Hello,
I have been using the following sequence of keys to create a new folder for over 10 years: [alt], [f], [w], [f]. This is accessing file->new->folder. However, this does not work with Opus. I want it to.
I have tried:
Adding a hotkey. This doesn't seem to work, since I seem to only be able to assign one command, for example [alt]+[f]. I don't want to do this.
Removing Find from the file menu. When you hit [alt], [f], [w], [f], in opus, you get to the find menu. I tried removing find from the file menu, in case it was conflicting with the new folder command. It appears that it wasn't.
I tried to edit the "create new folder" command. I want it to add "Folder" instead of Folder". However, I notice that the "new" command in the file menu is known as a "Lister Context Menu", and it does not seem to be possible to get to the "new folder" command when editing the commands. I noticed that this Lister Context Menu was a "Windoes Shell Lister Context Menu". Is there a way to change this menu to be the same one that the explorer in Vista uses. I tried [alt], f,w,f and it worked just now in Vista explorer.
I searched through the faqs, internet and help but failed to find the answer.
You could do this, but with the greatest respect to your muscle memory, wouldn't it make more sense just to set up a hotkey where you could, say, press F6 and accomplish what previously you had to press 4 keys to do?
Strange that, in the New menu, Shortcut has the S key but Folder doesn't have any key. I've just filed a report with GPSoftware to tell them so hopefully it'll be fixed in the future.
For now there are a couple of workarounds you could use...
[ul][li]If you don't care about the rest of the File -> New menu and just want to be able to use the alt, f, w, f sequence that you're used to then:
Remove the Lister Context Menu item from the File menu.
Add a new sub-menu called Ne&w (or something else with &w so that it takes w as its key).
Within that, add a command which creates a new folder and is called &Folder (or something else with &f in it).
The command to create a new folder should be simply CreateFolder, if you want Opus to prompt you for the name with a dialog box, or CreateFolder INLINE if you want it to be exactly the same as using the New menu (where something called New Folder is created and you start renaming it within the file display).
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[li]If you don't want to get rid of the New menu then you might be able to do the same as above and make sure your replacement menu is above the Lister Context Menu item. I expect Opus looks for the keys from top to bottom so you can "override" the w key with something above it.
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[li]You could also create new menu items, toolbar buttons or standalone hotkeys which run the CreateFolder command, if you're willing to learn a new keystroke. (Ctrl-N should already create a new folder in the default config. You can reassign it.)[/li][/ul]
Hope one of those will do for now. Either way, the lack of F key for the New -> Folder item has been reported.