I need your help for tabbed browsing!

[wanderer]

Does middle-click on a directory (or packed file) open it in a new tab?

I have a Logitech mouse in which you can define the function of the middle button. I have set it to work as double-click. What would happen if i press it on a dir? Will it act as a doubleclick or it will do the task you describe? Personally, i would like it to remain as a doubleclick.

[CADweazle]

Anything else that I should add?

YES SIR!!!
What about saving tabs at user-command?
Why not using CTRL-D (directory-menu) and/or a drop-down Button like for the history command-line, to use a saved-TAB group?

And - what about copying one file to selected dir's in different destination-TAB's?

At least: what about a pre-release-test-version for extensive testing

Greetings,

[JohnFredC]

And - what about copying one file to selected dir's in different destination-TAB's?

I really like this suggestion. For a current project, I am on the verge of writing an EXE to do what I call "Broadcast" file copying. One source list and several different destination folders, each folder to get a full set from the source list.

Perhaps TC 6 might incorporate something like that?

Perhaps with "Named Tab Sets", I could keep groups of target folders ready to receive my broadcast?

Perhaps:

cm_CopyToAllDestinationTabs

[Jonas]

I like the Idea of Tab-Groups. This could be easaly add to the Ctrl-D Menu and managed like subdirs in this menu (I allready suggested that in the german board http://www.ghisler.ch/board/viewtopic.php?p=8442#8442):
You could add a new Tabgroup the way you're adding a new subdir. It would not be representet as an subdir but all commands in this "subdir" would be executed one after another (like a batch-file or a macro if you want so).
ex:
Real content of the subdir:

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cm_NewLeftTab cd c:\dir1\lala\ 
cm_CloseAllRightTabs 
cm_NewRightTab cd d:\dir2\lolo\ 
cm_New_RightTab cm_OpenDesktop

With Ctrl-D shown content:

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open tab-group
- 
{add/remove} current tab
add complete tab-set

(with the option 'save target tab')


This couldn't be only used for organizing Tabgroups but would also represent a kind of macro-ability to the TC!
[dreaming]and you are able to use all batch-commands[/dreaming]

[Black Dog]

[face=courier]On 23-06-2003 10:41:32 +0000 ghisler(Author) wrote:

[^Y]
g> Tab1: Source1 and Target1
g> Tab2: Source2 and Target2

g> Now the user needs to copy a file from Source1 to Target2.
g> There is no easy way to do this, except for manually going
g> from Target1 to Target2!

You won't belive, Christian, I'll just press "Alt"+"<-/or/->" being in "Tab2" - "Source1" should be somewhere in a History =). And if it would be necessary, I'll just open "Tab3: Source1 and Target2" and will work with three "tabs". The scheme you implemented is substitution of Panel History list, actually. If you make it saveable you can get almost the same result, IMHO.

g> With tabs per panel, it's easy: Just press Ctrl+Tab in
g> the target window!

Well, and if I want to change destination panel or both target and destination? Is it still so easy? %) But with double paneled scheme you can make it with one KBD hit.
Christian, I don't want to say the scheme you implement is the bad one. I just want you to understand it is only one of two (or even several) possible, all with own unlike signs. So if you implement both, user could chouse the most appropriate one for each.

g> Switching between multiple search results is possible,
g> although they are not saved when TC is closed

So you run each Search process in separate thread?

g> middle click (yes, with the wheel button) on a tab
g> closes it

Hm, I already assign it to "Enter" via my mouse software %). So how it would work with Commander now?

g> tabs can be always on, or only when there is more than
g> one

Is it possible to make them always off?

g> Anything else that I should add?

Double paneled tubs with sorting order and separator position saving in each one, of course.[/face]

[oblomov]

Source: Next tab (preferably Ctrl-Tab)
Source: Previous Tab (preferably Ctrl-Shift-Tab)
Target: Next tab (preferably Ctrl-Alt-Tab)
Target: Previous Tab (preferably Ctrl-Alt-Shift-Tab)

I like this idea of using -Alt- for the "alternate" (target) window.

New Tab (preferably Shift-Tab)
Source: Close Tab (for instance Ctrl-W)
Target: Close Tab (for instance Ctrl-Shift-W)

I don't see the relevance of having a Target: Close Tab. But anyway. Also, I'm not sure I like the choice of Shift-Tab for a shortcut for this. What about Ctrl-* (not the keypad *, of course)?

Open directory under cursor in new tab could be Ctrl-` for source panel and Ctrl-Alt-` for target panel (wonder what Black Dog's going to say)...

Nice idea, but consider that there are some localized keyboards (like the Italian ones) that miss the ` key. Maybe Ctrl-+ and Ctrl-Alt-+ (or = instead of + for easier access)? (I mean the standard +, not the keypad one, of course)

[Black Dog]

[face=courier]On 23-06-2003 10:41:32 +0000 ghisler(Author) wrote:

g> Now the user needs to copy a file from Source1 to Target2.
g> There is no easy way to do this, except for manually going
g> from Target1 to Target2!

Actually, there is - d&d :). I do hope it would be supported between "tubs"...[/face]

[JohnFredC]

I'm hoping for flexibility in tab placement. Though the natural locations for the tab controls might be toward the top and bottom of the TC window (I greatly prefer a location beneath the file panes but above the commandline), but what about on the left and right?

Would that be desirable to anyone?

I have more horizontal screen space than vertical screen space. so tabs on the left and right make good sense to me, making efficient use of my monitor.

[pdavit]

And - what about copying one file to selected dir's in different destination-TAB's?

That would be really useful and I do vote for this feature! It would be extremely useful in network environments as in my case I frequently need to update data on remote machines under the Documents & Settings folder.

[bheagle]

I would like to add that adding tabs seems like a nice addition, but as per my suggestion, I would also like to see different background colors for active and inactive sides, for example you have the left pane selected it's black background with yellow text, and the inactive side may have a silver background with black text... this way you would know what side is active easier than the subtle shift in the blue bar at the top of the pane.

[Jonas]

And - what about copying one file to selected dir's in different destination-TAB's?

That would be really useful and I do vote for this feature!

Yes, it is extreamly useful; but extreamly dangerous too! So I think it should be only implemented as an optional Checkbox in the copy-dialog.

[CADweazle]

It would be extremely useful in network environments...

Actually this would be my usage: 5 Metaframe-Servers updated at the same time! Would be .... GREAT.

Yes, it is extreamly useful; but extreamly dangerous too!

Sigh of course it is, but confess: TC is full of such dangerous things (CTRL+ including directories, the MRT, ...)
As always it should be configurable with a warning hint like: "Bold user beware..."


Greetings,

[Dominik]

to Black Dog

g> tabs can be always on, or only when there is more than
g> one

Is it possible to make them always off?

Yeah,it's like aut-hiding the taskbar.It appears only if you hover the mouse over the bottom part of the screen.So he meant,show the panel with tabs only when there's at least one... logical,isnt it?

[norfie]

[Lefteous]

IMO nobody needs tabs.
Tabs are only a (IMO complicated, space wasting) visual representation of temporary directory hotlist. Why we should choose a so complicated solution like tabs? KISS principle!

see also
http://www.ghisler.ch/board/viewtopic.php?p=8912#8912

What do you think about the implementation of tabs in Opera? Tab buttons can be visible or invisible, but the tab menu (Ctrl+Tab) is always functional. Everone could pick an individual configuration.