Total Commander

Is there any way to have jump lists in Windows 7 similar to what you see if you open "My Computer" - (i.e., a list of recently-used directories)?

If not (and my searching hasn't suggested this is currently possible), then I would like to suggest that this be considered for a future release of TC.

Thanks.

Hello, Walter30047.

Total Commander offers a "(Folder) History" for each of the two file panels. Press the key combination <alt><cursordown> to open and use it.

Total Commander offers a "Directory Hotlist" (Favorites). Press the key combination <ctrl>d to open and use it.

Is this what you have in mind?

Kind regards,
Karl

Kind of.

I don't know if you have Windows 7 or not, but in Windows 7, you can "pin" a shortcut to the taskbar. Left clicking on it opens the program; right clicking on it (sometimes) will cause a jump list to appear and you can then select an item from the jump list.

When you pin "Computer" (the old "My Computer") to the taskbar, right clicking causes a jump list to open of the folders that you most frequently have navigated to using Computer. You can then select one of those items and Computer will open to that folder.

When you pin "Internet Explorer" to the taskbar, right clicking lets you (if you want) open a new tab (if IE is already open) or start an InPrivate session if you want.

It would be nice if Total Commander would put the list of "favorites" in a jump list so that you would be in that directory on one of the panes at least when you selected that from the jumplist and opened the program.

TCs Jumplist is called Buttonbar !

Just drag your jump target to the buttonbar (you may have severals of them) and it will create a shortcut.
You may click on the button and it will be executed or drop a file on it to start the dragged file with the linked program ...

sqa_wizard,

TCs Jumplist is called Buttonbar !

Probably does not quite work while TC is not running / has not focus.

Roman

You can try Jumplist Extender. Appears to be a pretty cool compiled AHK Script, along with Microsoft WinApi.dll's.

[size=117]c:\Program Files (x86)\Accessories\JumplistExtender\ [/size] wrote:Defaults\
AutoHotkey.exe
IconLib.dll
ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.dll
ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.xml
ImageComboBox.dll
Microsoft.WindowsAPICodePack.dll
Microsoft.WindowsAPICodePack.Shell.dll
RunTaskAsAdministrator.exe
T7EBackground.exe
T7ECommon.dll
T7EPreferences.exe

Took me a little to get the hang of it, mainly make sure you use the Configuration File menu, and Save and Apply to Taskbar.

Jumplist Extender works great aside from a few GUI quirks. Currently during testing,

[size=109]I just made a couple Tasks[/size]: wrote:Title: CD ProgramFiles(x86)
Command Line: "C:\Program Files (x86)\TotalCMD\TOTALCMD.EXE" /R="C:\Program Files (x86)"

Title: CD ProgramFiles
Command Line: "C:\Program Files (x86)\TotalCMD\TOTALCMD.EXE" /R="C:\Program Files"

Jumplist Extender quirks: It can handle ShortCuts to Files/Folders, but browsing for Folder-Shortcuts within its Config/GUI is buggy as it parses the shortcut and opens that folder for further browsing of files. The checkbox option to open the Shortcut in Total Commander is buggy as well, as it ignores the running instance of TC and opens another copy instead. Other than that it seems to be fine.


Related Software (Note):

I'm also using Jumplist Launcher and TaskBar Tweaker. Which seem to work well for extending the TaskBar itself.

Whereas JumpList Extender is for Extending the jumplist's (right-click menu) of individual programs on the TaskBar.

Isn't it would be easier to tweak buttonbar with frequently used dirs and use any 'buttonbar as menu' tool (e.g. TCmenu) and add it onto taskbar?

Using this way you can even assign any icon for every folder. Also you may start any other programs, not only TC. To start TC with needed folder you may use command line parameters /L="path", /R="path", /S, /T, /O (section 4.b of help file describes them).

I don't use pinning because I found it too limited, I prefer old good quick launch panel with links (it is much easier to change link's properties, to change tooltip, also such buttons are always have same taskbar position so may be started much faster - I don't hide button labels too, this strange feature prevents fast finding of needed button, I prefer to activate needed application w/o extra clicks).

Would depend on the user, and the application. If the app properly supported the jump-list it would be very easy to customize: Like explorer --- every folder you pin to the TaskBar gets added to Explorer's Pinned Jumplist, and below that is frequent folders.

The OP asked specifically asked about TC & JumpLists. All the answers thus far have been no, use this workaround.

I came across this thread around the same time I was researching how to customize Win7's TaskBar, thus I thought I would provide the information actually related to the OP's question.

Explorer is becoming more and more usable with every Windows release. Especially with extensions/Addons like StEx (custom ToolBars that can have any icon/command) and QTTabBar.

There are many conveniences built into Windows 7 that TC passingly supports or not at all. Explorer on the other hand is pushing the boundary of handling multimedia files - automated views for Images/Videos; a thumbnail view that is FAST and quickly scale the size of the thumbs. Side Panels that are customizable and useful --- something that has been asked here again and again - yet users are told NO use the button bar, use the DirHotlist, etc.

That would be fine and dandy, except in TC every area has it's own syntax and things that it can and cannot do. There is no unification between the Start Menu, DirHotlist, Button Bars, Association, Internal Association; F3/F4.

There are less than a handful of things that Explorer can't do that TC can -- granted a few require external apps - and in TC many of those things require plugins that may or may not get an update.

Perhaps none of that matters, but Windows 8 is already in beta and TC still doesn't fully support Win 7 advancements. I only say this because Windows proper and other FileManagers seem much more highly focused on their end-users. Very few user suggestions are implemented, and I fear if TC stays on its current path it will become irrelevant.

Personally I get really tired of hearinga handful of TC Fan Boys reiterate "if feature x,y,z was added the program would become bloated." Opera and other programs have been hell-bent on adding features without necessarily succumbing to 'featuritis' and Opera in particular hasn't bloated in the least --- it jumped a fair bit between v9 and v10, but now at v12 the size hasn't changed much at all.

Jumplist Extender works great aside from a few GUI quirks. Currently during testing,

Title: CD ProgramFiles(x86)
Command Line: "C:\Program Files (x86)\TotalCMD\TOTALCMD.EXE" /R="C:\Program Files (x86)"

Title: CD ProgramFiles
Command Line: "C:\Program Files (x86)\TotalCMD\TOTALCMD.EXE" /R="C:\Program Files"

Jumplist Extender quirks: It can handle ShortCuts to Files/Folders, but browsing for Folder-Shortcuts within its Config/GUI is buggy as it parses the shortcut and opens that folder for further browsing of files. The checkbox option to open the Shortcut in Total Commander is buggy as well, as it ignores the running instance of TC and opens another copy instead. Other than that it seems to be fine.

This idea is not bad, but I wish I can open saved tab-files in this way.
Unfortunately it is not possible.

e.g. TOTALCMD.EXE /d:\savedtabs1.tab

I think it were very useful in combination with Jumplists (or the Jumplists Extender).
Or better the Totalcommander would support it directly.

Perhaps none of that matters, but Windows 8 is already in beta and TC still doesn't fully support Win 7 advancements. I only say this because Windows proper and other FileManagers seem much more highly focused on their end-users. Very few user suggestions are implemented, and I fear if TC stays on its current path it will become irrelevant.

I think most single developers are in a quandary about plans for the future. The pace of change is so fast, for those developers with mature and profitable product it perhaps behooves them to sit a while and watch how the next year or two unfolds instead of jumping into new development.

Another thing to think about single developers is the threat of ennui. Consider working in the same code for twenty years. Facing a big enhancement effort vs. taking it easy: one might begin to consider doing something else... or nothing at all!