Flat View and folder options

[slouw]

Am I right in saying flat view settings are not part of folder options?
I set a folder (Call in FOLDER A)to flat view
(Folder > Flat View > Mixed (No folders)
Then setup some folder labels
(Folder options > Labels)
And all was good.
I saved this format to a Path Formats folder format for that particular folder.
I cannot see a way to make the folder tab stay in flat view though from within the folder format setup.
The labels that I have configured take hold ok and at this point we are in flat view with the labels working.
All good.

Lets say I navigate to the folder FOLDER A on another tab (TAB2)
The folder format for that folder becomes applied (hover over the padlock)
Flat view is off at this point.
Turn on flat view and that works but the folder format goes to the Folder Type Formats folder format of Flatview.

It seems I can stop this by either

• Hitting padlock to lock current folder format before going to flat view; or
• Unticking (Settings > Preferences > Folders > Folder Formats > Folder Type Formats > Flat View)

Thanks for any comments about how to save flat view.
One way I have found is if I save my lister then flat view for the tab is retained.

Thanks.....

[lxp]

Am I right in saying flat view settings are not part of folder options?

Probably yes.

You could define a Lister Style that combines the Format and the Flat View Settings:

But you would need to manually invoke the Style when navigating to the path. So putting Flat View on a hotkey might be more versatile.

[slouw]

@Ixp thank you... and OMG I have never seen that dialog box before.
Is that a standard Opus DB?
How would I invoke it....?

[Leo]

Trigger Flat View (or any other command) in configured folders

Overview: The script lets you configure a list of folders which will trigger a command whenever you enter them. By default, it runs the command to turn on Flat View - Grouped: Set FLATVIEW=On,Grouped For Flat View - Mixed, configure the script to …

[lxp]

@slouw

How would I invoke it....?

Define it in the preferences

and setup a button with Prefs STYLELIST (which is already somewhere in the default toolbars) or Prefs STYLE="My New Style".

[slouw]

Thanks Ixp.... makes me wonder what other features I could use that I dont know of!!!
Thanks again..

[slouw]

Very interesting thx Leo I will read up on it especially the script thank you....