Ideas and suggestions
Please try to put your suggestions in the appropriate section, or add a new section if necessary!
- The following templates can be used to label the current implementation status of a feature
implemented - fully implemented in current stable version of Total Commander
(partially implemented) - the suggestion has been implemented in current stable version of Total Commander. Some aspects haven't been implemented so far.
(not implemented yet) - not implemented in current stable version of Total Commander
(confirmed) - will be added in next version of Total Commander (confirmed by Christian Ghisler)
(unknown) - implementation status unknown. Feel free to change the status when you are sure.
(deprecated) - The suggestion no longer makes sense to be implemented as described. The problem might have been solved another way or Total Commander has evolved into another direction. This should be set by the original requester only.
General suggestions
All suggestions which don't fit into a more specific section or hasn't been categorized so far.
- Auto-Hide to tray or minimize window when inactive for a preset number of minutes (unknown)
- Unified Parameters System (unknown)
- Server plugin interface (not implemented yet)
- Show files in filelist window (not implemented yet)
- New approach for INI file location (not implemented yet)
- Option to permanently enable cm_AdministerServer (unknown)
- Copy file path (unknown)
- New command cm_CopyWebNamesToClip (unknown)
- Make view and column header indepedent (not implemented yet)
- Custom selection style (not implemented yet)
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New functionality
Add new functions here which are not improvements of existing functionality
- (Batch) convert files (not implemented yet)
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User interface suggestions
All suggestions to improve the visual appearance and/or usability go here. Post all suggestions that would Total Commander look better here.
- Full Windows XP style support (unknown)
- Do not display directory brackets by default (not implemented yet)
- Make the 'connection bar' optional (not implemented yet)
- Delete single/multiple file(s) confirmation (not implemented yet)
- Unified command launcher editor (not implemented yet)
- Drive list and drive bar improvements (not implemented yet)
- Button spacing and spacers (not implemented yet)
- Add support for tooltips in separate tree (not implemented yet)
- Don't invert text color when using inverted selection (not implemented yet)
- Unified Command system (deprecated)
- Internal button menu like TCmenu implemented
- Custom workspaces / workspaces by directory implemented
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Look and Feel Ideas and suggestions
- Option to automatically keep long file names during copy/move
- Full Windows XP style support
- Drag & drop in Lister
- 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
- Built-in syntax highlighter in Lister
- Dynamic Current Folder line
- Internal button menu like TCmenu
- Auto-refresh option for opened file in Lister
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Internal functions Ideas and suggestions
File Compare tool and Directory sync tool
- UTF-8 support for file compare tool
- Suggestions for the Sync window
- FTP support for files compare function
File handling (copy, search, ...)
- Open files by filetype
- Transaction-like copy/move directories
- Queue for file transfers
- Find Files
- Pause button in regular copy/move window
- Rename file with just one button
- Copy/move multiple filenames into one leads to concatenation
- FTP search
- Save selection to clipboard
- add Undo functionality similar to that in Windows Explorer
Lister
Ftp
Other
- Multi-Rename Tool syntax in Copy dialog
- Unified Command system
- Unified Parameters System
- Server plugin interface
- Custom column view
- 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?
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Put everything here that is about changing the current location
- Drag & drop LNK to current directory bar change active directory (unknown)
- Dynamic Favorite Folders (unknown)
- Dynamic Current Folder line implemented
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File handling (copy, move, rename, delete, open,...)
- Transaction-like copy/move directories (unknown)
- Queue for file transfers (unknown)
- Pause button in regular copy/move window (unknown)
- Rename file with just one button (unknown)
- Copy/move multiple filenames into one leads to concatenation (unknown)
- Save selection to clipboard (unknown)
- add Undo functionality similar to that in Windows Explorer (unknown)
- Option to automatically keep long file names during copy/move (unknown)
- Multi-Rename Tool syntax in Copy dialog (unknown)
- Open files by filetype implemented
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Compare files
- UTF-8 support for file compare tool (unknown)
- FTP support for files compare function (unknown)
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Synchronize directories
- Don't use cache when synchronizing with FTP server (unknown)
- Ignore Source Code Control System Meta Files/Dirs (unknown)
- Flag / tickbox for each folder down the list for "Ignore This Folder" in the folder name line (unknown)
- Add an option for "Synchronize dirs" (with ftp and txt files) (unknown)
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Multi rename tool suggestions
- ...
