Expand folder with keyboard?

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Hi, if I'm in Details mode with folder expansion enabled in the preferences, and I am navigating with the keyboard, how do I expand a folder?

It seems natural to me to allow the Right arrow to navigate into a sub-folder. I have figured out how to set Left and Right arrow hotkeys to accomplish expand ("Go EXPANDBRANCH") and collapse ("Go EXPANDBRANCH=collapse
") and It seems to work as I want. But I am not sure if this is the right approach, e.g. will setting arrow keys as hotkeys have some unwanted effects elsewhere, etc.

Rather, it seems like keyboard navigating into sub-folders should be built-in.

Thanks!

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It is. E.g.:

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3

I think use the script expand-folders-command may have more options，
for example，expandfolders toggle=expandtopCommands can quickly switch between expanded and collapsed states

4

Ah, I did not notice those. I like my shortcuts better & they don't seem to have any negative impact elsewhere in the app.

5

Wow, I got dizzy reading that. Way overkill for my needs but thanks for mentioning it.

6

Have you tried them in List View or Thumbnail Mode?

7

They don't work there. I'm OK with that as I don't use those modes much.

8

I'm with Rhywun on this one. I do wish DOpus would implement standard Windows shortcuts for common tasks instead of implementing its own.

It's muscle memory and one has a natural tendency to use it out of habit. It disrupts workflow when it doesn't work and one has to remember yet another shortcut and then actively retry it.

Right/left to expand/collapse subfolders while navigating is expected behaviour in Windows. IMHO it should be built in to DOpus.

Another one is Ctrl-Shift N to create a new folder (std Windows shortcut key) always catches me out. For some reason it's just Ctrl-N in DOpus. I appreciate it's simpler, but sticking to standard Windows shortcuts would keep things simpler from the user's perspective.

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Right/left already had a function (scroll right/left), this is also standard and expected behaviour. You can change it if you like.