately (as written above) the ctrl-d doesn't work if some of your folders are large and frequently used.

I want a ctrl-{key} to show size of currently selected directory.

If you only want to use one keystroke how about these AutoHotkey http://www.autohotkey.com/ scripts.


^#!d::
SetTitleMatchMode,1
IfWinActive, xplorer²
{
Send ^#!j
Send ^d
Send !v
Send o
}
else
{
Send ^#!d
}
return


or a slight variation (same thing, different keystrokes)


^d::
SetTitleMatchMode,1
IfWinActive, xplorer²
{
Send !v
Send v
Send y
Send !l
Send u
Send !v
Send o
}
else
{
Send ^d
}
return

You can assign them to any key combination you want. If you use the second version then you can even assign it to Ctrl+D!! It will then display the directory size for the focused directory with the Ctrl+d keystroke and you can use the menu command (Alt+l | u) to display the sizes for all directories.

Tank you for your excellent solution that will give me one keystroke, but actually I'm not interrested in installing anohter program just to get that functionality, I'm only hoping to make my point so that this can be incorporated into future versions of x2. The way the current ctrl-D functions is operating it is working only if you have small and/or not very active subdirs.

Another poster above in this thread suggested to change the ctrl-d function to be subdir-size for current dir and then anohter key kombination for all subdirs and I really second that suggestion.