Weird Exclamation mark before the name of a TAB

[jcjimenez]

Hi all,

I've recently noticed that one exclamation mark shows up before the name of a tab and I didn't see something like this before.

Once you select any other tab, the exclamation mark disappears, but right after a while it shows up again in the new selected tab.

Image: https://www.anypixel.com/2021-10-21_15-28-58.png

Can anybody tell me what's this?

Best regards,
Jcjimenez

[Horst.Epp]

You have locked a tab but directory changes allowed.
Look on the context menu of the tab

[jcjimenez]

Nope, that's the asterisk character shown before the name, as always, for locked folders with directory changes allowed. The exclamation mark before the name is completely new for me and I've been using TC for many years.

[Horst.Epp]

Check again and you will see that the ! comes before the * after you change to a sub-folder.
I use TC since Windows 3.11, I think you can't beat that

[Stefan2]

Maybe this...

HISTORY.TXT
10.08.16 Release Total Commander 9.0 beta 9 (32/64)
10.08.16 Added: wincmd.ini [Configuration] ShowHiddenSystemOverlay=1/0       show exclamation mark overlay for hidden and system files/folders

Thanks to Horst.Epp this above is a visible marker for the list view.



Thanks to DrShark for pointing to the right direction, visible marker for the folder tab header:

10.03.21 Release Total Commander 10.00 public beta 1
22.10.20 Added: Folder tabs with option "locked but directory changes allowed": Show "!" prefix when current dir differs from locked dir, e.g. !*windows
(I have now put "exclamation mark" behind this line in my local History.txt for to find it next time too)





 Edited

[Horst.Epp]

2Stefan2
Its about ! in Tab header

[DrShark]

2jcjimenez
The details on feature are in another forum topic since this post:
https://ghisler.ch/board/viewtopic.php?p=397452#p397452

[ghisler(Author)]

It indicates that the directory in the file panel differs from the locked directory (with directory changes allowed).
This was mainly added for the case when you disable "Return to locked tab root directory on tab change" in Configuration - Options - Folder tabs.
It's a warning that when you drag a file to that tab, it will not go to the locked folder, but instead to the folder where you were last in.

[jcjimenez]

It indicates that the directory in the file panel differs from the locked directory (with directory changes allowed).
This was mainly added for the case when you disable "Return to locked tab root directory on tab change" in Configuration - Options - Folder tabs.
It's a warning that when you drag a file to that tab, it will not go to the locked folder, but instead to the folder where you were last in.

Finally, an answer with sense. Now I can see it. Thank you for taking your time Ghisler

[petermad]

2jcjimenez

Now you got your answer, but the history.txt file is most often a good friend:

22.10.20 Added: Folder tabs with option "locked but directory changes allowed": Show "!" prefix when current dir differs from locked dir, e.g. !*windows (32/64)