How to Highlight all folders with a specific color?

fc62 · Post by *fc62 » 2016-09-11, 18:07 UTC

Hello,
I woluld like to highlight all folders with a specific colur, but I'm not able to indicate in "Define colors by file type" how to select all folders.

Is it possible? Thanks

Ovg · Post by *Ovg » 2016-09-11, 18:48 UTC

2fc62

Define colors by filetype->Add->Define->Advanced->Attributes->Directory

jjk · Post by *jjk » 2016-09-11, 19:01 UTC

Hi fc62
Try Configuration > Colors > Define colors by file type > Add
In dialog box, choose Config button, then in "Config selection" dialog box, choose second tab (Add...), check Attribs, check Directory, then Save button. Give it "directories" name for example.
Now you go back to previous dialog box. Click on Confirm. Finally choose a color in the palette, confirm twice.
Sorry if english is not your language, mine neither, so I had to guess button captions.

fc62 · Post by *fc62 » 2016-09-11, 22:17 UTC

Many thanks!

fc62 · Post by *fc62 » 2016-09-20, 12:34 UTC

Hello, I have another question: I would like to highlight only the files with extension *.lnk and the link is to a folder. I tried to use shelldetails plugin to determinate the origin of the link but I haven't been able to find the right field selection
Do you think it would be possible?
thanks

Lefteous · Post by *Lefteous » 2016-09-20, 12:42 UTC

2fc62
That's a quite advanced task. The most appropriate content plugin for this task would be 'Shortcut' ( http://totalcmd.net/plugring/shortcut.html ). It has a field 'Path' but I'm not aware of any ways to find out if this is a folder or a file.

MVV · Post by *MVV » 2016-09-20, 12:53 UTC

Perhaps script content plugin may be used with approriate script, but I don't know how fast it will be.

Also regular expression may help to filter some file paths in Shortcut.Path field (names with dots etc) but it is not reliable...

Lefteous · Post by *Lefteous » 2016-09-20, 13:05 UTC

Of course it can be solved in a content plugin (with script or natively) but I don't think it's the best solution. The use case here is another example of the lack of post-processing capabiltiies. We have just a few operators and that's it.
Using the result of one content plugin field value as input of another would be the best solution.

fc62 · Post by *fc62 » 2016-09-20, 13:10 UTC

I just tried to use shortcut plugin but I didn't find any useful selection. Maybe script content plugin could be useful but I'm not skilled with scripts. My question is: If we right-click for attributes of a link to a Folder, in the Tab "Link", we can see a file called "Type:" (I’m not sure if the translation is correct because my system is in Italian). This field correctly indicate the origin type of the link: doc, txt, acrobat, etc. and it perfectly recognizes a folder link. It would be perfect to be able to detect that attribute but I don’t know how.

fc62 · Post by *fc62 » 2016-09-20, 14:35 UTC

Just in case, how can ask to someone to help me writing a script for my purpose? Thanks

Ovg · Post by *Ovg » 2016-09-20, 20:09 UTC

2fc62
1. Download and install AHK - https://autohotkey.com/
2. Download and install - WinScript Advanced Content Plugin http://ghisler.ch/board/viewtopic.php?t=44032
3. Download and copy to the folder Scripts in home dir of the WinScript Advanced Content Plugin script Folder_Test.ahk - http://rgho.st/8ss7L49NQ
4. Open in any editor options.ini in the home dir of the WinScript Advanced Content Plugin and add |Folder_Test to the end of ActiveScripts= line in section [Script]
5. Add section

[Folder_Test]
Script=Folder_Test.ahk
content=Folder_Test
extensions=lnk
FoldersPaths=0

to options.ini

6. In section [ExeScriptParsers] find string ahk= and write here the correct path to AHK executable
7. Configuration > Colors > Define colors by file type > Add or edit you defenition for LNK files:
7.1 Search for - *.*
7.2 go to Plugins tab and choose winscriptsadv plugin, property - Folder_Test, OP - contains, value - 1
Save all and enjoy!

fc62 · Post by *fc62 » 2016-09-21, 00:52 UTC

Ovq,
I did all your (very clear) instructions and everything runs well but the script seems not able to select ONLY folder shortcut links but also all links to other kind of files.
Did I do something wrong?

Ovg · Post by *Ovg » 2016-09-21, 06:31 UTC

Hmm, for me all working fine.

Did you have another rules for lnk files? If any exist, remove them.

I have recorded a test gif file for you - http://rgho.st/7xyLBW4hB

Stefan2 · Post by *Stefan2 » 2016-09-21, 07:03 UTC

Ovg wrote: 7.2 go to Plugins tab and choose winscriptsadv plugin, property - Folder Test, OP - contains, value - 1

property - Folder Test,

shouldn't that be
property - Folder_Test, ?

Ovg · Post by *Ovg » 2016-09-21, 07:15 UTC

2Stefan2
Indeed! My mistake, thank you, but it doesn't matter in this case - choice is made from the predefined menu ... I have edited my post with instructions.