# Favorites FOLDERCONTENT: expanded names, ignored arguments, superfluous menues

**URL:** <https://resource.dopus.com/t/favorites-foldercontent-expanded-names-ignored-arguments-superfluous-menues/57384>\
**Category:** Help & Support\
**Created:** [October 3, 2025, 11:59am UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/favorites-foldercontent-expanded-names-ignored-arguments-superfluous-menues/57384 "2025-10-03T11:59:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![lxp](https://resource.dopus.com/user_avatar/resource.dopus.com/lxp/32/33734_2.png) [@lxp](https://resource.dopus.com/u/lxp)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2025, 11:59am UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/favorites-foldercontent-expanded-names-ignored-arguments-superfluous-menues/57384/1 "2025-10-03T11:59:32Z")

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> [@Directory Opus 13.18.6 (Beta)](https://resource.dopus.com/t/directory-opus-13-18-6-beta/57380/1):
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> - The `Favorites` command now supports the `FOLDERCONTENT` argument, which lets generated favorites buttons act as folder content menus. For example, add `FOLDERCONTENT=button` to the default command on the Favorites toolbar to make the favorite folders expand to show their contents.

My favorites are defined like this

 ![2025-10-03 - 13.10.37](https://resource.dopus.com/uploads/default/original/3X/6/f/6f54a6600d7d612abd18612d1497c94d14e16de6.png)

With this button...

```plaintext
Favorites EXCLUDEBRANCH="Favorites Bar" NOOPENINTABS USEQUALKEYS

```

... they look like this in a toolbar:

![2025-10-03 - 13.17.59](https://resource.dopus.com/uploads/default/original/3X/a/e/ae11aafa95f6510162b1d78ec6052f3ec26e654f.png)

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Adding FOLDERCONTENT has a couple of side effects: The FTP short names get expanded...

![2025-10-03 - 13.18.49](https://resource.dopus.com/uploads/default/original/3X/7/b/7be947e0276a7949d7fb5150233965d0ddf6e151.png)

... and the other arguments (`EXCLUDEBRANCH`, `NOOPENINTABS`, and `USEQUALKEYS`) are ignored.

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FOLDERCONTENT itself seems to be struggling. The marked menu is shown for every folder in `SMB`.

 ![2025-10-03 - 13.29.55](https://resource.dopus.com/uploads/default/original/3X/d/b/dbc43aa2eb3ae6727433fa972433e5a1f2b7a991.png)

`Cloud` and the folders to the right, however, look alright (the two `fritz.os/` entries are FTP sites as well):

 ![2025-10-03 - 13.33.26](https://resource.dopus.com/uploads/default/original/3X/b/9/b95b09c52cd3fba36baf6e05670db74a64ab32b3.png)

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Using `FOLDERCONTENT=button` will show this favorites top menu for all folders:

 ![2025-10-03 - 13.36.59](https://resource.dopus.com/uploads/default/original/3X/7/d/7d60d3c4074360327602222092ff37fc0656e103.png)

 ![2025-10-03 - 13.37.17](https://resource.dopus.com/uploads/default/original/3X/7/1/718c39db5c5a3e2edb51d15a6446a13c0533023e.png)

 ![2025-10-03 - 13.37.36](https://resource.dopus.com/uploads/default/original/3X/d/6/d6c717256cd08289111bb6895e0058cb5bd20c24.png)

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**Author:** ![Jon](https://resource.dopus.com/user_avatar/resource.dopus.com/jon/32/12713_2.png) [@Jon](https://resource.dopus.com/u/Jon)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2025, 5:32am UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/favorites-foldercontent-expanded-names-ignored-arguments-superfluous-menues/57384/2 "2025-10-14T05:32:01Z")

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We'll block it for FTP paths in the next beta.