Is It Time For All The Parents To Leave?

[petermad]

Maybe something like: http://madsenworld.dk/tcmd/root.jpg

[HolgerK]

I think we'd have to stick with the vertical orientation, Karl. It began, most publicly, with Windows 3.0 (earlier?) File Manager.

DOS Xtree?

Even if you build horizontally, sub-folders go down. The direction is out -> and down v. Our middle-eastern friends excluded...

Sorry, a tree is only one view of the files system.
Root\folder1\folderA
Root\folder2\folderB
Root\folder3\folderA
Root\folder3\folderB
Root\folder3\folderC

Upwards from folder3 you see folder2 and folder1, and this only because of an alphabetic sort order.
For example: You are currently in Root\folder3\folderC.
What do you expect if you go up ^ ?

The way Christian does it already in the Tree panels.

TC7.5 will introduce a Breadcrumb bar. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breadcrumb_(navigation) )

Path-style navigation <-> Tree-style navigation.
As [\] and [..] are located directly beneath the path display and not at top of the tree (which is rarely visible here:).
I'm still not convinced by your arguments for vertical navigation symbols.

Kind regards,
Holger

[karlchen]

Bonsoir, Claude.

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Hm, could it be that you took the term root too literally?

Karl

[Clo]

2karlchen

Hi again…

• In fact, with regard to the crasy wording used in computing about the tree and its whole caboodle,
my carrot might be shown LIKE THIS…
- I never saw a tree having the root¦s up and the branches down (except after the hurricane we had on December 1999)…

• That could close that pretty pointless thread…

 VG
Claude
Clo

[PeterTBCarp2]

2Clo: You're being obscure again. What do your symbols mean?
Anyone?

And thank you for your 'pointless' assessment, Clo. Just let us discuss it amongst ourselves and if we come up with something we might decide to put it to Christian.

2Karl: I understand your directionality and your particular point of view. I'm just suggesting something that represents the common representation of the (inverted, albeit) tree.

Please don't complicate a simple idea with your personal point of view. Think of the people in general. General usage. General perception. Show me somewhere where a 'tree' is represented graphically sideways. (Start with X-Tree for DOS if you like.)

The root's primarily at the top. It's really hard to argue that it's at the left. Have you drawn up a family tree lately? An organisation chart? You seem to be alone with this POV.

As Clo suggests: Q.E.D.

Cheers,
Peter

[HolgerK]

Show me somewhere where a 'tree' is represented graphically sideways. (Start with X-Tree for DOS if you like.)

Miller Columns

BTW the Tree-style navigation is not the default navigation in Total Commander.

Kind regards,
Holger

[JohnFredC]

Miller columns have been mentioned previously here in the forum.

[Jordi]

Please don't complicate a simple idea with your personal point of view.

That's a good one.

As Clo suggests: Q.E.D.

I think he rather suggested EOD.