Ideas and suggestions

Please try to put your suggestions in the appropriate section, or add new section if necessary!

General suggestions

All suggestions which don't fir into a more specific section.

• Full Windows XP style support
• Drag & drop LNK to current directory bar change active directory
• Dynamic Favorite Folders
• Auto-Hide to tray or minimize window when inactive for a preset number of minutes
• Dynamic Current Folder line
• Internal button menu like TCmenu
• Unified Command system
• Unified Parameters System
• Server plugin interface
• Show files in filelist window
• Copy file path
• New approach for INI file location
• Make available Windows Explorer 'non-file' context menu
• Option to permanently enable cm_AdministerServer
• Custom workspaces / workspaces by directory
• New command cm_CopyWebNamesToClip
• Can you configure so that TC will open links directly rather than Windows Explorer?

User interface suggestions

Visual improvements

Post all suggestions that would Total Commander look better here.

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Usability improvements

There is an existing function in Total Commander but it's difficult to use. Suggest you idea here.

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Compare files

• UTF-8 support for file compare tool
• FTP support for files compare function

Synchronize directories

• Suggestions for the Sync window

File handling (copy, move, rename, delete, open,...)

• Open files by filetype
• Transaction-like copy/move directories
• Queue for file transfers
• Pause button in regular copy/move window
• Rename file with just one button
• Copy/move multiple filenames into one leads to concatenation
• Save selection to clipboard
• add Undo functionality similar to that in Windows Explorer
• Option to automatically keep long file names during copy/move
• Multi-Rename Tool syntax in Copy dialog

Search

• Modeless search window
• Integrate fulltext content plugin fields into find text
• Show context of place of finding in text searches
• Few Search windows
• Persistent search results
• Faster search
• FTP search

Lister

• Tail functionality in Lister
• Adjustable tab width
• Drag & drop in Lister
• Built-in syntax highlighter in Lister
• Auto-refresh option for opened file in Lister

FTP

• Reupload changed file
• Tasklist_for_ftp_transfers
• Folders in FTP-server list
• FTP search

Custom column view

• Graphical display of numeric values
• Define field contents per filetype
• Uniquely named custom column configs (more custom column configs)

Packer plugins suggestions

Plugin requests

You are looking for a certain and it doesn't exist. Request your plugin here.

Plugin API suggestions

Suggest improvements to the packer plugin API here. You want use packer plugins in a better or different way? Suggest it here.

• Unpack configuration dialog
• Create Directories
• Background un/packing
• Repair archive command
• Repack configuration dialog
• Support for streamed ZIP files
• Pause during unpack
• Support thumbnails in archives
• Better support for encrypted archives
• Unicode support
• Packing: Removal of read-only files

File system plugins suggestions

Plugin requests

You are looking for a certain plugin and it doesn't exist? Request your plugin here.

• SSH support

Plugin API/usage suggestions

Suggest improvements to the file system plugin API here. You want use file system plugins in a better or different way? Suggest it here.

• Branch View
• Custom Columns
• Custom context menu
• Grouping FS Plugin
• Unicode support

Lister plugins suggestions

Plugin requests

You are looking for a certain plugin and it doesn't exist? Request your plugin here.

Plugin API/usage suggestions

Suggest improvements to the Lister plugin API here. You want use file system plugins in a better or different way? Suggest it here.

• Use internal Lister for converted text files

Content plugins suggestions

Plugin requests

You are looking for a certain plugin and it doesn't exist? Request your plugin here.

• Content Plugin for OpenOffice.org
• Content Plugin for IPTC-infos in image files

Plugin API/usage suggestions

Suggest improvements to the content plugin API here. You want use file system plugins in a better or different way? Suggest it here.

• Provide a way to set a field caption and a field name
• Multiple requests in a row
• Provide a way to setup Content plugins on the fly

Supported systems/technologies suggestions

Support U3-Specification

Backup (old links)

• Look and Feel
• Internal functions
• Packer plugins (WCX)
• File system plugins (WFX)
• Lister plugins (WLX)
• Content plugins (WDX)
• Useful Tools
• Supported Systems / Technologies

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