Is it possible to have an editable path (as found in a pathbar) which corresponds to each lister in a dual vertical or horizontal display? Main reason is that I quite often want to visually compare folder structures on my network drives (Z:/....) and local drives (D:/....). I find that the most intuitive way to do this (with other dual-pane explorers) is to copy the path from the top of one pane and paste to the top of the other pane, then click to edit the drive letter. With DOpus, I have to click in the reference pane to get the path in the pathbar, then click in the second pane, then edit the drive letter in the pathbar and hit enter. Not difficult to do, just less intuitive than having an editable path per view. I have the breadcrumbs location field active at the top of each lister, but this is not editable.
Its entirely possible that I have missed a way to do this, but searching help, preferences and the forum hasn't revealed an answer as yet.
And this won't get you exactly what you want either, but you might find it useful to turn on the hot paths option in prefs. That will let you navigate upwards (just as the breadcrumbs will) in either lister pane.
To solve your specific problem, I'd look at creating and using a saved layout. You manually set your dual lister up with each pane in the location you want, then save that as a layout. To return to it later, just open that saved layout and there you are. Saved layouts can also log into FTP sites for you if that's a concern.
If you go into Customize mode, right-click the Location field and choose Edit, you'll see an args field.
Add left or right to the list arguments and that location field will only affect the left or right display. You can duplicate the field to create a second one for the opposite display.
e.g. The args would be like this:
left,driveroot,hidedesktopfolders,size=0+0+0+3+3
or
right,driveroot,hidedesktopfolders,size=0+0+0+3+3
(the other stuff should be there already if you're using the default toolbars).
Yeah - but then you'll always have two location fields being shown... even in single display mode... unless you do some hackish local toolbar on/off stuff in the buttons you use to switch between single/dual display.
At one point, the idea of storing local / layout specific toolbar info in layouts was mentioned. I think that at least would be a less hackish way of doing this, but ideally, for users like Bill here I think they'd prefer a location bar specific option like exists in prefs to open a second folder tree for the second file display.
All, thanks for the suggestions.
John, I already had enable hot paths selected, but thanks. Saving a layout doesn't do it, because this isn't just about viewing a specific folder on two drives, but about viewing many (multiple project folders) on two drives.
Leo, followed your directions and have essentially got what I wanted, although it isn't very elegant, as the path field doesn't resize with the window and lister panes. Also it won't follow new layouts (eg vertical panes). As long as I stay at full-screen (which I generally do) its OK.
I know it isn't always helpful to say "do it like program X" but the first screenshot on this page http://www.freecommander.com/fc_shots_en.htm illustrates a simple example. The pathbar should run above any fodler tree as well, to maintain widest possible editable width.
Thanks again
For my needs the best solution would be to make it possible to save each Lister-style or Layout with a different set of toolbars. I think this has been suggested several times before. With this I could configure a style in single mode to have a different Pathbar than my dual-vertical style.
I would also like to have a special toolbar (and hide some other) when opening a style which is e.g. designed for Image viewing and editing.
At the moment the only possible way to get around the pathbar showing two pathfields in single-mode is to create a button which closes the "double-pathbar" and opens a "single-patbar" at the same place. This Button must be clicked every time you change between these styles which is a little bit annoying.
I have realised that there is a problem with Leo's suggestion. I use Direct Folders [url]Direct Folders] system-wide and was very happy to find that it worked well within DOpus. However when using the dual pathbar layout as per Leo's directions, if I middle-click in the file listing to bring up Direct Folders, then select a folder I want to jump to, it is always the right pane that responds, whether I click in the left or the right pane. Which, to be honest, is a right pain. Does anyone have any suggestions? It appears at present to be either: have the direct folders functionality OR have the dual pathbars. I'd like both please!
I don't know how Direct Folders tells Opus to go to a folder, but I suspect you need to raise this with the Direct Folders author.
If having two pathbars is the only difference between it working and it not working then Direct Folders is probably looking for the last (usually only) pathbar control and setting its path, but in this case it would need to find the correct pathbar (or trigger the folder change via some other method; e.g. running dopusrt.exe /cmd go "path" would always affect the active file display).
Leo
Thanks for the reply. Direct Folders works in any Explorer window or Open/Save dilaogs, presumably via system hooks, so it probably doesn't "know" that it is operating within DOpus but thinks it is operating within Explorer - in the same way that right-clicking in a DOpus file list brings up an Explorer context menu. Not sure how DF would find the correct pathbar or even know that one existed... Erm... I can try the DF author but somehow don't hold out much hope.
