New TC Idea 7.56a

rilley · Post by *rilley » 2011-01-21, 11:14 UTC

I have a new idea, about the drive BARS, I put an image.

[img]http://a.imagehost.org/0914/tc_ideea.jpg[/img]

This new idea, to be enabled from settings, but let the old one too...

THANKS

Post by *Hacker » 2011-01-21, 22:27 UTC

Hello rilley,
What use would it have?

Roman

rilley · Post by *rilley » 2011-01-22, 00:37 UTC

Simple,

Better design....

Balderstrom · Post by *Balderstrom » 2011-01-22, 01:00 UTC

Looks like having both Drive Toolbars on one line. And possibly to be able to configure the space display in GB instead of MB thus cutting the space requirement of that info to about 1/4 of what that text needs now.

I never use the "Drive Menu" icons. Too much vertical space used for what the Drive "Drive Combobox" already does. Even more so if you don't use the Left/Right Drive Menu option, then it's just a bunch of empty unusable space.

Post by *Hacker » 2011-01-22, 01:24 UTC

rilley,

Better design

In what way? I see no benefit; it is just taking up more space.

Roman

Post by *petermad » 2011-01-22, 02:39 UTC

it is just taking up more space

Hmm, it is actually concatenating the two current bars "Drive bar" and "free space on drives" thus taking up less space.

I wouldn't be able to use it though - I have too many drive letters.

Post by *Hacker » 2011-01-22, 10:09 UTC

petermad,

Hmm, it is actually concatenating the two current bars "Drive bar" and "free space on drives" thus taking up less space.

Not sure how you mean it. Currently you can choose:
Dropdown drive box + free space label
Drive buttons + free space label

Proposed:
Dropdown drive box + drive buttons + free space label

I see no benefit in having Dropdown drive box + drive buttons enabled at the same time.

Roman

rilley · Post by *rilley » 2011-01-22, 10:16 UTC

Ok,

But put the \ .. buttons in right of the panel, like

[img]http://c.imagehost.org/0960/tc_ideea2.jpg[/img]

I`m use to the idea to be in right...

JohnFredC · Post by *JohnFredC » 2011-01-22, 13:04 UTC

Right align the \ .. buttons gets my full support.

Post by *petermad » 2011-01-22, 15:53 UTC

I see no benefit in having Dropdown drive box + drive buttons enabled at the same time.

I do, because I use DriveBarHide, but sometimes I need access to the hidden drives - thats when I use the combo-box in stead of the buttons.

Balderstrom · Post by *Balderstrom » 2011-01-22, 17:38 UTC

There are innumerous options that would need to be implemented to suit everyones interpretation of how it should be.

I think that a new Menu/ButtonBar would fit everyone needs.

CustomDriveBar.ini wrote:[CustomDriveBar]
iconFile=C:\iconsTC\mydrivebar.icl
button1=drive_Root
button2=drive_UpDir
button3=drive_ComboBox
button4=drive_Network
button5=drive_AllDrives
button6=drive_FreeSpace
button7=drive_DynamicSpacer
button8=drive_Root
button9=drive_UpDir