i'm going to create a toolbar for a specific folder.
i know how to make it open when i go in that folder but i also want the toolbar to close when i leave the folder
is it possible?
The way to make it open automatically in a folder (by specifying the toolbar as part of the folder's Folder Format) will also automatically close it when you go to another folder (and trigger a different folder format).
i made a bookmar bar where i put all the folders i usualy use
now i want to edit the buttons of the folders i want to create a specific toolbar
Example
Go "D:\Giochi"
Toolbar NAME=Ordinamento STATE=left
This command opens the toolbar "Ordinamento" on the left of the panel,but then if i click on a different button/folder,the toolbar remains visible.
In the folder format i don't see anything about toolbars in any tab
Go to Preferences / Folders / Folder Formats and edit or create a Path Format for the path you're interested in.
On the Options tab you can specify a toolbar (or toolbar set, if you want more than one):
You need to go via Preferences, not via Folder Options, since the Toolbar option isn't available when making temporary changes to a format.
ok but i don't understand why the toolbar option is not inside the folder options if i open this setting from the main toolbar.
It seems to be the only setting that is missing
I try to explain what i'm trying to do,because maybe there is a different solution from the one i thought
I have a toolbar on the left for videos
1-2-3 are the links to the folders that contains video (i have more but this is just an example),while 4-5-5 are buttons with commands to group files.
Those folders have different columns and i really don't like to use the preset button for 2 reasons:
1-i can't align on the left
2-many of the columns i want to see in detailed view doesn't need to have a button so i don't want those buttons in the toolbar.
That's why my solution was to create 3 differnt toolbar (Video1,Video2,Video3) where all these toolbars contain 1-2-3 but 4-5-6 are different buttons
Clicking o each toolbar i get what i want after setting the toolbar that must open (and close) for each folder.
So this is what i already did and it works.
The problem is with a command that "call" this video library when directory opus is on background
This command have a shortcut i put in a button of my mouse so i can click when i'm using a video player
The command is just
"Go LASTACTIVELISTER
Toolbar NAME=Video1 STATE=left"
The problem is that if i recall directory opus when the lister is in the folder video2 (so with toolbar video2 visible) i enable also video1 toolbar and i see 2 toolbars.
I need a command to recall the video library with the last active folder and its toolbar,whatever it is,but not adding any other toolbar
The fact is that i could recall the video library even without any toolbar enabled (if last time i used DO to just browse files) so i need a command to enable one of the 3
It's complicated to explain. i hope you can understand.
PS: i'm doing this just to add buttons to group files,but it wouldn't necessary if i could just use midclick on header like i asked some time ago.
You should not need to turn toolbars on or off using commands if you have them set up properly via folder formats.
Doing that is where you're going wrong, I think.
yes but i need a command to enable toolbar because as i said,maybe directory opus is minimized after i browsed a "normal folder"
So going in LASTACTIVELISTER won't enable the toolbars
IS tthere another way to enable the toolbar when it's disabled and directory opus is minimized?
the only way i can think is something i don't even know if it's possible to do. Something with "IF" condition
IF "all these toolbars" are disabled
THEN Go "defined folder" (this will acitvate the toolbar,one of them at least)
ELSE Go LASTACTIVELISTER (so if i'm already in one of those folders,nothing happens
I'm confused about what you want to do.
If you want a toolbar to appear when in certain folders, where does LASTACTIVELISTER come into things?
When directory opus is minimized and toolbars are not enabled.
Let's say i just browsed the music folder
and then i minimized Directory Opus.
While it's minimized i want to open my video library (i use DO as video library for my video player)
so i need a command that just enables one of the toolbars (we said they are Video1,Video2,Video3)
This is why made that command and gave a system shortcut. So even if i'm not in Directory Opus when i run CTRL+SHIFT+O i open the video library with the toolbar
But the problem is that IF i already am in the folder VIDEO2
and the command enables Video1 toolbar,then i get 2 toolbars,and it's not what i want.
So i need a way to enable only 1 toolbar without changing the folder i'm already in
Whether it's minimized or not shouldn't matter.
I don't think you need a command to turn on the toolbar here.
Set the Video1, Video2, Video3 folders to use a folder format which turns on the toolbar for the folders when you enter the folders.
Doing it that way will automatically turn off the toolbar when you exit the folders.
You could save individual formats for the three folders, or you could use a wildcard format which matches all three folders at once (e.g. *:\Video[0-9]) if they all use the same toolbar.
ok it seems it's not clear yet
I already did that but how do i activate directory opus when i'm on the video player?
I'm here
and i want to open my lbrary to choose a video.
Directory Opus is minimized and currently is on D:Music
You can use a still hotkey to run Go LASTACTIVELISTER or whatever, that doesn't need to change. All Leo's saying is you should leave out the Toolbar commands because Opus can handle changing toolbars for you automatically.
but if directory opus is minimized in D:Music and the command is just
go LASTACTIVELISTER,i go to D:Music and no toolbar appears because toolbars are for folders C:Users\Marco\Video1/2/3
and i can't change LASTACTIVELISTER with C:Users\Marco\Video1 (or 2 or 3) beucase if Directory Opus is minimized but i'm already in Video2,it means i want to stay in Video2 and i don't want to change and go to Video1
This is why i asked if it's possibile to add conditions "IF..."
i saw there is @ifpath but i don't know if it helps in this situation
PS:i'll open now different requests to get the same result but keep in mind that this is not solved.
So you don't want toolbars which automatically appear when you are in the Video1 etc. folders?
Do you want toolbars that give you shortcuts to go to particular folders, which then close when you click one of the shortcuts? If so, put Toolbar CLOSE NAME=*this into the buttons that go to the folders, and they will close the toolbar they are on after changing folders.
Go C:\
Toolbar CLOSE NAME=*this
Or do you want something different?
yes i want them to appear!!!!!
CASE 1 i'm in D:Music and DIrectory Opus is minimized
i want to click a mouse button that recall Directory Opus with toolbar "Video1" enabled
Once i'm there i can click 1 2 or 3 and change the toolbars depending on the folder i'm on 1 is for folder/toolbare Video1 etc etc
The only things changing are the buttons 4-5-6 that become 7-8-9 for folder2/Video2 and 10-11-12 for folder3/Video3
CASE 2 I'm already in Video2
i want to click a mouse button that recall Directory Opus with toolbar Video2 enabled without adding any other toolbar
While one of the 3 toolbars is enabled i can switch to one folder to another one clicking on it and this changes toolbar automatically thanks to the folder settings (this is the easy part already done)