Duplicate Right Pane from Left

[Alonzo Mosley]

OK this is going to be tough to explain.

You know how when you open Commander, the two panes are where you last used them? Well sometimes I want both sides to be the same subdirectory.

So I go to the left, do the clickie thing up and down, and then I have to do the same thing on the right.

Surely there's a way, once I have the on the left where I want it, to make the right-pane "jump" to that same location.

[white]

I think this is what you want:
cm_SyncChangeDir (Synchronized directory change in both panels. Can have a parameter and can be configured by an ini setting, search the help for cm_SyncChangeDir)

Perhaps this can be useful too:
cm_MatchSrc (change the folder of the inactive panel to that of the active panel)

Or use them both as a combined command (cm_MatchSrc,cm_SyncChangeDir).

[ghisler(Author)]

Use menu Commands - Target=Source.

Or use Ctrl+Arrow left/right to transfer a directory to the other panel.
1. If you do this from the source panel, e.g. press Ctrl+Right while in the left panel, it will open the directory under the cursor in the right panel.
2. If you do this from the target side, e.g. Ctrl+Right while in the right panel, it will just show the same directory in both (transfer from left)

[beb]

Ctrl+Arrow left/right

As for me, this is one of the greatest Total Commander commands ever made.
I use it so many times a day, and each time I am mentally sending another thank you to the author.

[Wilhelm M.]

A click on the same drive button above the right panel does the same. E.g. if the left panel shows d:\test a click on the d: button above the right panel switches to d:\test in the right panel.

[petermad]

A click on the same drive button above the right panel does the same. E.g. if the left panel shows d:\test a click on the d: button above the right panel switches to d:\test in the right panel.

Unless AlwaysToRoot=1 is set in the [Configuration] section of wincmd.ini

[Horst.Epp]

A click on the same drive button above the right panel does the same. E.g. if the left panel shows d:\test a click on the d: button above the right panel switches to d:\test in the right panel.

Unless AlwaysToRoot=1 is set in the [Configuration] section of wincmd.ini

A setting, I will never understand why one should like this behavior.

[Alonzo Mosley]

Or use Ctrl+Arrow left/right to transfer a directory to the other panel.

This is perfection. Thank you.

A click on the same drive button above the right panel does the same. E.g. if the left panel shows d:\test a click on the d: button above the right panel switches to d:\test in the right panel.

I could not get this to work... Which is the "drive" button? The drop down in the upper left?

Unless AlwaysToRoot=1 is set in the [Configuration] section of wincmd.ini

I don't have a wincmd.ini in my [totalcmd] directory.

[petermad]

I could not get this to work... Which is the "drive" button? The drop down in the upper left?

No, it is a row of drive buttons - configured in "Configuration" -> "Layout" -> "Show drive buttons".

I don't have a wincmd.ini in my [totalcmd] directory.

The wincmd.ini file can be located in different places, depending on your choices at installation time. You can find the location of your wincmd.ini by clicking "Help" -> "About Total Commander" in the main menu.

You can open the wincmd.ini file via "Configuration" -> "Change Settings Files Directly" in the main menu.

Or you can type cd %COMMANDER_INI% and press Enter in TC's Command line to navigate to wincmd.ini. You can configure the display of the Command line in "Configuration" -> "Layout" -> "Show command line". If the Command line is not visible, you can press Shift+RightArrow on the keyboard to open it.

[Alonzo Mosley]

Found it! Thanks!
Configuration=>Options=>Layout