tree view

[yuit]

Hi,

I like to have total commander in tree view as default, but when ever I press the button for a different drive the view changes to something else. I would just like to make it stay at treeveiw.

thanks for any help

[yuit]

oh, and while I'm at it, I have another question: is it possible to get the "my computer" folder in total commander ? also have the all the drives in the treeview (just like explorer). this would make for faster switching between drives.

[Aezay]

yuit> oh, and while I'm at it, I have another question: is it possible to get the "my computer" folder in total commander ?
Commands -> Open Desktop Folder -> My Comuter
But the "cm_OpenDrives" command is properly what you're looking for.
I just tested the tree mode (never use it) and I cant get this to work in tree mode either. Also if u want fast drive swiching, use the alt+f1/f2 shortcuts.
my 1st post in the new forum

[ghisler(Author)]

I like to have total commander in tree view as default, but when ever I press the button for a different drive the view changes to something else.

You need to change the drive in the OTHER window (the one with the files) to stay in tree view mode. Reason: Tree view always goes to the dir/drive of the file list panel. Yes, this is a strange behaviour, but it was requested by many old Norton Commander users...

[Tobbe]

What I would really like is a seperate pane with a tree-view where you can see all drives. When clicking a folder it should open in the active pane.

P.S. Sorry for answering to such an old thread

[Hacker]

Does something like Alt-F10 help a bit?

Roman

[Tobbe]

Whoo, took some time generating that list
Good thing it doesn't take that long every time I want to use the directory tree.
But it was not what I was looking for. It's hard finding what you're looking for when you can't colapse/expand folers.

[Hacker]

Well, you type in the name of the folder...

Roman

[Tobbe]

Yeah, it works for now. But I still want that tree-view...
Thanks for your help

[Hacker]

You're welcome. I assume you know of Ctrl-F8 and the option in Configuration - Options - Display - Tree: Press ENTER to open dir in other window...

HTH
Roman

[Tobbe]

When I'm using that alt+F10 thing I always navigate by typing the name of the folder I want to go to, but what should I do if there's more than one folder with the same name? I've tried TAB and the arrow keys but that didn't work...

[Hacker]

but what should I do if there's more than one folder with the same name?

You should press F1 or click the Help button.
There it says, "Press CTRL+ENTER to move the cursor to the next match.".

HTH
Roman

[Tobbe]

You're welcome. I assume you know of Ctrl-F8 and the option in Configuration - Options - Display - Tree: Press ENTER to open dir in other window...

HTH
Roman

Yes, I knew of those. Too bad you can type something like C:\Windows\System32\*.dll to show only the .dll files. Or can you? This time I did look in the help file...

[Hacker]

Well, not quite that way. You can either type cd c:\windows\system32 into the command line or into the Current dir box above the file panels (which you can activate either by clicking on it, or by pressing Shift-F6 when the cursor is on [..], or by executing internal command "cm_editpath=2912;Edit path field above file list" which you can add to the Button Bar or define a shortcut for it) and then pres Ctrl-F12 to invoke a custom filter.
Don't know of any faster/more_efficient way, sorry.

HTH
Roman

[Tobbe]

Guess I can just sort the dir by extension. It's just that I kind of like how it works in DOS with the dir command. Makes finding files in large folders like system32 easier...