A basic button bar menu demo

[ZoSTeR]

One of the things I like most about TC 7.5 is the ability to create your own button bar menus. Before that you had to rely on external programs like TCMenu.
So I thought that maybe not all users have experience with the extended button bar features that apply to menus too. Well normally drag&dropping a program to the button bar is all you need.

Here is a basic demo that shows the four functions that can be applied to a menu:

- Normal application calls
- Separators
- Multiple columns
- Submenus

You can modify the menus via rightclick on the menu icon itself (Edit linked button bar) and the individual items (Change).

Save this as "DemoMenu01.bar" in your TC folder:

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[Buttonbar]
Buttoncount=8
button1=wcmicons.dll,20
cmd1=%COMMANDER_PATH%\DemoMenu02.bar
iconic1=1
menu1=Submenu
button2=
iconic2=0
button3=C:\WINDOWS\system32\calc.exe
cmd3=C:\WINDOWS\system32\calc.exe
path3=C:\WINDOWS\system32\
iconic3=0
menu3=Calculator
button4=
iconic4=0
button5=C:\WINDOWS\system32\notepad.exe
cmd5=C:\WINDOWS\system32\notepad.exe
path5=C:\WINDOWS\system32\
iconic5=0
menu5=Notepad
button6=
cmd6=-2
iconic6=0
button7=C:\WINDOWS\system32\mspaint.exe
cmd7=C:\WINDOWS\system32\mspaint.exe
path7=C:\WINDOWS\system32\
iconic7=0
menu7=MS Paint
button8=C:\WINDOWS\system32\taskmgr.exe
cmd8=C:\WINDOWS\system32\taskmgr.exe
path8=C:\WINDOWS\system32\
iconic8=0
menu8=Task Manager

Save this as "DemoMenu02.bar" in you TC folder:

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[Buttonbar]
Buttoncount=4
button1=wcmicons.dll,15
cmd1=%COMMANDER_PATH%\DemoMenu01.bar
iconic1=1
menu1=<- Back
button2=
cmd2=calc.exe
iconic2=0
button3=C:\WINDOWS\system32\magnify.exe
cmd3=C:\WINDOWS\system32\magnify.exe
path3=C:\WINDOWS\system32\
iconic3=0
menu3=Magnify
button4=C:\WINDOWS\system32\osk.exe
cmd4=C:\WINDOWS\system32\osk.exe
path4=C:\WINDOWS\system32\
iconic4=0
menu4=On-Screen Keyboard

Copy this to your clipboard and rightclick/paste on a free spot on your TC button bar:

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TOTALCMD#BAR#DATA
%COMMANDER_PATH%\DemoMenu01.bar

wcmicons.dll,34
Demo Menu

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[Nux]

Nice!

Just to note - if you create buttonbar menu by hand (or through copying buttons from the main bar file) remember to re-number the buttons and add correct Buttoncount (just had that one missing and my menu didn't work).

EDIT (menu I use):

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[Buttonbar]
Buttoncount=3
button1=notepad.exe
cmd1=notepad.exe
param1=%l
iconic1=0
menu1=Short list in Notepad
button2=notepad.exe,1
cmd2=notepad.exe
param2=%L
iconic2=0
menu2=Long list in Notepad
button3=write.exe
cmd3=write.exe
param3=%L
iconic3=0
menu3=Long list in Wordpad

Menu icon (to add with the editor ignore TOTALCMD#BAR#DATA):

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TOTALCMD#BAR#DATA
%COMMANDER_PATH%\Listy_plk.BAR

wcmicons.dll,46
Show a list of current files and folders

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BTW I didn't know Copy&Paste of buttons is so easy

EDIT: Forgot to translate one...

[whytea]

Excellent tip. While that's working OK, the following features don't work as normal buttons on the button bar:

1) Drag-n-drop a file to a button in the menu

2) Drag-n-drop an executable into the button menu as if
it's on the button bar

Or, is there a workaround?

/Why Tea

[ZoSTeR]

The only workaround I can think of is to shift+click on the menu button to temporarly open it as a regular button bar.
You could add the default.bar at the end of the menu to quickly switch back.

I just noticed that the default.bar link is not shown as an entry in the menu but is visible in the regular button bar.
Don't know if this is a bug or feature but it works to our advantage in this case.

[Mikefield]

And how to drag and drop a button from one menu to another one?

mf

[ZoSTeR]

And how to drag and drop a button from one menu to another one?

I don't think you can. But you could use the method mentioned above and just rightclick copy and paste a button.

[Mikefield]

I don't think you can. But you could use the method mentioned above and just rightclick copy and paste a button.

And then delete the old one - it's inconvenient. Only a Workaround but no solution (Thanks ITIL)
Works as designed (Thanks Avaya! (insider))

mf

[whytea]

The only workaround I can think of is to shift+click on the menu button to temporarly open it as a regular button bar.
You could add the default.bar at the end of the menu to quickly switch back.

I just noticed that the default.bar link is not shown as an entry in the menu but is visible in the regular button bar.
Don't know if this is a bug or feature but it works to our advantage in this case.

Thanks. It does the job.

A better way would be for the button menu to drop down for a drag-n-drop action, then the dragged item can be dropped on the intended button.

[StickyNomad]

2Mikefield

And then delete the old one - it's inconvenient.

But you can cut & paste the button (instead of copy & paste) if you don't need the original any more...