Hi,
Just downloaded this app and I just need a couple of things before I
can use it completely as a replacement for Windows Explorer:
- The directory background click (right-click on empty space of
directory) doesn't raise anything; I'd love to have the original menu
from Windows Explorer being passed here (as I can see, I get the
default menu for files when right-clicking them, so that's ok)
- An address bar option - just passing the default one from Windows
Explorer would be great. I know there is QuickPath (and the search
facility in it is great), but my workflow is too used to an adressbar ...
- Forward/back buttons (back mapped to already existing Tab/Previous
tab command, forward correspondingly)
Apart from that, some other features I'd love to see are:
- User configurable interface: clicks, shortcut keys, etc. (for
instance, I'd love to setup Ctr+T for 'New - from selection')... From
an .ini file is enough :) Also for menu items/buttons..
- Ctrl+lecftclick on a tab in the tree "opens" is as a normal textbox,
user can type/paste a path/adress, Enter executes
- Option to show the default Explorer tree (one with Desktop on top)
- Option to limit the drawable area of the tree tabs, use scrollbars
when it starts growing too big)
- Save a "session" - current area of tabs and back/forward histories
- Possibility to export a time-stamped log of all directory visits,
file/dir copy/move/delete/rename operations (possibly even
saves/edits?) and file runnings/activations (by doubleclicking)
- Option to use "classic" tabs instead of area of tree ones (that is,
tabs in a single row)
- Each individual folder gets rendered as an individual button in a
path displayed in a tab, and is clickable; upon click of a parent
folder in such a path, we are taken there in that tab (like in
xplorer˛ lite)
- Option to show Split view; tabs in tree area, shown in each view,
are indicated (crudely, tab in left view is "red" and tab in right
view is "blue" :) )
When I saw it's open-source, I thought I could have tried implementing
some of these things myself - unfortunately its in C++, whereas I'm
better with JavaScript and such :) (and also I won't have serious time
to contribute in the foreseeable future)... Out of curiosity - what
are the possibilities of porting this software to Linux?
Btw, I'm not sure whether to use this group or the sourceforge forum
(http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=522237) for posting
questions - hope this is not the wrong place :)
Thanks again for the great software !!