Getting an up-to-date HTML help from TOTALCMD.CHM at a glance (resulted in a functional online help system by petermad!)

[beb]

2petermad
Please consider adding the "Copy URL for the displayed page" button to your "index2.html" pages as well, if possible. It might fit in somewhere next to the "◄ Help Index".
By the way, does your site handle the online help requests well?
I low-key hope that we are not overloading your site with that, so the good idea is not to become a pain for a good person.

[white]

I have now added the version of the Help file to the upper right of the help content frame.

Not a smart position IMO. Now you have created a big area of wasted space.

Although a bit more hidden, you could also include it in the title:

<title>Total Commander Help Index</title>

          

<title>Total Commander Help - version 11.57a rc1</title>

Looks nice when you hold down Ctrl+Tab or Alt+Tab.

[petermad]

2beb
I have now applied the "Copy URL for the displayed page" to the Help file list https://tcmd.madsenworld.dk/onlinehelp/index.html and https://tcmd.madsenworld.dk/onlinehelp-deu/index2.html


2white

Now you have created a big area of wasted space.

The space was already there - I have on purpose not made the right frame use all the remaining space - I think it gives too long lines and I hate having to change the size of my browser window to make tghem shorter.. In Chromium browsers you can enlarge the right frame by grabbing the lower right corner of the frame and drag it .

I have added version number to the title now.

[petermad]

I have now also made the "Table of Content" resizable too (not supported by Mozilla browsers).

The width of both frames are now saved between sessions. The frame widths of both the Index (https://tcmd.madsenworld.dk/onlinehelp) and the File list ( https://tcmd.madsenworld.dk/onlinehelp/index2.html ) are saved separately, as are the English and German frame widths are saved separately.

The frame widths can be reset to original size by clicking the version number at the upper right.

[petermad]

I have added Dark versions to the online help:

https://tcmd.madsenworld.dk/onlinehelp_dark
https://tcmd.madsenworld.dk/onlinehelp-deu_dark

2ghisler(Author)
Maybe you could consider adding a link to https://tcmd.madsenworld.dk/onlinehelp on https://www.ghisler.com/languages.htm

You only need the one link, the user can switch between English and German Help, and between Normal and Dark mode from that page.

[ghisler(Author)]

Thanks for doing this! I have considered adding a link to the page
FAQ+Support
instead, to the section "Online help". Would that be OK for you?

[beb]

2petermad
Thank you again!

petermad, ghisler(Author)
I've also added the online help link to the links section of the infobox on the wiki, where it looks good and belongs (along with .chm and .hlp help files links that are already there).
https://www.ghisler.ch/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
https://www.ghisler.ch/wiki/index.php/Infobox_Total_Commander_for_Windows
Please let me know if I'm wrong and have to remove it.

[ghisler(Author)]

That's a good idea, thanks!

[KozakMak]

2petermad
https://x0.at/Pka5.png

It would be useful to highlight keys that are not in the GUI

[petermad]

https://x0.at/Pka5.png

That link is dead (for me at least)

[petermad]

Thanks for doing this! I have considered adding a link to the page
FAQ+Support
instead, to the section "Online help". Would that be OK for you?

Thats even better

[KozakMak]

That link is dead (for me at least)

https://transfer.whalebone.io/yEFxbiEHxj/2026-07-05_15-09-36_clip.png

[petermad]

2KozakMak

It would be useful to highlight keys that are not in the GUI

That would be a task for Ghisler to incorporate in the .chm and .hlp files.

Since there are around 1100 wincmd.ini keys it would be an enormous task...

UltraTC Configuration Editor shows you whether a key is Advanced = not in the GUI