Directory Opus 13.17.4 (Beta)

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QuickShow

Added the Show QUICKSHOW command which brings a "quick look" type feature to the standalone viewer. This is designed to be assigned to a hotkey (e.g. space).

This command opens a very simple cut-down viewer without toolbars or menus, hard-coded to appear as large as possible to display the image at its original size. If the image is larger than the screen it will be reduced in size and you can click and hold the mouse button to enlarge it. In this mode, the only keys that do anything are Escape (close the viewer), and Left/Right to move to next/previous images.

You can use Show QUICKSHOW=dismisskey to have the viewer automatically close when the key that launched it is released. Add the link keyword to link the viewer back to the Lister that launched it, so that using left/right to move to another image updates the selection in the file display.

Viewer Pane improvements

  • Added Preferences / Viewer / Viewer Pane / Show lock button option.
  • Added Preferences / Viewer / Viewer Pane / Exclusion List page. This lets you exclude the viewer pane from displaying files in certain folders. You can also use wildcard patterns to exclude specific file types to prevent the pane from trying to show them.
  • Split some options from the Preferences / Viewer / Viewer Pane page to a separate Options page.
  • By default the viewer pane will no longer trigger the download of offline files from cloud storage. You can reenable this if you want with the new Preferences / Viewer / Viewer Pane / Allow download of files from cloud storage option.

Commands

  • Added Go TABLIST=lockicons keyword; when specified, icons representing each tab's lock state will be shown to the right of the label.
  • Added argument to open the Customize dialog minimized (without having to open a button editor at the same time). Prefs CUSTOMIZE MINIMIZE
  • The FileType NEW command now creates a newfilefullpath variable with the full path of the created file, in addition to the old newfile variable which only has the name. This is useful if the user types a full or relative path that causes the new item to be moved.

Evaluator and scripting

  • Added Evaluator SetClip() function.
  • Evaluator error messages now show more information again.
  • FAYT script commands that have configuration flags defined now show a button in the FAYT itself, allowing the flags to be changed directly rather than having to go into Preferences to do it.

Miscellaneous changes

  • Tab lock states are now shown in the tab switcher (Ctrl+Tab).
  • You can now use Preferences / Miscellaneous / Shell Extensions to block property handlers.
  • The Microsoft MPEG property handler (mfmpeg2srcsnk.dll) is now blocked by default due to it appearing in a large number of crash dumps. You can unblock it from Preferences / Miscellaneous / Shell Extensions if you need it.
  • Improvements to the auto-shutdown system to make Opus less likely to shutdown immediately after it starts up.
  • Added Preferences setting to override automatic detection of the new Open With behavior introduced to Windows 11 recently. May help on some systems where double-clicks are opening the wrong program after recent OS updates. Preferences / Miscellaneous / Advanced: [Troubleshooting] openwith_userchoicelatest
  • The text editor used by the button/script editor now has an option to show visible spaces. With this turned on, spaces and tabs are indicated using different glyphs, making it easier to tell them apart.
  • Inline Rename control keys now allows Ctrl-C/X/V to be overridden by custom functions.
  • Updated to UnRAR 7.13.
  • When run from a script with results logging enabled, the FileType NEW=directory command now adds an item for the new folder. Also improved how it works for files, and when the result is renamed into another drive.

Fixes

  • Functions that use {file} should normally run once per file, but if the {file} was preceded by a variable name (e.g. {$targetpath}\{file}) this wasn't working correctly.
  • Improved behaviour of dblclickmenu option for Go FOLDERCONTENTS.
  • When using UK English, columns and infotips for video files that report audio and subtitle languages now use full names ("English, French") instead of abbreviated codes ("en, fr").
  • Fixed ghost files being left behind in some situations.
  • Fixed "Dynamic icon/label from child buttons" option in the three button button editor not working.
  • When using expanded folders in display modes with grid layouts, improved rendering of inline sub-folder background color.
  • Fixed file collection Date Added column showing incorrect dates for files with the same filename.
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