Improvement of the History config dialog
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Improvement of the History config dialog
Some ideas to the History config dialog layout.
Change the label "Directory history thinning" to "History thinning" that would leave space for a box for setting the HistoryThinningDelta value.
Move the labels "History thinning" and "Max width in characters (average)" into the same vertical position.
Move both sections "History" and "Frequently used folders" 2 pixels up
Move the section "Scroll list:" like 7 pixels down
Move the part with "Storage location..." and "Save now / Delete now" buttons 5 pixels down
It should look like this:
https://tcmd.madsenworld.dk/historymockup2.png
which is a little less cramped together than the current look:
https://tcmd.madsenworld.dk/historyconfig1100b5.png
Change the label "Directory history thinning" to "History thinning" that would leave space for a box for setting the HistoryThinningDelta value.
Move the labels "History thinning" and "Max width in characters (average)" into the same vertical position.
Move both sections "History" and "Frequently used folders" 2 pixels up
Move the section "Scroll list:" like 7 pixels down
Move the part with "Storage location..." and "Save now / Delete now" buttons 5 pixels down
It should look like this:
https://tcmd.madsenworld.dk/historymockup2.png
which is a little less cramped together than the current look:
https://tcmd.madsenworld.dk/historyconfig1100b5.png
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Re: Improvement of the History config dialog
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In this case, I would move "Font:" even further to the right.
In this case, I would move "Font:" even further to the right.
Re: Improvement of the History config dialog
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Re: Improvement of the History config dialog
I don't think that the average user should change the HistoryThinningDelta value. It's for advanced users and doesn't need to be put in the main settings dialog.
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Re: Improvement of the History config dialog
I think it is pretty straight forward: how long do I have to be in a folder before it gets added to the thinned list.ghisler(Author) wrote: 2023-06-04, 09:25 UTC I don't think that the average user should change the HistoryThinningDelta value. It's for advanced users and doesn't need to be put in the main settings dialog.
I can think of option in for example the FTP config dialog and the Thumbnail config dialog that are much more advanced than HistoryThinningDelta
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Re: Improvement of the History config dialog
F1 - Help wrote: HistoryThinningDelta=5000 Number of Milliseconds to stay in a directory to keep it in the history. 0=only for file operations.
F1 - Help wrote:Directory history thinning
Only add directory to the directory history (Alt+Cursor down) if the user stayed there for a certain amount of seconds (default 5),
or started any file operation in that location.
Default (Standardwert) is missing in the German help file.F1 - Help wrote:Verzeichnisverlauf ausdünnen
Verzeichnis nur dann im Verzeichnisverlauf (Alt+Pfeil ab) anzeigen, wenn es für mindestens x Sekunden angezeigt wurde,
oder der Benutzer eine Dateioperation darin gestartet hat.
If this entry is in the menu selection as shown in the picture above, then
- each user can decide for himself which value he wants to use
- a user will probably only become aware that there is this or which other option there is
- a user does not have to look in the help to find out what other options are available for a topic.
2petermad
I would rather prefer the value: 5000 ms as default value, because this value is stored in the wincmd.ini
and is stated as such in the help.
Re: Improvement of the History config dialog
Fine with me - if thre is enough space for that2petermad
I would rather prefer the value: 5000 ms as default value, because this value is stored in the wincmd.ini
and is stated as such in the help.
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