[Feature Suggestion] TC Address Bar Options

[jb]

I suggest the following options for the TC address bar (edit path feature):

1. Show a drop-down button in the right corner of the blue title bar (like in a ComboBox) to show the list of previously visited directories. This would be an alternative to the built-in ALT+DOWN shortcut for the cm_DirectoryHistory command. Furthermore it would visualize the possibility in the standard way and users like me that defined a button for cm_DirectoryHistory could regain screen space. Currently the right corner of the title bar is only occupied in rare cases when the path of the current directory is very long.
2. No delay to enter the edit mode after left-clicking (as already suggested by JackFoo in "The new edit path feature in 5.51:").
3. Show always a standard ComboBox like in the address bar of commonly used web browsers instead of the blue window title bar.
4. Accept /O switch like the DIR command to set the sort order.
   Example: "e:\downloads /OD-S" would sort files by date and time in normal order (ascending) and by size in reverse order (descending).
5. Accept wildcards (*, ?) like the DIR command to set an unnamed file filter.
   Example: "%SystemRoot%\*.exe" would show only files with extension .exe in the system directory.
   (BTW: Environment variables are already supported.)
   This feature may be extended to support negative filters (prefixed by |) and multiple filters (separated by space) like named TC filters or even to support regular expressions.
6. Accept /F switch to set a named TC file filter.
   Example: "e:\docs /F:ExcludeBak+Tmp" would set the user-defined filter "ExcludeBak+Tmp" that for instance hides backup and temporary files (|*.bak *.wbk *.tmp ~$*.*).

[ben hub]

Show a drop-down button in the right corner of the blue title bar (like in a ComboBox) to show the list of previously visited directories. This would be an alternative to the built-in ALT+DOWN shortcut for the cm_DirectoryHistory command.

This feature already exists: make a "slow" right click on the panel titlebar.

[jb]

I know, but it is not exactly the same.

[Black Dog]

[face=courier]On 01-03-2003 15:39:14 +0000 jb wrote:

j> Show a drop-down button in the right corner of the
j> blue title bar (like in a ComboBox) to show the list
j> of previously visited directories.
[^Y]
j> Currently the right corner of the title bar is only
j> occupied in rare cases when the path of the current
j> directory is very long.

Christian called such a button once "a duplication of existing functionality" and I completely agree with him. IMHO "current path" bar should be as long as it possible so this button is not a good idea.
But I like the idea in general, though I think it can be implemented some other way - as totally separate history with storing only commands, entered this way (actually, as it is now in CL). And not only for current session, as for Panel history list, but the same way as it is in CL.
Considering title bur valuable space occupation - IMHO button is not needed, you can open Title bur history by "Alt"+DA/UA like in standard combo after giving it a focus, or for example, with "Ctrl"+DA/UA for compatibility with CL shortcuts.

BTW, tooltip for current path bur to show long paths is a good idea IMHO.[/face]

[Valentino]

No delay to enter the edit mode after left-clicking (as already suggested by JackFoo in "The new edit path feature in 5.51:").

How should TC detect double click in this case (which opens dir hot list)?

[jb]

As far as I know it is not the business of TC to detect the double-click, but the Windows operating system generates a multitude of events such as click, double-click, mouse-down, mouse-up, key-press, key-down, key-up etc. and applications just can react to them by appropriate event handlers. The delay to distinguish between double-click and click is defined on system level. You can specify it in the "Mouse Properties" of the Windows Control Panel (there the delay is called "double-click speed").

[jb]

... this button is not a good idea.

If you don't like the drop-down button you can just hide it (or rather not make it visible). Intentionally I suggested the feature (like all others) as an option because I assumed that some users need the entire width of the title bar for the path name.

[Valentino]

As far as I know it is not the business of TC to detect the double-click, but the Windows operating system generates a multitude of events such as click, double-click, mouse-down, mouse-up

There's no such event as "click". There are the following events: lbuttondown, lbuttonup and lbuttondblclk. If user double clicks, Windows produces the following sequence of messages:
lbuttondown
lbuttonup
lbuttondblclk
If TC activated EditPath feature on lbuttonup, then double click would activate both EditPath and DirHotList. That's why this delay is needed.
Even if you're not a programmer think yourself: how can Windows predict (after first click) if user is going to make second click in the next moment or not?

[Hacker]

Even if you're not a programmer think yourself: how can Windows predict (after first click) if user is going to make second click in the next moment or not?

It'd wait the specified amount and then send either Lclick or Ldblclick.

Roman

[george_w_bush]

A function that might be useful is if we could type in new folder names at he end of the address and have them appear. That way we maybe we could even type in subfolders as well and build a directory structure quickly.

e.g. with c:\prog\*.* we could type add to it so it reads c:\prog\folder\subfolder\subsubfolder and have those estra folders created.

Just a thought.

Georgie

[Black Dog]

[face=courier]On 04-03-2003 14:51:04 +0000 george_w_bush wrote:

g> A function that might be useful is if we could type in
g> new folder names at he end of the address and have them
g> appear.

If you are really want it to be made this way, type in CL

md folder\subfolder\subsubfolder

Just can't see the reason to duplicate existing functionality for this operation. Or may be this is highly repeatable common one for you so typing additional "md " is a real problem?[/face]

[Valentino]

It'd wait the specified amount and then send either Lclick or Ldblclick

IMO, there's no need in new Lclick message. We already have Lbuttondown and Lbuttonup messages, so we can bind our action (event handler) to one of them depending on when we want an action to be performed.

2george_w_bush
2Black Dog
Making new dir with subdirs in one step is already possible also via F7 (NewFolder).

[Black Dog]

[face=courier]On 23-02-2003 22:09:42 +0000 Valentino wrote:

V> 2Black Dog
V> Making new dir with subdirs in one step is already
V> possible also via F7

This conversation is about command line...[/face]

[Valentino]

This conversation is about command line...

Rather "address bar"...
I just wanted to inform George W. Bush that it's already possible via F7 (in case he doesn't know yet).

[Black Dog]

[face=courier]On 05-03-2003 02:37:23 +0000 Valentino wrote:

V> Rather "address bar"...

Well, castrated command line it is now...[/face]