How to create a shortcut?

[rabindranat]

Does TC capable of making such ordinary thing as shortcut on desktop of my tablet?

[seb-]

You can click&hold Right Mouse button for normal explorer Context Menu.

If you do it on a file, you can send shortcut to desktop, if you do it on empty white space you can use the "new" menu to create a "blank" *.lnk file.

[Hacker]

seb-,
... on Android.

Roman

[seb-]

seb-,
... on Android.

Roman

Oh... i missed that part... apologies!

[ghisler(Author)]

Just hold down your finger on the desktop, then choose "Shortcut" - "Total Commander".

[rabindranat]

Actualy, I asked about shortcut to any file, not TC itself. If I make a shortcut the way you propose, I got a TC-iconed shurtcut, no matter what kind of file or folder it points to.
I meaned, it would be handy, if there will be an option "Create Shurtcut" in TC long touch context menu (in addition to "Open with", "Send", "Rename", etc..)

[ghisler(Author)]

Sorry, there isn't - I'm not aware of any function to create shortcuts on the desktop programmatically. But you can create shortcuts to any file the way I described it. It depends on your device whether you can also change the icon.

[hius07]

Please look at ES File Explorer which can create a shortcut on the desktop for any file (long tap).

[rabindranat]

You can create a short cut by using you mouse right click

Android..!

[ghisler(Author)]

I have checked it - there is a function, but it requires two more permissions, and doesn't allow to choose where exactly the shortcut should be placed. Therefore better use the mechanism to create shortcuts directly on the desktop.

[dindog]

I can put path short-cut at desktop by add the tc widget

[IonChristopher]

The drag and drop is not implemented correctly.

You should be able to drag and drop anything anywhere as a shortcut of the item just by holding the ALT key. Except on TC.

Also the control key held down should create a copy even in the same directory - except on TC

And the default action on D&D should be to move - except on TC

The same is true with the default hotkeys - my freakin' god on a stick!

It feels like bizzaro land the way TC just ignores convention - like we have the time to relearn everything just for the sake of one program out of a hundred? That's just nuts. It's fast because of the programming, but the UX STINKS.

[Hacker]

IonChristopher,
Are you sure you are talking about the Android version?

Roman