dynamic column width in the list view

wangmice · Post by *wangmice » 2011-09-20, 04:34 UTC

dynamic column width in the list view like the explorer in Windows 7.
The width of each column is the length of the longest file name in this column.
Can TC do it?

fenix_productions · Post by *fenix_productions » 2011-09-20, 07:38 UTC

2wangmice
Tested it out few times in other file managers. Results: truly annoying behaviour, especially for directories with a lot of files.

wangmice · Post by *wangmice » 2011-09-20, 08:17 UTC

fenix_productions wrote:2wangmice
Tested it out few times in other file managers. Results: truly annoying behaviour, especially for directories with a lot of files.

i think it can save spaces,especially for directories with a lot of files, when there is one long file name but the others are short.

sorry ,my english is poor.

MVV · Post by *MVV » 2011-09-20, 08:20 UTC

You may limit column width via INI parameter BriefViewWidthLimit. Read help section 4.b for details.

Post by *ghisler(Author) » 2011-09-20, 16:17 UTC

Unfortunately it would be very slow with plugins - try for example to sort by a plugin column in a large directory. TC would have to do that for EVERY column with auto size...

sheppaul · Post by *sheppaul » 2011-10-20, 13:45 UTC

This is one of typical features of Mdir (from dos).

The number of dynamic column to switch could be defined in advance not to make TCMD slow. It's hard to explain here.

Just try this program: http://xiles.net/downloads/#NexusFile

The interface is very efficient for the file manager only having one panel.

I can live without it but it is one of features I really like.

how it works.
http://www.mediafire.com/?1mgjjf4mb054w7m

TLis · Post by *TLis » 2011-10-20, 18:36 UTC

Maybe then a dynamic autosizing is not the optimal choice, but a step could be made in this diirection, enabling adjusting the column width on demand, e.g. by double clicking the column separator in the header, like in Excel ...