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Search
- Show context of place of finding in text searches (not implemented yet)
- Persistent search results (not implemented yet)
- FTP search (unknown)
- Faster search implemented
- Integrate fulltext content plugin fields into find text implemented
- Few Search windows implemented
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Find Files ideas and suggestions
- Modeless search window implemented in Total Commander 8.50 public beta 1
- Integrate fulltext content plugin fields into find text
- Show context of place of finding in text searches
- Few Search windows implemented in Total Commander 8.50 public beta 1
- Persistent search results
- Faster search implemented the integration with Everything tool in Total Commander 9.00 beta 1
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Lister suggestions
- Tail functionality in Lister (unknown)
- Adjustable tab width (unknown)
- Drag & drop in Lister (unknown)
- Built-in syntax highlighter in Lister (unknown)
- Auto-refresh option for opened file in Lister (unknown)
- Use internal Lister for converted text files (not implemented yet)
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FTP
- Reupload changed file (unknown)
- Tasklist for ftp transfers (unknown)
- FTP search (unknown)
- Folders in FTP-server list implemented
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Custom column view
- Graphical display of numeric values (not implemented yet)
- Define field contents per filetype (not implemented yet)
- Uniquely named custom column configs (more custom column configs) (partially implemented)
- Introduce indent for columns (not implemented yet)
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Thumbnail view
- Improved speed in thumbnail view (not implemented yet)
- Dynamic zoom in thumbnail view (not implemented yet)
- Define background color in thumbnail view (not implemented yet)
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Packer plugins suggestions
Packer plugin requests
You are looking for a certain and it doesn't exist. Request your plugin here.
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Packer 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 (not implemented yet)
- Repair archive command (not implemented yet)
- Repack configuration dialog (unknown)
- Support for streamed ZIP files (unknown)
- Pause during unpack (unknown)
- Support thumbnails in archives (not implemented yet)
- Better support for encrypted archives (unknown)
- Packing: Removal of read-only files (unknown)
- Alternate extraction interface (not implemented yet)
- Create Directories implemented
- Background un/packing implemented
- Unicode support implemented
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File system plugins suggestions
File system plugin requests
You are looking for a certain plugin and it doesn't exist? Request your plugin here.
- SSH support (unknown)
File system plugin API 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 (unknown)
- Custom context menu (unknown)
- Grouping FS Plugin (unknown)
- Unicode support implemented
- Custom Columns implemented
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Lister plugins suggestions
Lister plugin requests
You are looking for a certain plugin and it doesn't exist? Request your plugin here.
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Lister plugin API suggestions
Suggest improvements to the Lister plugin API here. You want use file system plugins in a better or different way? Suggest it here.
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Content plugins suggestions
Content plugin requests
You are looking for a certain plugin and it doesn't exist? Request your plugin here.
- Content Plugin for OpenOffice.org (unknown)
- Content Plugin for IPTC-infos in image files (unknown)
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Content plugins Ideas and suggestions
- 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
- Content Plugin for OpenOffice.org
- Content Plugin for IPTC-infos in image files
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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 (not implemented yet)
- Multiple requests in a row (not implemented yet)
- Provide a way to setup Content plugins on the fly (not implemented yet)
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Supplementary tools suggestions
Here you can put your suggestions for new tools to complement Total Commander. Existing tools can be found at Tools.
Desktop Search function
In the Find Files window, can you make an option to search for files (text) in all the computer. But to make the search real fast you need to generate an index file previously. The index file should be generated when the computer is idle. This is how Google Desktop does it.
Integration with Google Desktop Search
How about using the Google Desktop Search index instead of creating a new Total Commander file indexer?
Improvements in Synchronize Dirs
- 1. File/folder ignore mask - multiple, separated by ';', as in search (global ignore list from TC options is not used). Ignoring by attributes can also be useful.
- 2. Comparison utility: provide setup for external comparing utility - just run then <utility> %1 %2, like that
- 3. Advanced comparing options - checkboxes list for comparing size, date, contents. Content comparison exists now, but can you enable it for FTP folder(s) ?
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Supported systems/technologies suggestions
- Make available Windows Explorer 'non-file' context menu (unknown)
- Can you configure so that TC will open links directly rather than Windows Explorer? (unknown)
- Support U3-Specification (unknown)
Supported Systems / Technologies Ideas and suggestions
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