Total Commander

When using the content of the clipboard as a file name (especially during in-place rename (Shift+F6) or in dialogs where file names can be entered), TC truncates the content of the clipboard at the first newline char.
I would prefer to replace newlines by a spaces.


Background: I often copy some title from pdf, txt, docx, etc. files and rename the file accordingly -- mostly with in-place rename.
If the title has 2+ lines, I need to copy them line by line or type them manually.
Both is slow and a bit annoying, since the entire title is in the clipboard but cannot be used easily for file names.

Hence my suggestion: Replace newlines by spaces when using text from the clipboard as file name.

Maybe this can be made optional with an INI setting: Of course, it might happen that a user accidentally pastes a "huge" amount of text.
To avoid potential problems with the exit boxes, the max length of the pasted string could still be limited. Maybe by a reasonably chosen constant or by another user-defined INI setting.


Any opinion on that?
Thank you.

Do you want to expand the basic functionality of Ctrl+V? Somehow I doubt that the author will go for it.
It's easier to use commands to copy names with a space instead of a newline:

2Fla$her

funkymonk wrote:Background: I often copy some title from pdf, txt, docx, etc. files and rename the file accordingly

Ah, I read about the title wrong. But this only concerns the button, and not the expanding the functionality.

funkymonk,
As I often find myself in a similar situation, I fully support++ this.

Roman

Fla$her wrote: 2023-07-25, 07:03 UTC Do you want to expand the basic functionality of Ctrl+V? Somehow I doubt that the author will go for it.

No, I'm sure that there is no need to expand the *basic functionality* of Ctrl+V. Of course, nobody would probably do that.

It's more like an "expansion" of the way in which TC's edit boxes for file names handle input from the clipboard: Simply replace newlines by spaces.

funkymonk wrote: 2023-07-25, 13:28 UTC It's more like an "expansion" of the way in which TC's edit boxes for file names handle input from the clipboard: Simply replace newlines by spaces.

Understood. As in some browsers, it is implemented for the address bar. I support this option.

Support++ , but the maximum length of the pasted string should be defined by user.

but the maximum length of the pasted string should be defined by user.

Doesn't he define it when he mark the text for copying?

petermad wrote: 2023-07-26, 08:24 UTC

but the maximum length of the pasted string should be defined by user.

Doesn't he define it when he mark the text for copying?

To avoid confusion:
The maximum length *I was writing about* has nothing to do with the users' wishes. It's a length that limits the pasted text to the amount an edit box can handle without problems. I remember situations (in other applications) where pasting thousands of chars into a UI element caused severe slowdowns or even crashes.

Thus: I guess @ghisler should define a reasonable limit (depending on typical path and file name lengths).

Just two remarks to make suggestion much better:

1. There are more characters which should be replaced when pasting as a file/directory name: Some of them are frequently used in titles (colon, double quotes, question mark), not just EOLs.
TC knows how to manage backslash.

2. Such characters are usually replaced with _UNDERSCORE_ rather than space. It's better solution - anyone can see that there were replacements made.

You can use the multi-rename tool with placeholder
[X]
which does already most of what you suggested:
- replaces line breaks with spaces
- replaces special characters with underscores, except for / and \ which can be used to move files to subfolders.

I must confess, I wasn't aware of the [X] placeholder in the MRT.
That's certainly useful -- and it can be used with a shortcut launching an MRT profile...

Still, especially for in-place renaming I want to emphasize my initial suggestion and Ushers addition once more:

1. It would be way faster.
   Especially if just
   • a part of the current filename shall be replaced by the clipboard content OR
   • the clipboard content should just be integrated/added to an existing file name,
   it's quite annoying to set up the MRT accordingly for just a single file.
   
   Examples:
   
   "2023-07-27 - TOBEREPLACED" --> "2023-07-27 - some text from the clipboard with line breaks and other chars that are not supported in file names"
   "2023-07-27 - SUFFIX" --> "2023-07-27 - some text from the clipboard with line breaks and other chars that are not supported in file names - SUFFIX"
   
   In such simple scenarios using the MRT is simply not convenient.
   
   
2. I don't see why TC ignores some of the clipboard content for file names. The information is there -- just use it!
   If a user explicitly pastes some text as file name I guess/assume/hope he does this for good reason.
   Of course some chars are not allowed in file names --> replace by space or "_".

I don't handle Ctrl+V in any edit boxes, this is handled by Windows itself.

There are tools and scripts to modify the clipboard, which can be called by button click or keyboard shortcut.
I myself always use the way via notepad (copy from web or document >> paste in notepad >> adjust the text >> copy and paste where I want to)